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Isolate Music Tracks

Like on this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qcBcyTiIG8 Keith Moon's drum track from "Behind Blue Eyes" is isolated, how do you do this? Is there a certain program I should purchase? Is there a way that I can create new mixes with these isolated tracks? (and if you play these together at the right time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qcBcyTiIG8 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1hsbRepQ4M&feature=related it sounds amazing)

Moptopstyle1 (talk) 01:26, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

The audio on that video would have come from the master recording (before it was mixed down to stereo), rather than it being extracted. There are some ways that certain parts of audio can be extracted from a full mix ([1]) but I've not heard the results.

Of course, you can mix whatever you like if you've got individual tracks. You could mashup the drum track to "Behind Blue Eyes" with the guitar or vocals of something with a similar rhythm and tempo (or even stretch it to fit the tempo!). Our comparison of digital audio editors article lists the sort of software you'd use. matt (talk) 06:28, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Wow! thanks man, I didn't know there was an article on that kind of stuff! thank you! (and I especially like the link to the Beatles rockband, hehe) Moptopstyle1 (talk) 04:38, 11 September 2010 (UTC) I read that article about the Cedar Audio, and wow, if only, if only that software was in America. the address for the HQ is in England. Now that you went into detail of just mixing "Behind Blue Eyes" all up, it gets my hopes up SO much of finding an awesomely affordable program which I could do things like that. Thanks again. Moptopstyle1 (talk) 04:45, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Here's the webpage about CEDAR Retouch. It's a Pro Tools plug-in. Looks like it costs about £2350 (eg, this online store), (plus the price of Pro Tools, which starts around $500 or so). Also, from the looks of it you couldn't automatically extract instrument tracks. Doing so would likely require quite a bit of skill and hard work. Seems to be a great tool for highly skilled professionals. Pfly (talk) 10:10, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Band/Genre

My friend showed me a couple of videos of a band that I am now searching for. First off, I am associating France and French culture with them for some reason (they were on French television, maybe). More importantly, they used unorthodox and avant-garde methods in their music-making. One video started with a one man inside a shopping cart being pushed by another man across a gravel ground, creating a distinctive sound. Another video was a trio walking down a street (supposedly in France) singing. Also, if the search for the specific band is to not avail I would like to see if anyone can enlighten me as to this type of music. Thank you for your help Wikipedians! schyler (talk) 02:27, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

It's hard to say the specific "type", except for the very broad category of Avant-garde music. There are several subtypes and related types in the "see-also" section of that article. --Jayron32 05:09, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

If anyone cares to know, it's all found at [2] User: Schyler

gaga

In the Lady Gaga song Bad Romance, what does she mean when she sings that she's "bluffing with my muffin"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Caseofbadromance (talk • contribs) 13:59, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

First, that lyric is not in the song Bad Romance. It is in Poker Face. Bluffing means that she is not being honest. Muffin is a slang term for vagina. She is not being honest about her vagina - explicitly about her interest in having sex with the other person. In other words, she is being a tease. -- kainaw™ 14:21, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Given the extensive rumors about her being a hermaphrodite (one only has to type "lady gaga is a" into google and "hermaphrodite" is auto suggested) could it be a reference to that? Quadrupedaldiprotodont (talk) 14:25, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure Poker Face predated the rumors. Recury (talk) 14:39, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

In Lady Gaga's words: Obviously, it's my pussy's poker face! I took that line from another song I wrote but never released, called 'Blueberry Kisses.' It was about a girl singing to her boyfriend about how she wants him to go down on her, and I used the lyric. [Gaga sings] 'Blueberry kisses, the muffin man misses them kisses. (It's amazing what you can find on wikipedia these days). Soxwon (talk) 14:36, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

• Gaga has stated multiple times that Poker Face is about her thinking about sex with women while she was having sex with a former boyfriend. → ROUX ₪ 18:43, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Not doubting you at all, but could you throw in a link or two to these interviews, so we can put this to bed? 86.164.78.91 (talk) 01:04, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Soxwon's quote is referenced in the article on "Poker Face": Poker_Face_(Lady_Gaga_song)#Writing_and_inspiration. "The "Just Dance" singer on leotards, the first lady and raunchy lyrics", Austin Scaggs, 2009-02-19, Rolling Stone, (Jann Wenner)| ISSN:0035-791X. ---Sluzzelin talk 01:22, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Excellent, and I see the article also references Roux's explanation. 86.164.78.91 (talk) 12:02, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Quarterback rushing stats

How are quaterback rushing stats figured? Surely everytime he gets sacked, especially in the pocket, it isn't a deduction from his stats. It would be hard to say if a quarterback intends to throw or run from behind scrimage. Do they only figure it by yards gained from scrimage and disregard any losses? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.36.38.121 (talk) 16:16, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

To whoever answers this: Rush (American football) could use some info and a source. Dismas|^(talk) 16:45, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Yards from scrimmage and Quarterback sack may be of interest. 10draftsdeep (talk) 16:55, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

The QB sack article only mentions how passing yards are affected.--160.36.38.121 (talk) 17:04, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

If you believe that, then you need to learn to read better. From the article (since June 2010):

"NCAA continues to subtract sack yardage from individual rushing totals."

