Reducing/removing a tambourine from a finished mix?

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Post by davidharrell » Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:32 pm

No need for apologies -- the question got answered!! :)

Thanks for the suggestions -- I'll try the "flipping the phase" trick with the original tambourine part and the instrumental stem. And if that doesn't work, I'm sure a bit of EQ during mastering will improve things somewhat. (It's not like the mix was ruined or anything -- just one of those little things that you wish you could take back...)

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Post by MoreSpaceEcho » Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:38 pm

the tambo track has to be lined up EXACTLY with the mix in order for it to work. but when it works, damn it seems like magic even though it isn't at all.

i used this trick recently to do the opposite: i wanted to remix an old song, but i was missing one or two files from the multitracks. so i made a mix, lined it up exactly with the old mix (which had the now-missing elements), flipped the phase on the new mix, ET VOILA!

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Post by Judas Jetski » Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:43 pm

I wonder if one could copy the track, EQ out everything but tambourine, and use that for the phase flip? That way you'd be guaranteed that the tracks would have identical timing...

...or would that just make a bigger mess? It would probably notch cymbals.



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Post by LeedyGuy » Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:46 am

Judas Jetski wrote:


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Post by donny » Sun Aug 24, 2008 12:02 pm

"Legs" by ZZ Top has a tambourine that's too loud, especially towards the end, not particularly well-played. i kind of like it
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