tim wilde
September 16th 04, 12:25 AM
Hi there,
Excuse me if I'm delving into the wrong group, but I figured
if anyone would know which way to go with my problem it would be the
pros.
Many may years ago, in 1977, I recorded a lengthy radio interview with
Jimmy Page of Led Zep fame that went for over 3 hours or so and
featured a dozen or so of the groups tracks, as well as a few
Yardbirds songs. The interview took place in the back of a limo after
one of the band's Madison square gardens shows, and finished up at the
group's hotel. It was a great interview that featured a lot of
interesting details about the band's history and Page's early days as
a session musician and member of the Yardbirds, and I've kept hold of
it all these years out of sentimental value.
One thing I've increasingly had in mind over the years is how much I
would like to take the tape and overlay the fairly poor mono recording
of the songs with the stereo versions I have in my music library.
Obviously the average hi-fi isn't going to let you do this, but having
spent a great deal of time at one point with a friend of mine who
worked for years in radio - as a production manager - I know how
capable proefessional equipment is of performing the task. What gave
me the idea that it might be possible was the way I used to watch my
friend work with an 8-track, winding the reels backward and forwards
to get to just thr right spot where he wanted to start an edit or
insert addtional material on another track.
I figured the most appropriate way to do it would be to try and
extract all of the interview aspects to the tape digitally and then
try and overlay the song recordings. If it was just a case of
seperating interview material from the songs I wouldn't be here, what
make the task difficult - at least from my perspective - is the fact
that Page and the interviewer often overlap the intros to many of the
songs, sometimes quite extensively, so extracting their voices, and
syncing the stereo versions of the songs back in, is the major
problem.
Any ideas on how I could this, and any reccomendations on a decent
program that I could use for the job? I already have the facility to
take the tape and store the material on my computer, I just need to
know the best course of action to take to accomplish the task.
Any suggestions much appreciated.
Lastly and in case anyone was wondering, the project is strictly
personal and not some sort of bootleg project. It's just something
I've long wanted to do as a sort of homage to my youth and a band I
revered back in the 70's - God, am I THAT old?!
Cheers........Tim
Excuse me if I'm delving into the wrong group, but I figured
if anyone would know which way to go with my problem it would be the
pros.
Many may years ago, in 1977, I recorded a lengthy radio interview with
Jimmy Page of Led Zep fame that went for over 3 hours or so and
featured a dozen or so of the groups tracks, as well as a few
Yardbirds songs. The interview took place in the back of a limo after
one of the band's Madison square gardens shows, and finished up at the
group's hotel. It was a great interview that featured a lot of
interesting details about the band's history and Page's early days as
a session musician and member of the Yardbirds, and I've kept hold of
it all these years out of sentimental value.
One thing I've increasingly had in mind over the years is how much I
would like to take the tape and overlay the fairly poor mono recording
of the songs with the stereo versions I have in my music library.
Obviously the average hi-fi isn't going to let you do this, but having
spent a great deal of time at one point with a friend of mine who
worked for years in radio - as a production manager - I know how
capable proefessional equipment is of performing the task. What gave
me the idea that it might be possible was the way I used to watch my
friend work with an 8-track, winding the reels backward and forwards
to get to just thr right spot where he wanted to start an edit or
insert addtional material on another track.
I figured the most appropriate way to do it would be to try and
extract all of the interview aspects to the tape digitally and then
try and overlay the song recordings. If it was just a case of
seperating interview material from the songs I wouldn't be here, what
make the task difficult - at least from my perspective - is the fact
that Page and the interviewer often overlap the intros to many of the
songs, sometimes quite extensively, so extracting their voices, and
syncing the stereo versions of the songs back in, is the major
problem.
Any ideas on how I could this, and any reccomendations on a decent
program that I could use for the job? I already have the facility to
take the tape and store the material on my computer, I just need to
know the best course of action to take to accomplish the task.
Any suggestions much appreciated.
Lastly and in case anyone was wondering, the project is strictly
personal and not some sort of bootleg project. It's just something
I've long wanted to do as a sort of homage to my youth and a band I
revered back in the 70's - God, am I THAT old?!
Cheers........Tim