splitting right and left channels

[deviera1]

My car stereo once malfunctioned and I only got music from one channel. Being a guitarist this was great because I could hear the guitar solo without the rythmym guitar on the other track/channel. Is there any free software that can separate the tracks on a cd?

 

[highfigh]

My car stereo once malfunctioned and I only got music from one channel. Being a guitarist this was great because I could hear the guitar solo without the rythmym guitar on the other track/channel. Is there any free software that can separate the tracks on a cd?

Nope. Unless it was recorded with Pro Tools, Q-Base or something like them and you were able to mix it to stereo before, you won't be able to separate anything other than left and right. Free software? Not a chance.

 

[lsiberian]

Nope. Unless it was recorded with Pro Tools, Q-Base or something like them and you were able to mix it to stereo before, you won't be able to separate anything other than left and right. Free software? Not a chance.

I do wonder why they don't use multi-concurrent track technology for more things.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

Audacity will split left/right channel, but like highfigh mentioned it wont separate single instruments

 

[JerryLove]

I do wonder why they don't use multi-concurrent track technology for more things.

Increased bandwidth for a feature 99% don't care about.

But I agree with you. I think it would be *awesome* to (for example) put each master track on "as is" and then programmatically mix and EQ them... in essence to produce them on the fly. It would make it simple to have "ipod variation" or "hi-fi" variation etc.

 

[highfigh]

Increased bandwidth for a feature 99% don't care about.

But I agree with you. I think it would be *awesome* to (for example) put each master track on "as is" and then programmatically mix and EQ them... in essence to produce them on the fly. It would make it simple to have "ipod variation" or "hi-fi" variation etc.

IIRC, some early DVDs were interactive in that way. Levels could be adjusted, placement tweaked and a different mix was the result. I think at least one Talking Heads disc was available for this.