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stay gold · 01-16-2011, 12:39 PM

I'm really new to this, I just started messing around in FL Studio 9 yesterday. So to figure out how everything works, I tried to recreate the beat of Diary Of A Madman by Gravediggaz. It's going kind of good, but I need to get those samples in the song. I downloaded the original songs (some old Johnny Mathis records) and am trying to get that haunting moan, but the guy is talking over it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF226dVyE0Y

How do I separate the moan from his voice in the beginning? I tried messing with the noise gate but that didn't give me anything good. Help?

Professor Poopsnagle · 01-16-2011, 12:50 PM

Don't bother with voice separation, two songs were used for that beat.

http://www.whosampled.com/artist/Gravediggaz/

It's pretty clear what parts he took. ^

ELEF_DIGITAL · 01-17-2011, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Professor Poopsnagle

Don't bother with voice separation, two songs were used for that beat.

http://www.whosampled.com/artist/Gravediggaz/

It's pretty clear what parts he took. ^

wow thank you for this site

stay gold · 01-16-2011, 01:41 PM

But how did they get only the girl's haunting moan and get rid of the guy talking over it?

Professor Poopsnagle · 01-16-2011, 01:49 PM

Click on that link I posted and everything should be clear. He took the beginning of that one song pitched it up a little and looped it, then he took the intro of the other one and used it for the chorus.

fatboybrandon · 01-16-2011, 02:53 PM

@stay gold: When you say re-create, did you mean you want to take each instrument heard in the original sample, track and separately manipulate it in your DAW? If so you can most likely re-create something close if you take the right plug-ins, audio processors and sounds from sample libraries, or if you know some musicians see if you can replay the part of the original Iglesias song without the singing.

01-16-2011, 12:39 PM	#1
stay gold Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 135 Rep Power: 0	How to sample a song? I'm really new to this, I just started messing around in FL Studio 9 yesterday. So to figure out how everything works, I tried to recreate the beat of Diary Of A Madman by Gravediggaz. It's going kind of good, but I need to get those samples in the song. I downloaded the original songs (some old Johnny Mathis records) and am trying to get that haunting moan, but the guy is talking over it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF226dVyE0Y How do I separate the moan from his voice in the beginning? I tried messing with the noise gate but that didn't give me anything good. Help?

01-16-2011, 02:53 PM	#6
fatboybrandon Your fav. artist's artist Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: New York, NY Posts: 1,394 Rep Power: 0	@stay gold: When you say re-create, did you mean you want to take each instrument heard in the original sample, track and separately manipulate it in your DAW? If so you can most likely re-create something close if you take the right plug-ins, audio processors and sounds from sample libraries, or if you know some musicians see if you can replay the part of the original Iglesias song without the singing. __________________ Click here to launch RZA Radio! Get this player for your signature or website

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01-16-2011, 12:50 PM	#2
Professor Poopsnagle Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Amsterdam Age: 28 Posts: 5,373 Rep Power: 0	Don't bother with voice separation, two songs were used for that beat. http://www.whosampled.com/artist/Gravediggaz/ It's pretty clear what parts he took. ^

01-16-2011, 01:41 PM	#4
stay gold Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 135 Rep Power: 0	But how did they get only the girl's haunting moan and get rid of the guy talking over it?

01-16-2011, 01:49 PM	#5
Professor Poopsnagle Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Amsterdam Age: 28 Posts: 5,373 Rep Power: 0	Click on that link I posted and everything should be clear. He took the beginning of that one song pitched it up a little and looped it, then he took the intro of the other one and used it for the chorus.