Audacity Tutorial - How to Isolate Tracks

This video was made for chrian31410, but if anyone else needs help using this program then I figure that you'll enjoy it as well. Have fun!

Download The Who master tracks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx51V3stleA

And to clear up some confusion:
You cannot seperate any old mp3 track at all in the same way that you can a .ogg. Oggs are special because they are themselves more than 1 audio file IN 1. To get an Ogg file like the one in the video you have to mix individual tracks. Some guy(s) hacked the Rock Band Who tracks out of the game and produced them as you see them in the video. You cannot "isolate" an mp3 file using this technique.

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[matthewzin]

pretty cool - my question is this: how did you isolate each instrument? in the movie above, you already have the tracks separated out - how did you do that? I have an mp3 of a track, and I'm wondering how to isolate just the piano. (It's "Christmastime Is Here" from the Charlie Brown Christmas special) I'm beginning to think it isn't possible but if it is, do you mind responding to this post?

[thankyoupourlavideo]

@matthewzin

You cannot seperate any old mp3 track at all in the same way that you can a .ogg. Oggs are special because they are themselves more than 1 audio file IN 1. To get an Ogg file like the one in the video you have to mix individual tracks. Some guy(s) hacked the Rock Band Who tracks out of the game and produced them as you see them in the video.

Simply put, it doesn't work the way that you want to do it.

[69michaelskates69]

@thankyoupourlavideo then maybe you should make that clear in the title or description

[thankyoupourlavideo]

@69michaelskates69

I agree. Any suggestions?

[cammyammy]

how do you get ogg files with sepperate tracks for instruments?

[thankyoupourlavideo]

@cammyammy

Ogg files are files that have seperate tracks within them.

I got The Who master tracks off a forum which is no longer online, but I have re-uploaded them to MegaUpload. See the description for the link.

[socaldgafbro]

Is this off a cd? When I import tracks there is only one channel to mess with, like the whole band..

[69michaelskates69]

@thankyoupourlavideo yeah, just copy and paste your comment that i replied to into the description

[XenoSpyro]

I wanted to experiment with this myself. I keep seeing "does not work good with MP3"

Well I have Ben Folds = Bitches Ain't Shit as a WMA file and I have been thinking about splitting the tracks to hear it.

(partially having headphones out kinda splits the audio out in an "ugly but cool" way)

Will this work for me?

[wesleyt10]

you dont need to Delete tracks and export them all one by one. if you click on Export Multiple then it will export all the tracks separately at once making it easier and quicker

[litterboxplayhouse]

So, what you're saying is that I cannot isolate the vocals off of any wav file...

[casperguylkn]

I might try doing a dts surround sound of a few of these songs with Adobe Audition.

[matthewzin]

. . . and right after I posted my comment, I found this, which may be of interest to anyone who likes this sort of thing: studiomultitracks [dot] com

[matthewzin]

@thankyoupourlavideo:

Ah! I suspected as much, but figured I'd ask anyway. One of the forums I was reading compared isolated tracks from an mp3 to "unbaking a cake" - it can't be done. None the less, I really enjoyed this post - both as a bass player and a Who fan. Keep up the great work!