The Pok?Community Get-together 4 - Singing Contest

[22sa]

Oh, I have no clue how to put a song in the background digitally. You can try record yourself with background music but I don't know how to do that digitally. :\ :P

 

[bna_li]

Oh, I have no clue how to put a song in the background digitally. You can try record yourself with background music but I don't know how to do that digitally. :\ :P

Too bad. Anyone know how?

 

[Rifted]

I do, apparently. x]

I'm planning on formulating a tutorial on how to do that, as well as to remove annoying background noise.

Sound Recorder can actually mix audio, but there ar ebetter programs out there. I'll get into that soon.

 

[TheCrabOfIneffableWisdom?]

I'm gonna try "The Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love" Or "The Offspring - Hit That". If i can find the Innymental version

 

[RoxasOld]

aww shoot! i dont have a mic anymore! Darn it! *sighs* now, i'll have to use my bro's camera (it has a built in mic) and thats gonna be really hard cause i cant take it off his comp and put it on mines.....Oro? i'll just get another one *goes to best buy* .....GIMME ALL THE MICS U GOT!!*steals all mics at best buy* :laugh:

 

[Kairyu]

I do, apparently. x]

I'm planning on formulating a tutorial on how to do that, as well as to remove annoying background noise.

Sound Recorder can actually mix audio, but there ar ebetter programs out there. I'll get into that soon.

Ooo Directions:).
That'll help! I would've submitted my song by now but everytime I mix my lyrics into the song, the song would skip at the end of the mix:\. I must be pasting the mix all wrong or something.
Either that or I need a better a program.

 

[Rifted]

OMG!! CAROL! I LOVE THAT SONG!

And I LOVE your rendition of it. The piano is beautiful (like always) as well as your voice (like always)! ^_^

Like Kairyu-kun said, the competition really is getting tough. Time for me to start writing my tutorial so that more of the competition can get out here and strut their stuff! x]

 

[Blaine]

Well um... Here's my odd voice. ^^ Enjoy my rendition of 'There She Goes.' An American pop song... -bows-

 

[Kairyu]

Wow, you two have beautiful voices. Short but sweet, great job though!

..Still workin on mine, though. I wish my voice would sound at least half as great yours >_<. Eh, oh well.

 

[22sa]

I recorded my five year old voice again!!!! =D=D
I played a Vanessa Carlton song again, piano and voice etc etc ^__^
And it's good quality too!
But...
The file lasts 28 seconds x____X;;;;;;;
I'll have to take my "A Thousand Miles" one out for awhile... =( But it'll be back, promise! XDXD
*runs to edit post* ;___;

:D

Another huge leap by Carol! Lol, your voice shows more in this clip. I guess the nature of this song made that possible. Great going!

Well um... Here's my odd voice. ^^ Enjoy my rendition of 'There She Goes.' An American pop song... -bows-

Heh, I did enjoy it! You have a real singing voice Blaine! It's too bad I've never heard this song before... Intereseting. ^_^;;;

 

[bna_li]

Is there a free software for converting mp3s or wmas into mp3s?

 

[Rifted]

Is there a free software for converting mp3s or wmas into mp3s?

LAME.

No, that's not a bad remark, LAME is actually the name of one of the best MP3 converters out there. x]

There are various programs that can convert different sound files to MP3, but LAME is great because you can modify compression specifications, and it's free. :]

Anyways, it's time for...

AN AUDIO MIXING TUTORIAL OF SORTS
BY RIFTED

All right, in this tutorial (of sorts), I'll just explain the basics of audio formats, mixing, etc. It's pretty easy. I mean, even I learned how to do it somehow. x]

SOFTWARE
- GOLDWAVE v4.26 - [Download] - Yes, I know that a newer version has come out, but this is the version that I'm going to use for this tutorial. Somehow I can't install v5.06. >.>;; This is the basic audio program we're going to be using.
- LAMEWIN32 - [Download] - One of the best MP3 encoders out there. Install this after GoldWave, and be sure to install it into folder where GoldWave was installed (for example, C:\Program Files\GoldWave) so that you can have the capability to save MP3 files in GoldWave. RazorLAME is not really necessary if you're only going to be using GoldWave to convert (although there are many compression options available in RazorLAME, it's basically a program used to run LAME on it's own).

Well, since this is for singing, I might as well just formulate the tutorial around it. o.o

1. Open up GoldWave, and head towards File > New. Go with CD quick settings, as that's probably the best choice for high quality recording (however, it still all depends on your microphone and soundcard). Choose the length of the file, and make it a bit longer than the song that you're going to be singing.

2. All right, hit the record button at the Device Controls window (if it's not there, head to Tools > Device controls) and start singing! There may be a safety lock on the Record button, so you'll have to hold CTRL while clicking the button (you can change the safety in the Device control options).

Here's a tip...
- In order to get the timing right, try listening to the song with headphones while singing. Depending on your sound card, you may be able to record and listen to an audio file at once. Be sure to use headphones, though! If your sound card doesn't support the listening of more than one audio file, then try getting out a portable CD player or MP3 player and sticking your headphones jack in there.

3. Screenshot
You've probably got a nice file similar to this. It all depends on how loud you sang, but that's okay. Give it a listen-through, and if you're pleased, save it as either an MP3 (128kbps is the standard quality) or WAV (16bit stereo for those who have nice big hard drives).

