Which program?

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tinpan
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Which program?

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Hello, which Acoustica software do I want to do the following: filter out lead guitar on mp3 recordings leaving only the back up band (I have JamVox which does not work very well), also speed up/slow down tempo without changing pitch. Change pitch when I need to. I do many cover tunes and JamVox just doesn't filter out very well, I think I seen a program from Acoustica and I would like to try it and then buy it if it works better then JV.
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fredfish
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Re: Which program?

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Have a look at Riffstation Pro.

You can slow down / speed up / isolate instruments (and then either solo them or mute them).

In addition you can use it to identify chords (this is what I mainly use it for).

My only gripe with it is that it wont display full screen - only in a window which bugs me!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX0HxLDPYcU

There is a 30 day free trial version

Cheers

John

** EDIT - Some more specific information about making a backing track by filtering out the guitar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XTD7LtH46s
tinpan
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Re: Which program?

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Thanks, I have heard of riffstation I may go with it but I would be interested in what acoustica has.
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Re: Which program?

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Hi,

Acoustica doesn't have any products dedicated to filtering out a guitar part. Depending on how a song is mixed, I'm not sure any product could do a good job at removing guitar and still leave a good-sounding song. I haven't heard the results from Riffstation Pro, but they do have a free demo you can try.

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Re: Which program?

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I've never heard any inexpensive programs result in anything I would consider anything but a practice aid. The resulting track usually sounds pretty bad.

There are some high end/costly programs that make great strides in this direction, but still..... Skeptical at best.

Time stretch/slow down for practice/training, that's easy. Mixcraft, among many others does that quite well.
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tinpan
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Re: Which program?

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Ok checked out riffstation, not even as good as jamvox, so unless anyone has another suggestion Im done. What are some of the "high end" ones?
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