I’m trying to edit a j-pop song and I want it to look like a male and female singing it together. Like the deeper pitch sing one line(while the higher pitch is not singing) and vise versa and then they sing the chorus part together.
Oh and how can I have them do that without fluctuating the beat(tempo)
There are three main steps to this:
A.
Separate the vocals and the music and save them in separate audio files.
To do this:
1. Follow the advice in this tutorial to dim/subdue/strip the vocals:
http://www.sims99.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15572
2. Export the track as wav. Let’s say you name this, "back.wav"
3. Close Audacity and re-do the process given in the tute, with the exception that this time, apply the effect to the other track. This should strip the background music and leave the vocals intact.
4. Export the track as wav again. Let’s say you call this, "vocal.wav"
5. Close the project.
B.
Tweak the vocals to give you the male and female voices.
Let’s suppose the vocals you have are male. Do the following:
1. Import vocal.wav twice into Audacity so that you have two tracks.
2. Name one track "Main" and the other "Fem" so you know what effect you’re applying to what track
3. Select the part you want to convert to female voice in the Fem track.
4. Go to Effects–> Change Pitch and select the "Up" radio button ("Down" if you have female and want to convert to male). Set the Semi-tones to between 4 and 5. This should change the pitch without changing the tempo. Preview and play around with the settings until you’re satisfied. Then hit OK.
5. Leaving the selection where the effect has been applied highlighted, hit Ctrl+C to copy it.
6. Select the exact same part in the "Main" track and overwrite it with the copied part from the "Fem" track. Just paste after selecting. That should do it.
7. Repeat steps 3-6 for all the parts that you want as female (or male if you start out with a female voice). Remember to leave the Semi-tones setting unchanged.
8. Remember to save your project.
9. For the parts where you want both voices, select the part in Fem, change to female voice with Effect–> Change Pitch. Then OK.
10. Where you want only male, select the corresponding part in the "Fem" track and go to Generate–> Silence and hit OK. This will mute the female voice, while "Main" remains for that duration.
11. Play the tracks from start to finish to check if you have the male, female and duet parts to your satisfaction.
11. Mix the tracks by going to Tracks–> Mix and Render (Audacity 1.3.7). This will create one stereo track with the male, female and duet voices.
12. Export to wav. Let’s say you call this, "MF.wav"
C.
Mix back.wav and MF.wav
1. Import the two tracks – back.wav and MF.wav – into Audacity. Play and check if they match. They should. Move sections back and forth if necessary until you’re satisfied.
2. Mix them by going to Tracks–> Mix and Render.
3. Export the mixed track to wav or mp3.
Hope this helps. I know it’s a long process but it’s fun.