4. Screenshot
Now, time for the mixing! With your file that has the singing, trim the beginning and end silence portions off by clicking with your left/right mouse buttons. For the beginning part, try and get it close to when your voice starts. Then go to Edit > Trim.

5. Screenshot
Get out your karaoke file, or the background music that you'll be mixing your singing to. If there isn't a karaoke version of the song that you're using, you could always try removing the vocals. It's more of a process of reversing parts of the different stereo channels, so don't expect it to be perfect. Sometimes only the drums are removed, and the voice will will be audible. It all depends on the song, so try out the process with different songs and see if you can find one that works out well with the "Remove vocals." This can be found in Effects > Stereo > Remove Vocals.

6. Screenshot
Save the background music to a different file, to avoid overwriting the original. Now, with your left mouse button, select to the point where the vocals are supposed to start.

7. Screenshot
Go to your vocals file, and select Edit > Copy. Go back to the background music file, and select Edit > Mix. Now you've got a choice as to how loud the file should be when mixing. If you found that you sang pretty loud, reduce the percentage number. If you sang pretty softly, try increasing the percentage. Then hit OK.

8. Screenshot
Voila! Give it a listen-through, and if your voice is too loud/too quiet, try modifying the volume while mixing. If your vocals are sort of off in terms of timing, Edit > Undo the entire thing and try moving the selection a little bit. It may be frustrating, but you'll get it done.

9. File > Save your sompleted file. You're done!

>.>

Hope that helps. I'm not the master of this kind of stuff, but PM me if you need any extra help.

Oh, and Carol...I sound like a 8-year-old boy in my song. x]

 

[22sa]

Theeere she goes...there she goes again... ^___^
*Where have I heard that?*
Anywaaay...
That's SOOOOOOO pretty! You sing very good! ^____^



Yeah it shows a little bit more...I guess that's good XD
It was funny how I had to cut and cut the file and erase this part and that part until it was short enough to post (Less than 2MB!) And starting in
"That I might..."
Sounds SO weird! XD
I don't sound five anymore...
Now I sound 6! =D

Lol, try 10 or 12. Rifted, try 18!

J/K

 

[bna_li]

Er, when is the competition over?

 

[Hakudoushi-kun]

All right. Here it is. There was a problem with uploading the file (apparently .MP3 was invalid. :\), so I uploaded it on a remote host. >.>;;

https://home.comcast.net/~rifted/Rifted_-_Since_Yesterday.mp3 (2.33MB)
(You might want to right-click and "Save As." It's a big file. Sorta.)
Song: Since Yesterday
Artist: (cover) Wussom Pow
Artist: (original) Strawberry Switchblade

Vocals: Rifted (OMG)!
Mixed by: Rifted (yeah, I've got experience...)

Yup, this is dedicated to my buddy, Kairyu. To him and everyone else, I hope your ears don't explode. My voice broke many many times. :]

BTW, also mind the volume issues. Sometimes the guitar gets really really loud.

(Ooooh, you can do multiple songs? Expect more from yours truly!)

awesome!!!!!!!! i'm not a judge, but *hint* *hint* judges, be sure to listen to this one. so are carol's and blaine's!!!!!!!!!!!!! there should more than one winner, ya know!XPP

what i don't get is that more people are posting their songs than their voices on the other thread............

 

[Rifted]

awesome!!!!!!!! i'm not a judge, but *hint* *hint* judges, be sure to listen to this one.

what i don't get is that more people are posting their songs than their voices on the other thread............

Thanks. :]

I redid it though, be sure to listen to that version (it's somewhere on the 3rd page), because it's a lot better. x]

Oh, and...other thread? :o

 

[Hakudoushi-kun]

Thanks. :]

I redid it though, be sure to listen to that version (it's somewhere on the 3rd page), because it's a lot better. x]

Oh, and...other thread? :o

the thread where you post your voices (dame yo! forgot the name of that thread)

 

[RoxasOld]

the thread is....."we've seen ur face,now lets hear ur voice" or something like that. XP *starts singing the "Brain" song from ''Grim adventures of billy and mandy''* :laugh: i love that song.....Oro?

 

[Rifted]

Well, probably people don't want to be judged. This is a competition, y'know. x]

But seriously, people should come out here and enter! It's fun. =D

 

[100marios]

*applauds*
Wow! All of you have such wonderful singing voices!....although MM2...just kidding! Hehe.....
All the girls have really pretty voices! I'm suprised you're not a professional singer Rifted! Igtica and PokeTrainerCarol suprised me a little bit. You two have nicer singing voices then I first thought!....and I thought you 2 had really nice voices in the first place! And Blaine, I like that song too and you had the perfect voice to sing it! Such a really lovely voice!

I liked Kairyu's and Optic's a lot too, even though I couldn't understand what they said hehe. MM2's was cool and funny, kinda how I predicted it to be!...except I imagined your voice a bit different.

Well, I would really like to sing too (although I have a terrible singing voice) just for the fun of it, but I don't have my microphone hooked up. Even if I do hook it up though, I have no idea what to sing! I started thinking of singing something LotRy, but I then realized that most of the songs don't have words!
(Except for the song Aragorn sings at the end of RotK...hmm..)

Well, nice singing voices everyone!