progressive psytrance Atmos - Cable Enable (Denstrow boot)

[denstrow]

Atmos - Cable Enable (Denstrow boot)

[RTP]

Nice! 

Can I ask how you did it? Did you get the project files or did you remix it by sampling or re-creating the sounds (because I hear differences that are definitely not sound sampled to my ears)...

I was always keen to remix stuff, but I figured it's impossible without the files (would have to be a Cubase Project in my case) - and even people who I asked to remix us always asked for the project files. 

[denstrow]

Just now, RTP said:

Nice! 

Can I ask how you did it? Did you get the project files or did you remix it by sampling or re-creating the sounds (because I hear differences that are definitely not sound sampled to my ears)...

I was always keen to remix stuff, but I figured it's impossible without the files (would have to be a Cubase Project in my case) - and even people who I asked to remix us always asked for the project files. 

Hi, 

I removed the drums and bass using Izotope RX, then added my own. You can do that with any program that has stem separation (Cubase added the option in v15). I also doubled some existing sounds with my own to give them more definition, and added a couple of lines. When I don't have access to the original stems (as is usually the case), that is what I do. Also if I call it a "bootleg", as in this track, it means I have not changed much. If I call it a "remix", then I've done more stuff. 

[RTP]

I never heard of stem separation, read about it now ... so this thing really unmixes a complete track and separates it back into individual layers? Does it work with standard mp3s? Sounds extremely interesting...

[denstrow]

Yes - depending on the program used, it usually gives you 4 layers (drums, bass, vocals, other). The stems have some artifacts, you might wanna compare apps (I know Cubase 15, izotope RX and Spectralayers, but there are others - possibly there's some online app too) for the best result. You can work with an mp3 as well but, since the stems aren't perfect and mp3s are already a lossy format, you might wanna try to find the best possible quality original file.

[RTP]

Sincere thanks  - Cubase 15 will be our solution as we are native on Cubase. I say "we" because your info was so good, I actually opened this thread in the studio to show my friend  ... It's a true gamechanger. 

[denstrow]

Glad to have helped!

 

It's a good solution for unofficial remixes where you don't have access to the stems. There are also AI tools for stem separation, but I haven't used any, so I don't know which are good.

[RTP]

Yes - and this is precisely what I might be using it for, at least to experiment ... if anytime we or I happen to come up with a cool thing like this one from you, I'll get back on it 

(ps: if you want to know how our best shot on a remix, check my sig - without stem separation, we used an official Remix Kit)