Remixing

[Bleu]

Hi all,
I am need of some help... I currently want to remix a few songs but I can't really figure out how. I just don't understand how remixing works. I watched a few videos and they suggested just putting an EQ on the song's pre-excisting audio to sort of isolate parts of the song, but that's a huge hastle and is nearly impossible to retrieve a clean sound from. When you listen to remixes on Soundcloud and Spotify they sound so clean... as if the remixers had the entire .flp at their disposable. So I guess I'm just wondering... how do artists isolate each track within the entire song, and is there a way that I can do it? Or maybe there is a site to download .flp's that artists release along with their song.
I'm into EDM and House type of stuff if that matters. I'm looking to remix the new DubVision track "Hearts" and maybe Tiesto & KSHMR's "Secrets".

I'm currently obsessed with FL Studio 12, but I only have the demo version. I own Logic Pro X but I want to stick with FL as I feel it's way quicker than Logic and I'd perfer to stay on my PC.

Thanks!
Bleu.

[Paradise Decay]

Hi Bleu,

I've done a few remixes and tend to find artists who have all the samples available ready to remix. These can be found on their websites or even on their CD's. Also search google for remix competitions as these normally have the samples available.
The only time I've remixed a song from scratch is to use a program like Reason or FruityLoops to recreate the original parts from scratch, but this is very time consuming.

I have never tried to get sample parts from an actual track, as you say its too messy.

Hope this helps.

Some of my OFFICIAl REMIXES include:
"Sandstorm" by Darude (Samples sent to me by Darude for a competition)
"Bass How Low Can You Go" by Simon Harris (Samples sent to me by Simon)
"Sunlight" by DJ Sammy (Samples supplied in an eJay Remix demo competition)
"Shout (Tears for Fears)" by Sagitaire (Samples supplied via a Competition on Sagitaire website)

[Bleu]

Originally posted by Paradise Decay:

Hi Bleu,

I've done a few remixes and tend to find artists who have all the samples available ready to remix. These can be found on their websites or even on their CD's. Also search google for remix competitions as these normally have the samples available.
The only time I've remixed a song from scratch is to use a program like Reason or FruityLoops to recreate the original parts from scratch, but this is very time consuming.

I have never tried to get sample parts from an actual track, as you say its too messy.

Hope this helps.

Some of my OFFICIAl REMIXES include:
"Sandstorm" by Darude (Samples sent to me by Darude for a competition)
"Bass How Low Can You Go" by Simon Harris (Samples sent to me by Simon)
"Sunlight" by DJ Sammy (Samples supplied in an eJay Remix demo competition)
"Shout (Tears for Fears)" by Sagitaire (Samples supplied via a Competition on Sagitaire website)

Are stems and samples the same thing??

[Paradise Decay]

Originally posted by Bleu:

Originally posted by Paradise Decay:

Hi Bleu,

I've done a few remixes and tend to find artists who have all the samples available ready to remix. These can be found on their websites or even on their CD's. Also search google for remix competitions as these normally have the samples available.
The only time I've remixed a song from scratch is to use a program like Reason or FruityLoops to recreate the original parts from scratch, but this is very time consuming.

I have never tried to get sample parts from an actual track, as you say its too messy.

Hope this helps.

Some of my OFFICIAl REMIXES include:
"Sandstorm" by Darude (Samples sent to me by Darude for a competition)
"Bass How Low Can You Go" by Simon Harris (Samples sent to me by Simon)
"Sunlight" by DJ Sammy (Samples supplied in an eJay Remix demo competition)
"Shout (Tears for Fears)" by Sagitaire (Samples supplied via a Competition on Sagitaire website)

Are stems and samples the same thing??

I don't understand Stems?