Instrumental sharing project

Cool! They sound great!

I meant to state earlier that you're all free to share these in the hub or anywhere else. Since I'm just messing with other people's work, I can't really claim any sort of ownership :) Besides I prefer to remain somewhat anonymous, unlike the folks at Fan Mixers for example.

There actually aren't very many which will be dramatically different. Some are fine as they are, and with some I'm only removing the karaoke prompts and adding a few seconds of missing fade-out. I may have been a bit over-enthusiastic at first ;)

It's funny that you'd suggest that though John, just as I did decide to use two different locations and leave them up a little longer anyway :)

I can give you 30 megs of space for this project, let me know if you're interested (I sent you an e-mail on another subject so you have my address).

We took care of that in email, Guy (so people won't think I ignored you) :)

Today's file was Spread Your Wings. No longer available.

Perhaps Fred was singing at the time of the backing track recording and he got so excited that "screamed" that part and it can be heard through the piano microphones

If the multi-track tapes have been lost from the NOTW sessions, then how did they produce a karaoke version?

How do you think they released Freddie tracks from Mr Bad Guy if it was deleted? Because not all tracks are kept in just one place. No, that would be too organised!

Adam.

Wow, that's the first I heard about them being lost. I did notice on GVH1 this track was noted as being 'upmixed' so it makes sense now.

So I would have been a laughing stock had I suggested NOTW be the next DVD-A? ;)

Haven't the Japanese got a very sophisticated machine that was able to remove lead vocals? Thats what I was told anyway...

Keep dreaming David! lol

Well, there's a thing Justin has mentioned which isn't Japanese exclusive by any means, that he's used for the upmixes and comes probably as close to separating stuff as possible without the multi-tracks. I suppose that might come close to removing them, depending on the song.

From: http://www.brianmay.com/queen/thegame/technical3.html

"This was one of the times I used the TC 6000 'unwrap' setting. This is a clever program that can turn a stereo mix into a 5.1 mix, like a really brilliant version of what most domestic AV amps can do. We used it for Spread Your Wings on GVH1 and the entire Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert DVD, but we would normally prefer to remix properly from the multi-tracks when possible."

Here's a page at the TC Electronics site which shows the product and mentions the 'unwrap' function:

http://www.tcelectronic.com/default.asp?id=1122&ajrthmid=0&ajrthmpg=0

"UnWrap is a professional stereo to 5.1 conversion processor for the music and film industry. Stereo to 5.1 conversion is not a one-size-fits-all process, because creative decisions put into the original mix need to be reflected in the 5.1 version. UnWrap therefore provides the user with a palette of different solutions, optimized individually for different types of source material. Some of the solutions enable bit transparent reconstruction of the original stereo signal.

Consequently, the output result is more stimulating than the original stereo version, regardless of the source material, if it is wet or dry, naturalistic or synthetic. UnWrap operates at Sample Rates up to 96 kHz."

Today's file was "I Want It All" ('Rocks' version instrumental). No longer available.

Today's selection was "A Kind Of Magic", extended instrumental version. No longer available.

Heeeeeeey... That sounds pretty cool!