I have a request that may be a little work-intensive and possibly unrealistic. However, here goes...
A few weeks back, Preach hooked me up (thanks again, homie!) with the best-available audio rip of the solo video version of "All Bout U". Unfortunately, since it is from a music video, it is edited; I'm not concerned with the altered lyrics (I like the reworked verses), just the removed words. It's also missing the intro, as it has that dumb video skit before it jumps right to Pac's first verse. I wanted to edit it to make it "explicit", but it's mixed differently. (Preach described it best as a "mono sound", so I'm gonna stick with that.)
I've tried a few things: I found a DIY a cappella, which includes all three of Pac's verses and Nate's chorus, but not Snoop's outro. The plan was just to fill in the blanks with the a cappella. (If I had to, I would just cut Snoop's verse and fade out, but there was no good spot for that.) I also tried to put the a cappella over the instrumental, but the a cappella is so uneven, it was hard to equal out, and I was having trouble getting it on-beat, as I have no clue how to match BPM.
I also thought about layering the video version on top of the instrumental and filling in the blanks with audio from the actual CD version, and, if that worked, including the Outlawz' verses.
Alas, none of this worked, as the sound of the mix is different.
So, my questions are, is it possible to do a good quality mix through sound editing/tweaking and, if so, is anyone out here able/willing to do it for me? I will gladly reasonably compensate for time and effort. Also, assuming any Pac fan would at least have a lossless CD version of the song (if not, I can hook you up), I can provide the a cappella, instrumental, and video version, the latter two being lossless. (I would just need a recommendation for a free place I can upload large files.)
If this is a possibility, would anybody be up to helping? It would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks in advance!
Fro
A few weeks back, Preach hooked me up (thanks again, homie!) with the best-available audio rip of the solo video version of "All Bout U". Unfortunately, since it is from a music video, it is edited; I'm not concerned with the altered lyrics (I like the reworked verses), just the removed words. It's also missing the intro, as it has that dumb video skit before it jumps right to Pac's first verse. I wanted to edit it to make it "explicit", but it's mixed differently. (Preach described it best as a "mono sound", so I'm gonna stick with that.)
I've tried a few things: I found a DIY a cappella, which includes all three of Pac's verses and Nate's chorus, but not Snoop's outro. The plan was just to fill in the blanks with the a cappella. (If I had to, I would just cut Snoop's verse and fade out, but there was no good spot for that.) I also tried to put the a cappella over the instrumental, but the a cappella is so uneven, it was hard to equal out, and I was having trouble getting it on-beat, as I have no clue how to match BPM.
I also thought about layering the video version on top of the instrumental and filling in the blanks with audio from the actual CD version, and, if that worked, including the Outlawz' verses.
Alas, none of this worked, as the sound of the mix is different.
So, my questions are, is it possible to do a good quality mix through sound editing/tweaking and, if so, is anyone out here able/willing to do it for me? I will gladly reasonably compensate for time and effort. Also, assuming any Pac fan would at least have a lossless CD version of the song (if not, I can hook you up), I can provide the a cappella, instrumental, and video version, the latter two being lossless. (I would just need a recommendation for a free place I can upload large files.)
If this is a possibility, would anybody be up to helping? It would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks in advance!
Fro
