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How do I remove the vocals/bass/drums from a stereo mix?

These days, what used to be referred to as "the holy grail of the misinformed" is getting closer to actuality. There are now applications designed to do exactly this task - isolate parts of ...
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Conflict bass / leads

What you describe sounds like Buss/Master/Group Compression gone wrong. This effect sometimes appears when you have a compressor set to affect both the bass and the lead (via any of the Buss/Master/...
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How do I remove the vocals/bass/drums from a stereo mix?

Deezer open-sourced their Spleeter stem separation engine in November 2019: Announcement here and the application is available on Github here. There's also Acon Digital's Acoustica here which since ...
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How do I fix bass on earbuds and speakers?

This is why studio monitors used in recording produce neutral sound as close to 1:1 as possible. Consumer audio gear, either because of being cheap or because of being intentionally biased, have a ...
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How do I fix bass on earbuds and speakers?

Complicated question when you understand it: professional musicians normally test their music across a wide variety of setups prior to releasing to the public. That means they may have a variety of ...
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TB-03: sync issue (on Live 9)

Just another hint. It is not necessary to install the USB drivers for the tb-03 but just the "pattern" setting on the (OUT) midi clock is necessary. I am using just the MIDI cable to sync the TB-03 (...
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TB-03: sync issue (on Live 9)

I finally found the solution, hope it will help someone if I share it, here is what I have done: update the 03 firmware driver (Roland.com website) then some new Input/Output Midi Ports "TB-03" have ...
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mixing bass issues

This is actually a classic mistake most people do. And it really affects the outcome. Most of the times it's the plugin , the harmonic content added by the plugin OR the beef in that particular Hz ...
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How to recreate the lead/distorted bass in Awolnation - Sail?

The base of the bassline is a sawtooth wave. In order to recreate the bassline I used 2 Oscillators. One peek wave for maximal crispness and a sawtooth wave transformed 1 octave lower to add weight. ...
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Do I need an EQ pedal if I have an audio interface for bass?

You don't need any pedals. Pedals are all about want not need, especially on bass. Guitarists 'need' some pedals to get specific sounds. Bassists generally don't, assuming your bass & amp [or ...
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Vocal Microphone: How critical is published frequency range?

Let me approach this by sneaking up on it from a different direction:) Take a bass guitar. Low E is about 41Hz. Most people know what that sounds like & how it works when you hear it on records, ...
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How do you re-create the brightness and higher harmonics on top of a sine in this bass? (Shadow Child - 23 or AC Slater Final Fantasy)

OK I'm doing this in MassiveX. Two sine-wave oscillators running. The second tracks the first using a relative pitch ratio of 4.76 i.e. the first harmonic frequency is 4.76 multiplied by the ...
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How to make a basic thick soft bass

In LMMS have you used the LFO controller this signal is a low frequency oscillator it is used for controlling pan for phasers or volume if you want but perhaps you can do a ring mod on it or use it in ...
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How can I boost/cut different instruments in the same frequency?

Assuming you are playing back stereo files via two speakers, there's no sure way to isolate/mute instruments in the mix without losing fidelity in some way. There are indeed certain "de–mixing" tools ...
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Recreating This Bass with a VST Synthesizer

You can make this quite easily with Massive but it won't sound like this (produced) bass without a lot of EQ and compression. It sounds somewhere between sawtooth and square to me so just use the ...
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Recording tracks on double bass

Mic positioning is part skill, part art.. & also part guesswork. I could tell you that you need the mic approximately 6" above the bow, 2ft in front of the strings & pointing at an ƒ-hole... ...
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Conflict bass / leads

You might need to filter some of the hi-mids out of your bass...it really depends what kind of bass it is (sub-bass, mid-bass, etc). Also, make sure you're EQ-ing your lead layers. If you have the ...
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