"If the play is designed for the quarterback to rush the ball, any loss is subtracted from the quarterback's rushing total."

"If the quarterback's intent is not obvious statisticians use certain criteria, such as the offensive line blocking scheme, to decide. Other unique situations where a loss reduces a quarterback's rushing total (not a sack) are "kneel downs" (used to run time off the game clock), and aborted plays, such as a fumbled snap that the quarterback falls on to maintain possession."

I believe that those quotes are about rushing yards, not passing yards. -- kainaw™ 18:03, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Total yards have to be accounted for, so it's no surprise that a sack would result in a reduction of a QB's yardage. Not that it really matters, unless you're Bobby Douglass. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 18:39, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Is there any way to tell when an article is edited? I read that article all the way through and it did not say that. I am pretty sure that article was changed after I asked the question, so keep you insults to yourself.--76.22.134.203 (talk) 01:45, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

If you're going to get snippy, you need to be clearer about who you're getting snippy at. :) ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:44, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

I am certain it is me. What's new? -- kainaw™ 02:52, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Click on "View History" at the top right of the article. It will show the various versions of that article. Dismas|^(talk) 01:56, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

As you can see (and as I stated above), the article has not been edited since June 2010. -- kainaw™ 02:01, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

In the NFL, sacks are counted as negative team passing yards, not rushing yards, and are not (I'm fairly sure) subtracted from a quarterback's personal rushing or passing totals. I'm sure the NFL has a statistician's manual with an exact rule as to how to determine whether to count a tackle of a QB behind the line as a sack or as a rushing attempt for a loss. -- Mwalcoff (talk) 04:16, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

kim possible why no walmart

I watch kim possible all the time, and i notice she travvles all around the world, and she likes shopping, yet, i never heard the word wal-mart mentioned one time. are there walmarts in the Kim Possible universe? or anything like one? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.112.104.172 (talk) 22:21, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

This is a general comment, and not just about Kim Possible: Most TV shows and movies avoid naming real products, stores, and companies, both (a) because of the possibility that the real store will sue the producers for trademark infringement or possibly for defamation of their store, if anything negative is said in the TV show about the real store; and (b) because this is giving free publicity to the real store, and the people in charge of the TV show will say "I'm not going to do free promotion for Wal-Mart — they can pay me, and then I'll do it." See product placement. The USA Network's shows like Royal Pains are increasing the heavy-handedness of their product placement to a pretty outrageous degree (IMO) and the sponsors like Ford are paying a lot to have the characters drive Fords and show off the features of their Fords within the show. One moment, please; I think I'm going to go buy a Ford now. Comet Tuttle (talk) 22:50, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Kim likes to shop at Club Banana, a Banana Republic–like store, but is resistant to shopping at Smarty Mart, the Wal-Mart–like megastore at which Ron Stoppable has been employed and which she considers declassé. (I believe at one point it's established that the two chains are in fact owned by the same parent company.) Though, as Comet Tuttle points out, shows tend to avoid naming real companies, they're not averse to thinly disguised pseudonyms. Deor (talk) 01:21, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Shows often make up fake brands that are similar to existing ones. Like Friendface (fakebook), DietPop (diet coke), MiteMar (marmite) Quadrupedaldiprotodont (talk) 14:23, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

And that requires me to mention Repo Man (film), in which every single product was generically labeled, prominently. The characters drank "Beer" brand beer. It was punk rock. Comet Tuttle (talk) 20:02, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

That was a real thing; see Generic brand. Yoshi348 (talk) 19:08, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Diden't they mention walmart in kids next door? it's been so long sinse i watched it because here in canada, teletoon does not show it, but i remember hearing the word walmart mentioned. 204.112.104.172 (talk) 09:44, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

1948 MLB Schedule

A correspondent has written to the Wikimedia Foundation to ask if we could help him locate a copy of the 1948 MLB schedule for both the American and National leagues. Does anyone here know where he might find these? (He could not quite navigate this page, so I am leaving the question as a courtesy on his behalf.) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 23:11, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

I haven't found an online schedule of all league games day by day, but the schedule of each team, with game results, can be found by following the 1948 links on this page (American League) and this page (National League). Deor (talk) 01:41, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

You may want to directly contact User:Baseball Bugs. He's usually very good at finding this sort of info. The other option is to direct the correspondant to contact the Elias Sports Bureau, which specializes in highly detailed historical sports information. --Jayron32 02:04, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

If you're looking for an actual printed schedule, I wouldn't know where to find that. But if you're looking for results, you could use the baseball almanac links, or you could go to their source, Retrosheet, which has the box scores for the 1948 games, though not the play-by-play yet. They only have that for certain years (or decades, actually). ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:42, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, all. :) I'll make sure he's aware of your responses. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 12:42, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

An actual printed schedule would be found in the Sporting News Baseball Guide for the 1948 season. Available in certain libraries but not online. --Xuxl (talk) 19:33, 14 September 2010 (UTC)