[Dec [Cluskey]]

On Mar 6, 2:43*pm, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
The standard unit for this is the Thompson Vocal Eliminator. *Earlier ones
were just a difference amplifier that generated an L-R signal, and a
low-pass filter that brought back in bass that was mixed to the center.
Modern ones have some DSP smarts in them.

entries of those vocalists.

They do, yes. *They don't just supply them to top DJs either... you can
buy all kinds of weird alternative mixes ("vocal only mix... double bongo mix")
in the DJ shops. *Somewhere around here I have a couple LPs with about
thirty different mixes of the same song....
--scott

Scott

Thank you for confirming my thoughts.

Now I wonder will my daughter [who knows 'everything', by the way]
believe me.

In years gone by there was a fad for giving alternate mixes of the
same track, even back tracks on the CD [I'm not talking remixes
here ... just alternate mixes of the same session]

I feel the minus lead vocal all started with the old Mastering
engineer trick of putting the track to be mastered out of phase ...
then turning to the client and saying: "is this the right mix, the
lead vocal is missing?" Yep, I well remember my first mastering
session ..... he was the guy who did all Sir Paul McCartney's
stuff ... we became friends after he realised I was a serious
producer.

Interesting you mention about bringing the bass back to original level
in the middle ... that had me a tad perplexed ... now I know.

Dec [Cluskey]