Original Post:
For the first time on the internet someone has attempted to create DIY acapellas of many of the tracks from Dizzee Rascal's 'Showtime' album!
Showtime DIY Acapellas Tracklisting:
1. Graftin'
2. Learn
3. Hype Talk
4. Face
5. Respect Me
6. Get By
7. Knock Knock
8. Girls
9. Flyin
10. Is This Real
These acapellas were created using the phase inversion method. The audio used in the phase inversion process was WAV rips of Showtime and 320 kbps MP3 versions of the instrumentals.
Obviously with these being DIY acapellas some traces of instruments remain and their loudness varies from track to track. No further processing has been done on these acapellas beside using the phase inversion method to attempt to isolate the vocal of each track, so feel free to try some filtering yourself!
I don't really have much experience/knowledge of creating acapellas from full songs so can't really improve them but hopefully by uploading them, these acapellas might come to the attention of someone who is able to isolate the vocal better than has already been achieved. If anyone does manage to improve any of these acapellas let me know and they can be added to the original download archive.
I don't really have much experience/knowledge of creating acapellas from full songs so can't really improve them but hopefully by uploading them, these acapellas might come to the attention of someone who is able to isolate the vocal better than has already been achieved. If anyone does manage to improve any of these acapellas let me know and they can be added to the original download archive.
Also included is the DIY acapella version of 'Give You More', the B-side to the 'Stand Up Tall' single.
Tracks from 'Showtime' that aren't included and the reason why:
Showtime - There is no instrumental available for this track so an acapella could not be created using the phase inversion method.
Stand Up Tall - This acapella is already widely available, google it.
Everywhere - The phase inversion method does not produce a good enough acapella of this track, there are too many instruments remaining too clearly so it is not included.
Dream - There is no instrumental available for this track so an acapella could not be created using the phase inversion method.
Imagine - There is no instrumental available for this track so an acapella could not be created using the phase inversion method.
Fickle - There is no digital instrumental available for this track so an acapella could not be created using the phase inversion method.
Is this Real (Dream single B-side) - The phase inversion method does not produce a good enough acapella of this track, there are too many instruments remaining too clearly so it is not included.
Appeal #1:
Do you have a CD copy or lossless rip (WAV or FLAC) of the rare Dizzee Rascal 'Instrumentals II' album? If so you could help try to obtain better quality acapellas of the ones listed here as MP3 files were used in the acapella creation process. If a higher quality of recording is used to obtain the acapellas they may sound better!
Appeal #2:
Do you have a CD copy or lossless rip (WAV or FLAC) of the rare Dizzee Rascal 'Instrumentals I' album which features tracks from 'Boy In Da Corner'? If so you could help try to obtain acapellas of many of the tracks from 'Boy In Da Corner'. (Big up to the forum user who sent me the MP3's of this album!)
Please contact me or try making the acapellas for yourself if you can help!
Hopefully these acapellas will be of some use to you, and if you like them be sure to checkout my Dizzee Rascal mashups!
Thanks for reading,
Niall
