Removing Vocals from a Song in Audacity
This is a handy little trick for removing vocals from a music track using Audacity.
It won’t always work and depends heavily on the positioning of the vocals in the mix of the track you are dealing with.
However as you can see in the example below when it works, it works very well.
Probably the best way to achieve this using Audacity these days is to take advantage of the free A.I. tools Intel have produced specifically for Audacity.
You can see those tools linked below with the Music Separation tool being the one more relevant to the tutorial shown below.
It is important to note if you want to use these A.I. tools that you download and install the correct version for the version of Audacity you are running.
For example the suite for version 3.6.1 will not run on the current version of Audacity which is version 3.6.2 and vice versa.
Here’s What I’d Do if I Were New to Video Editing in 2024
This is a sort of “best of” tutorial from the guys at Movavi covering a little on the platforms you may be wanting to upload to.
However the meat and potatoes of the video deals with the activity of video editing itself.
For me you really should pay attention to what I think is point numbers three and four regarding choosing a video editor and device to edit on.
The key points on these things from my perspective are these:
First, your choice of video editing software is pretty easy these days because the competition in that market is so strong that they all have to stay on their toes as far as features and usability goes.
Having said that I cannot stress enough the importance of spending the time to really learn the software you have chosen.
I cannot tell you how many times I have been asked here and on User Forums why some software cannot do some particular thing only to tell the poster that it can do it, they just didn’t learn how!
This video is from the guys at Movavi so obviously they are going to be promoting their own software!
However the reality is that there is little difference between them and the other contenders in that field.
Secondly the use of a device for doing your editing.
Mobile phones are “OK” for editing short form content as long as things stay pretty simple.
However if you are going to be creating longer form video (which you should) then you absolutely need that extra processing power and screen real estate that a PC or laptop provides.
YouTube Growth – Without the Guesswork, Q&A + Subscriber Hangout! – Primal Video Live
One of my key sources of information on the subject of starting and running a YouTube Channel is Primal Video.
In fact I only follow about five channels in the is space desite the fact that there are literally thousands of alternatives.
What I mainly look for in sourcing authoritative creators with real knowledge is that they are successful in their own right and they don’t blindly follow trends or make baseless claims.
If you are serious about YouTube then check out this live video which is a good 45 minutes long and is packed with useful and applicable info you can use to actually build a channel.
Using the Range Selection Tool in PowerDirector 365
I am of the firm belief that all producers of video editing software have gathered together and decided that the most non-standard tool in their programs would be “range selection.”
Every one of them seems to have a different way of allowing you to to both select and produce a range from the timeline.
I don’t know about you but I do this quite often during the production of a final video to test all sorts of things.
The most common is after color correction or grading where I need to produce just a short sample then see that it looks OK on other devices as well as a range of even more devices when viewed on YouTube.
Endlessly producing the entire project is a waste of time so it’s a tool I use a lot.
Here’s the secret sauce for PowerDirector!
Master The Effects From Lisa and Rosalía’s New Woman Music Video!
This is a deconstruction tutorial on a few effects that are used in the referenced music video.
The interesting part is that in a relatively simple video editing program like Filmora you can pull off these effects on a basic drag and drop basis.
Ten years ago none of this would have been even remotely possible.
New to DaVinci Resolve? Start Here – The Beginner’s Guide to DaVinci Resolve 19
Every year or so Casey Faris puts out a video for absolute beginners using DaVinci Resolve.
Generally speaking Resolve gets updates fairly regularly so by the time a year has passed things have changed.
Having said that the differences between Resolve 18 and Resolve 19 are not all that much from the outside.
Regardless of that whenever Casey puts out these updated “beginner” video I always watch them even though I have been using Resolve for a few years now.
If you are new to Resolve or are thinking about checking it out then this is a great starting point.
If you are already using it like me then this is a great refresher to help you get the most out of it.
New Free Effects, Titles & Transitions in Davinci Resolve 19
So by now in the world of video editing the release of DaVinci Resolve 19 is not just old news but nearly in the realm of historical data!
That being said there have been some new effects, titles transitions etc that were introduced plus a couple of previously Studio only (paid) are now free.
So with all of that info here’s MrAlexTech with the latest and greatest.
No more Corel Videostudio?
I came across this recent video from Gripps2211 who has always been my “go to” guy for using Corel VideoStudio.
In the #Short you can see below he states that Corel have decided to end production of VideoStudio with the 2023 version being the final one.
This may or may not be true as I have seen no announcement from Corel themselves on this topic and additionally no-one over at the VideoStudio Forum has said anything about it.
Whether it is true or not I think there are a couple of key points to address here.
The first is that if the software you are using is working perfectly well on your computer and allows you to do what you need or want to do then there is no reason to change.
I have a five year old copy of Pinnacle Studio and VideoStudio 2023 running on my computer and they function perfectly fine!
The other point Gripps raises is that of subscription based models for editing software.
Sadly from an economic perspective we have entered a time when the old model of perpetual licenses has simply become unsustainable.
The cost of developing and maintaining software against a background of enormous technological advances on a number of fronts has squeezed the software makers into that position.
Anyway if I hear anything definite on this front regarding VideoStudio I’ll include it here.
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