Above The Water

Weird Mix: March 9, 2006

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Just trying to keep my head out of the water
God knows I've been down there forever
I'm gonna break out to the banks this time
Hand to the heavens and I'm feeling fine.

Themes: Vocal Alteration.
Instruments: Martin Backpacker, Kramer Focus 111S, Praat.

For this clip, I took the acoustic guitar and lead vocals from the first verse of the original rock version of Above The Water, along with the main electric guitar solo, and ran the vocals through Praat to alter the pitch of the vocals so that they would match the notes played by the electric guitar. To do this, I ran the electric guitar clip into Praat and had it extract the pitch sequence, and then I used that to replace the pitch of the original vocal. Then I mixed the original acoustic guitar, original electric guitar solo, and altered vocals together in a stereo spread for contrast.
See also:
Above The Water (Version 1 Mix 8: January 5, 2004)
Above The Water (Floaty Chords: February 9, 2006)
Everytime (Harmony Rehash: March 9, 2006) (Uses Praat)
Send The Whole World Packing (Uses Praat)
The House (Oh No) (Uses Praat)