[Saxplayer67]

Hi there

Most sheet music + backing tracks CDs I buy, have a demo track and then the accompaniment tracks repeated, some have just the accompaniment tracks but one annoying type of book/CD has an annoying xylophone-like guide on each track which says it can be removed by CD players as it is on the right hand channel. Well, no CD player I have ever owned has come with that facility. Does anyone know a way to remove it fairly easily please? On some tracks it can be masked by the actual sax when I play but on some it is too audible... Thanks.

 

[hakukani]

Don't hook up the RH channel.

 

[Saxplayer67]

Thanks Hak, long time no!

How do I not hook it up? Do you mean not plug in that speaker? Sorry, I'm not into audio stuff really, just stick a disc on and play it!

And if I'm burning the track from CD to my MP3 player (which I only use for backing tracks, music to listen to is still CD/vinyl/cassette for me!), is there a simple to use software to remove the channel?

Thanks!

 

[hakukani]

Right. Just leave off plugging in the right channel, and it won't appear. If it's a regular phono input/jack, it'll be the red one that you leave off (red for right).

 

[Saxplayer67]

Thanks, Hak.

 

[dubrosa22]

Yep, you can unplug your cd player's RH output plug (the red one) and set your amp to mono. Or more drastically, unplug the RH speaker channel.
But the best and most permanent thing to do would be to import the tracks into an audio editor like Audacity and delete the RH track then pan the LH track to mono then export and burn to cd.

 

[GT]

There was a time when unplugging a speaker from an amp was a no-no. But I guess they have taken measures to prevent damage for that now.

 

[Souportwenty]

Actually, the instructions here are to unplug the input to the speaker which means there is still a load on the speaker (you do not unplug the speaker wire, just the red RCA input). So, it really shouldn't harm your equipment. You could also listen to the recording with headphones and just leave the right earpiece off!

 

[dubrosa22]

There was a time when unplugging a speaker from an amp was a no-no. But I guess they have taken measures to prevent damage for that now.

You're absolutely correct. But that's why I said it was 'drastic'.

If you disconnect the speaker wires when the amp is switched OFF and the wires are removed from the amplifier end not the speaker end (ie. don't leave exposed 'live' speakers wires just draped across the living room floor from the amp) and it's perfectly fine.

But go the software route I say.

 

[jakethesax]

On most audio amplifiers, or in the audio applet for computers there's usually a pan knob/slider/fader.. Just pan to the left, and you're there...