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To remix a song, you first have to be able to plan how your remix is going to sound. A rough idea of how you are going to use the track's original elements and the structure, length and feel of the mix is essential.

The first step in remixing a song, is acquiring the separated audio samples that make up the song you're remixing. This can generally only be done with the permission of the artist, their management or recording label, however since you're already starting a remix, you will have obtained this permission, otherwise in creating the remix and distributing it, you fall foul of international copyright law.

The next step is to create a backing track upon which the original vocals will sit. There is no one way to do this, it's always up to the remixer to create their track however they would ordinarily create a piece of music, be it using synths and sequencers or live instruments.

Depending on the type of remix you're doing (some remixers prefer to use a lot of the original melody, while others like to repeat a particular set of phrases) you will want to create a chord structure in your music that allows the vocals to fit nicely, or if you prefer, not. Invariably, however, there must be a computer program or other device present that is capable of mixing audio atop audio. Software like Sony's <i>Acid</i> and Apple's <i>GarageBand</i> are made more-or-less specifically for this purpose and allow live manipulation of audio, including adding effects and fine-tuning the equalizers while being able to listen to how it sounds within the rest of the track.

So you've got your backing track and you've mixed the original vocals in as you fancy, all that's left is to add a few audio accents, swooshes, little musical details that you may have missed out on while creating your track and a few fine-tuning of bits and bobs to ensure there's no clipping, timing errors or bare patches and you're pretty much done.

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