Remixing Software
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- domacle
hi all,
I'm wanting to have a shot at remixing a certain old track. I've tried getting my head around Ableton with little success. Is there a better program to remix songs?
Will I need to get the MIDI file to do this?
Cheers,
Dom
- duhsign0
garageband.
- Jackson_Polyp0
Abelton is the most user friendly software I have used. Cuebase, Sonar, Reaktor, Logic are a few other software brands I can think of.
- eieio0
how can you not get your head around ableton? it is like instant remix. you don't need a midi file for a remix, a multi track with drums vocals bass is useful but you might have to filter and eq the original track... add a kick drum and a snare or something, maybe a little percussion loops... a synth...yeah then mix it all together
- scenek0
Ableton can be not so intuitive at first, if you've never used apps like that. but once I "got it" it became my favorite app by far.
- Miguex0
I'm wanting to have a shot at remixing a certain old track. I've tried getting my head around Ableton with little success. Is there a better program to remix songs?
- The answer is, there is no "ultimate remixing software" without trying to offend you, the reason why some remixes are successful is because the person behind it is talented and has been building his craft for years and lots of practice. The software is just a tool used to bring those ideas together.
Will I need to get the MIDI file to do this?
- Again, without the intention to offend, there are AMAZING remixes out there that are 100% illegal, meaning done without permission of the original artist, so while it's always better to have an acapella track with dry vocals, an instrumental track in uncompressed audio format, and the drum breaks separated in to individual samples and all of these wrapped up together on a nice fw drive with a bow on top, sitting next to a delicious glass of 100% pure chocolate milk, it's not really necessary to make a good sounding remix.In fact, people will appreciate it more if it sounds great and it was made from an authorized song. Look at pogo, he started doing unauthorized remixes from movie clips and now pixar and disney fill his pockets with money to come up with stuff.
:)
- Miguex0
And if you don't know Pogo...
Here's an authorized remix:and after lots of remix, pixar commisioned him to do this one for the last Toy Story movie
- auxillary0
With all due respect but if you have to ask this question you'll have such a big learning curve that your remix wont be any good. With any software!
- autoflavour0
i would say persevere with Ableton.
Fruity loops is supposed to be good for noobs
- Thelonious_Funk0
+1 on fruityloops (for ease of use)
but if you want to make anything serious...
Ableton Live is the way to go.I have a protools system (002 rack) and even then... i use the hardware with Ableton (8 inputs- 8outputs) such a good program... the live looping stuff is the shiznit
- same, i was a stalwart protools user, and then ableton lured me in, now i used it exclusivelyautoflavour