Ready to start remixing? Here are some free resources that you could find useful to get your remix going:
Free tools to isolate and extract vocals
If you need the vocal from a song, but don't have the multi-track stems or the vocal recording on its own, these free websites use Deezer's AI technology 'Spleeter' to isolate and extract the vocals (and also some instrument parts) from songs
- Splitter https://splitter.ai/
- Moises https://moises.ai/
Free tools to find the key, BPM and chords of the song
Once you have the vocal or other parts, you'll want to know what key and BPM the song is in. You may also want to know what the original chord progression is.
- Tunebat https://tunebat.com/ is a Key & BPM Database and Music Finder
- Chordify https://chordify.net/ uses AI to identify the chords of any music or song and displays them interactively as the song plays
Free downloads of loops, beats, samples
If you need quick access to beats and loops in the most popular music genres, these sites offer free teaser packs of their products
- Cymatics https://cymatics.fm/pages/free-download-vault - hip hop, trap, dubstep, EDM, Major Lazer, future bass and more; these are very current and very useable
- Loopmasters https://www.loopmasters.com/genres/136-Free-Samples - tech house, techno, house, EDM, dubstep and more (some require a token payment)
- Music Radar https://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/free-music-samples-royalty-free-loops-hits-and-multis-to-download - warning: there are more than 70,000 free samples in hundreds of genres here; set yourself a time limit or you may find yourself going down a rabbit hole of free samples for days or weeks
- Twidlr's 200+ Free Packs for Ableton https://www.twidlr.co.uk/200-free-ableton-packs/ - if you use Ableton Live, this is an insane collection of packs containing presets, instruments, loops, everything
This info is provided by Ben Ang, Ableton Certified Trainer (http://learnabletonsingapore.com) and Principal Tutor of the Electronic Music Lab (http://nuseml.com), a performance group based at the National University of Singapore (NUS). If you're an NUS student, contact Electronic Music at electronicmusiclab@gmail.com to find our how you can participate in our activities.
If want to learn more about using Ableton Live to make your own music or remixes, but you're not an NUS student, contact Ben about private lessons at ben.ang.music@gmail.com or follow on YouTube or Twitch or Instagram.
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