Stems. Using RipX posted by elsiebear

Stems. Using RipX

Posted on Jan 28, 2022 05:32 am
elsiebear
Member Since: Apr 24, 2012

Hi all . I'm new to both this forum and to STEMS. I am using RipX to rip my stems and my DAW is Ableton live.

As anyone knows the success rate with ripping stems is a bit hit and miss. Sometimes the main instrument stem/track comes out badly ...words to describe the sound would be very fussy, phasey, broken up, space-age, clipped etc. (if you know you know !)

SO what I want to know is what post ripping effects do people apply to even out this problem. I have a bit of luck with heavy EQ but I'm sure there must be way more I can try

There are a couple of amazing you tubers who achieve spectacular results from Carpenters,Olivia Newton John, ABBA, Queen tracks etc so I know there is a better way out there

Any help would be wonderful ....thanks

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dbmasters
Administrator
Since: Apr 03, 2002

Jan 28, 2022 11:05 am

I can't say I am familiar with the term "stems", could you explain that? It sounds like it's basically splitting tracks from previously mixed audio. If so, that is tough, would require a lot of cleaning.

If not, could you explain the term?

elsiebear
Member
Since: Apr 24, 2012

Jan 28, 2022 02:03 pm

Hi yes RipX is n app that takes a fully mixed track and splits it into 4 separate 'stems' Bass, drums.vocal and instruments .....its amazing, the quality varies from track to track though, so I was just after some advise from fellow ripper fans
Thanks

Herb Utsmelz
Ne'er ate 'er
Member
Since: Apr 05, 2006

Jul 06, 2022 09:32 pm

Good god, I can't imagine such a process would be anywhere near accurate. I'm thinking about a "vocal eliminator" that removes everything in the center of the stereo image for karaoke purposes. These almost always have abominable results. Why do you want to do this?