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Old 1st February 2003, 01:23 AM
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Help Needed! To anyone who is good with music mixing

I'm still looking for music in case I do perform in another talent show this year. One of the songs I'm interested in is I WILL by Namie Amuro. I downloaded the instrumental version of the song and I was pleased with it, except that the background vocals are completely missing. There are 2 versions of the song with the background vocals in it -- the original I WILL and I WILL (in LA), but Namie is singing along.

Is there any way that the background vocals can be added to the instrumental? If so, will anyone be willing to do this for me and make a file for it just in case I can't find anyone else to?
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Old 1st February 2003, 01:33 AM
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I know how to do it on software.....I can give it a shot.....not my way of mixing (actually, I'm against using protools to mix music) but I'm willing to try......it's very very hard though and time consuming....infact, come to think of it......the only software able to do it "cleanly" is high $ software ($200-$600)....luckily, I might have one........where can I easily download these songs?....so I can try it....
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Old 1st February 2003, 10:35 PM
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I found a website that mentioned how to do it with Sonic Forge and Orange Vocoder by separating the channels, edit the one you want to use, and apply it to the file you want to use it in. I'll try it through those two programs and see how it turns out.
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Old 1st February 2003, 11:05 PM
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I might be able to help out too.

What is it you want exactly? I'm confused. Do you want to extract the background vocals from the original I WILL and put it in the instrumental (aka. I WILL (in LA)?), which you say the b. vocals in there are missing?

Extracting backing vocals effectively and cleanly is not easy, and how effective this extracting is depends on what the rest of the music is like while the background vocals are singing.

Busy_Child04: you should easily find these songs from p2p programs.
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Old 1st February 2003, 11:36 PM
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I might be able to help out too.

What is it you want exactly? I'm confused. Do you want to extract the background vocals from the original I WILL and put it in the instrumental (aka. I WILL (in LA)?), which you say the b. vocals in there are missing?
Yes, that's what I mean. The background vocals are really what make the song and without them the song falls completely flat. In the "in LA" version, the background vocals is easily distinguishable from the music since the music is mainly strings, a light drum beat, and a bass. The music is the same in both versions. I sent the files to Busy_Child last night, but he wasn't able to help. I also tried to find another mixer to help me, but he responded:

"this isnt really the type of work that i do. Good luck finding someone who
does."

If all else fails, I'll attempt trying it myself. If not, then I'll look for another song.
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