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Author: deltasleep on August 28 2008

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--> Now, I'm sure that this is not "kosher." But I stumbled upon one of the best learning experiences and interesting exercises I've ever had. While browsing about a torrent search, I noticed that you can actually find multitrack WAV bundles of some songs. Right now I'm playing with "Heard it Through the Grapevine"- it's actually just 8 mono tracks! I'm also gonna be playing with Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" when it's done.
Grapevine is really interesting because that great drum sound that I've always liked so much is so much different than I thought it was! Upon listening to it in isolation, it's really distorted. It's really interesting how much the recording carries the illusion of "stereo image" without actually being in stereo. I truly have no idea how you do that. I think that the sound I really like from these recordings is coming from lots and lots of instruments playing the same parts- and it really carries the effect I desire with or without panning. The whole mix is overdriven, but there doesn't really sound like there's a lot of EQ or compression- really any effects at all. This leads me to believe that these sessions really are as simple as they're fabled: nice hardware,no frills mixer and no fuss. It sounds like these setups weren't tweaked to be exactly right, nothing was made perfect, tons and tons of noise and people talking in the background, etc.
It's an interesting experience and you should play with them if you are interested in recording or music.
Just search any torrent search for "Multitrack Masters."

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08/28/08 + electrodan

thats awesome... that would be a good exercise.

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08/28/08 + lowlifi

Is this what you "backwoods" folks do in Washington for fun?

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08/28/08 + quip

i really like the making of .... docs where they sit at a desk and pull back the faders.
you hear individual parts and think "actually thats not that amazing" but when you hear it its ace.

you think theres a chance i can get something right.

i was listening to some jazz recently and my mate said listen here there is someone falling over.
and there was. it was an old louis armstrong recording and the magic is all made in the moment.
they didn't care if there was a fuck up - the magic outweighed the person tripping over.

that whole thing has been destroyed with people editing on pro-tools. no one is brave enough to include
their mistakes.

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08/28/08 + quip

link to one such doc
link

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08/28/08 + papergoose

I've got some songs with my bird talking or singing in the background (she loves loud delay feedback).
Plus some street noise... lots of things make it into the mix.

Now, if the bus pulls up outside, we usually re-record though.

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08/28/08 + deltasleep

seriously, go to isohunt or wherever and grab some of these, it's a lot of fun.

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08/28/08 + astroid

lowlifi said: "Is this what you "backwoods" folks do in Washington for fun?"

it's how 'mr. hands' got his start

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08/28/08 + DongleKong

oh man, thanks for this! multitrack doobie brothers! AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHRHRHRAAAAA!!!!

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08/29/08 + eyesnine

nice find!

i had no idea. never would have thought.

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08/29/08 + utofbu

oh yeah delta, I have grapevine. Im trying to do some mash-up with those things, I found "Superstition" by Stevie wonder too! LOL! totally not kosher, but fun to do for friends at partys! Makes me feel like ludachrist... hey wait.. Biggy Smalls and Stevie Wonder! OMFG!!! j/k

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08/30/08 + deltasleep

hmm I never thought of the mashup potential here!

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08/30/08 + LDog

Great! I found Superstition too, there are 8 clavinet tracks over 16 total !

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08/31/08 + RogerRoger

Found Superstition as well, and Bohemian Rhapsody(24 tracks). It sounds like most of the tracks are recorded pretty near the level they appear in the final mix, although you'd have to pan each yourself if you were really bored enough to want to recreate a final mix.

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