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How to Remove Music from the Background When You Mix Songs

Mixing a song can be a demanding process, involving much time and concentration. It is often important for an audio engineer to be able to listen to one particular element of a song on its own without the other instruments getting in the way. For example, it is important while adding or subtracting effects like reverb. Even once a mix is well underway and you have already started to bring together the various elements of your song, it is possible to isolate specific tracks without undoing any of the mixing work you've already completed.

Things You'll Need

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Instructions

    • 1

      Press the mute button on a particular track, so that when you next play the song back, that track is excluded from the playback. Press the mute button again to deselect the function and bring the muted track back into the mix.

    • 2

      If you only want to hear one specific track, use that track's solo button on the mixer. This function plays the track on its own. To play a second track alongside your soloed track, use that track's solo button. Complete the required mixing work on your soloed track and deselect all of the solo buttons you have activated to bring back the elements you have excluded.

    • 3

      If when listening to your mix, you hear an unwanted sound, but cannot work out where it is coming from, solo the first track on your mixer at the relevant point in the song and listen for the bug. If this track is not the culprit, unsolo it before soloing the next track. Repeat this operation until you find the track containing the rogue sound. Edit out the blip if possible; if not, rerecord or replace the track in question.

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