# Just have to share why my mind is completely blown **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 23, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-have-to-share-why-my-mind-is-completely-blown/812991 "2018-04-23T16:47:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-have-to-share-why-my-mind-is-completely-blown/812991/21 "2018-04-24T15:14:05Z")
> [@JcWoman](#): > > So a manager finally told the sound person to change the music. It turns out that our marketing department hired a bunch of young people and they apparently haven’t taught them workplace norms. LOL! Well, for their sake I’m glad it was handled internally, after all they weren’t Breaking The Law. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-have-to-share-why-my-mind-is-completely-blown/812991/22 "2018-04-24T15:47:25Z")
> [@JcWoman](#): > > So a manager finally told the sound person to change the music. It turns out that our marketing department hired a bunch of young people and they apparently haven’t taught them workplace norms. LOL! That’s a Heartbreaker. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-have-to-share-why-my-mind-is-completely-blown/812991/23 "2018-04-24T17:54:45Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > How do they do that? > > I don’t mean the creativity, but how do they strip the vocals or the music and keep the opposite part? Is there ready made software available? Presumably using lost dance club technology from the mid 2000s. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-have-to-share-why-my-mind-is-completely-blown/812991/24 "2018-04-24T18:43:58Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > How do they do that? > > I don’t mean the creativity, but how do they strip the vocals or the music and keep the opposite part? Is there ready made software available? I know _nothing_ about this stuff - seriously. But I believe there is a “Reverse ProTools” type of software that can allow at least some breaking down and isolating of tracks. I say this because if you go on YouTube and search on “XX Isolated YY” where XX is a musician’s name and YY can be “vocals,” “guitar” or whatever you can find them. From there you can play around with them. At random, I searched “Slash Isolated Guitar” and found a bunch: [https://www.youtube.com/results?search\_query=slash+isolated+guitar](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=slash+isolated+guitar) This fella is someone we discuss in music threads - he isolates tracks as part of breaking down what makes a song great: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKIC9zbSJoE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKIC9zbSJoE) ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-have-to-share-why-my-mind-is-completely-blown/812991/25 "2018-04-24T19:10:18Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > I know _nothing_ about this stuff - seriously. But I believe there is a “Reverse ProTools” type of software that can allow at least some breaking down and isolating of tracks. > > I say this because if you go on YouTube and search on “XX Isolated YY” where XX is a musician’s name and YY can be “vocals,” “guitar” or whatever you can find them. From there you can play around with them. > > At random, I searched “Slash Isolated Guitar” and found a bunch: [https://www.youtube.com/results?search\_query=slash+isolated+guitar](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=slash+isolated+guitar) > > This fella is someone we discuss in music threads - he isolates tracks as part of breaking down what makes a song great: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKIC9zbSJoE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKIC9zbSJoE) There are a lot of stems (individual tracks) out there. Most are illegal for use in other music but there are some legally available ones, including a lot of NIN songs: > **[List of musical works released in a stem format](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_musical_works_released_in_a_stem_format)** > > The following is a list of musical works that have been released legally in a stem format for public use. > With the growing availability of amateur music-making software such as GarageBand, it has become possible for the general public to more easily make their own music. In 2005, as an experiment, Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails released the stems to the single "The Hand That Feeds". Since then, other artists have begun releasing the stems for some songs, the intention being that listeners c... This is how Rick Beato comes up with the tracks for his “What makes this song great” series (although he implies he gets them from the recording studio I believe). ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-have-to-share-why-my-mind-is-completely-blown/812991/26 "2018-04-24T20:34:34Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > There are a lot of stems (individual tracks) out there. Most are illegal for use in other music but there are some legally available ones, including a lot of NIN songs: > > [List of musical works released in a stem format - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_musical_works_released_in_a_stem_format) > > This is how Rick Beato comes up with the tracks for his “What makes this song great” series (although he implies he gets them from the recording studio I believe). Aha! That opens up some possibilities. There’s a song I always liked that I want to remove some spoken parts from, make my own mix. This software might actually work for that. I think I’m going to have to download it and try it. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-have-to-share-why-my-mind-is-completely-blown/812991/27 "2018-04-25T21:04:39Z")
> [@JcWoman](#): > > So a manager finally told the sound person to change the music. It turns out that our marketing department hired a bunch of young people and they apparently haven’t taught them workplace norms. LOL! As long as their not driving off any workplace **Cliffs**. Or asking anyone to play it again, **Sam**. Maybe they should play “Jack and **Diane**.” _Serenata67 wonders why she’s making puns about a show she was too young to watch when it was on TV_ ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-have-to-share-why-my-mind-is-completely-blown/812991/28 "2018-04-29T14:33:36Z")
[quote=“Serenata67, post:27, topic:812991”] As long as their not driving off any workplace **Cliffs**. Or asking anyone to play it again, **Sam**. Maybe they should play "Jack and \*\*Diane[/B Nm ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-have-to-share-why-my-mind-is-completely-blown/812991/29 "2018-04-29T14:37:35Z")
[quote=“Ann\_Hedonia, post:28, topic:812991”] > [@Serenata67](#): > > As long as their not driving off any workplace **Cliffs**. Or asking anyone to play it again, **Sam**. Maybe they should play "Jack and \*\*Diane[/B Nm ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-have-to-share-why-my-mind-is-completely-blown/812991/30 "2018-04-29T14:50:56Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > I know _nothing_ about this stuff - seriously. But I believe there is a “Reverse ProTools” type of software that can allow at least some breaking down and isolating of tracks. > > I say this because if you go on YouTube and search on “XX Isolated YY” where XX is a musician’s name and YY can be “vocals,” “guitar” or whatever you can find them. From there you can play around with them. > > At random, I searched “Slash Isolated Guitar” and found a bunch: [https://www.youtube.com/results?search\_query=slash+isolated+guitar](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=slash+isolated+guitar) > > This fella is someone we discuss in music threads - he isolates tracks as part of breaking down what makes a song great: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKIC9zbSJoE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKIC9zbSJoE) If (IF) the lead vocal is mixed perfectly center and nothing else is you can (sort of) remove the lead vocal by reversing phase on one side. There are (or at least used to be) CD players that can do this automatically. Results vary greatly depending on how much separation there is in the mix. And on tracks like, say, Cherish by The Association it won’t work at all - the lead vocal is panned hard left and the backup singers hard right. ETA: This can be accomplished by reversing the + and - wires on one speaker. I hear about companies working on software that can separate individual voices/instruments from recordings, but with very limited success so far. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-have-to-share-why-my-mind-is-completely-blown/812991.md?page=1)