How to layer vocals from one song over audio from another

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Robert J. H.
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Re: How to layer vocals from one song over audio from anothe

Post by Robert J. H. » Wed Jul 10, 2013 2:11 pm

The tool should eventually appear in the effect menu under the slider as "2D Stereo Toolkit".
Since it begins with a number it will most likely be the first item after the divider.
Notes:
Choose the right plug-in folder. The path is something like

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C:Program Files (x86)AudacityPlug-ins
The "Toolkit" is only installed and recognized after a re-start of Audacity.
Have fun with the first experiments.

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Re: How to layer vocals from one song over audio from anothe

Post by alexupdike » Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:16 am

I think I got it. At least there is a "2-D stereo toolkit" under effects so hopefully that's it! Thanks everyone.

Alex

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Re: How to layer vocals from one song over audio from anothe

Post by alexupdike » Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:18 am

Looks like I've got it! At least there is a "2D stereo toolkit" under effects. Thanks!

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Re: How to layer vocals from one song over audio from anothe

Post by alexupdike » Sun Jul 14, 2013 8:30 pm

Robert, I finally got around to messing with tracks and your plug-in seems to work just fine. Thanks so much for your step-by-step instructions on how to combine the pop track and hip-hop vocals (even though I'm not quite that far in my own experimenting haha). Anyway, on what I experimented on, the vocals seem to be isolated enough on the hip-hop song that layering it with a pop track would overpower any remaining non-vocal in the hip-hop song. Again, thank you so much for your knowledge and willingness to share. I'll be sure to ask if any other questions pop up.

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Re: How to layer vocals from one song over audio from anothe

Post by Robert J. H. » Mon Jul 15, 2013 5:05 am

alexupdike wrote:Robert, I finally got around to messing with tracks and your plug-in seems to work just fine. Thanks so much for your step-by-step instructions on how to combine the pop track and hip-hop vocals (even though I'm not quite that far in my own experimenting haha). Anyway, on what I experimented on, the vocals seem to be isolated enough on the hip-hop song that layering it with a pop track would overpower any remaining non-vocal in the hip-hop song. Again, thank you so much for your knowledge and willingness to share. I'll be sure to ask if any other questions pop up.
You're always welcome.
Your questions and feed back will help to improve the tool.
Thanks for trying.

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