Sampling only a channel (Right/Left) from a Song?

[Pencilcase]

Hey, sorry to bother you all, but I have a (most likely silly) question that has been stuck on my mind for months.
It might even not be possible, or in the other hand it can be super basic, but I just don't know it, sorry pals, I'm not much experienced yet.

Can you sample only a channel of a song (Right or Left)? I'm not sure if I'm saying this correctly, so by other words: I have a couple of songs that I'd love to use, but the instrumental ruins the sample - the instrumental (guitar, piano) is on the left side for example, and the vocals on the right [or the inverse, I want to sample only the instrumental, without the vocals], how do I do this?

Any reply is appreciated.
Peace.

 

[rhythmgj]

If a song is already mixed and on LP or CD, you can't "un-mix it" and take what you want out. But if it happens to be panned (spread across the stereo field) in such a way that what you want to sample is on one side or the other (Left or Right in a stereo recording), then yes, of course you can sample only one side. If you are using a turntable, CD player, or tape deck with RCA cables to sample into your computer, sampler, or recording machine, simply leave the side you don't want un-plugged (generally red for right, white or black for left),
and !voila!, a one-sided sample. This generally doesn't sound awesome, but if there is a way for you to pan that side center, or to sample/record in mono, then you will be fine.

If you are working in a program like Sound Forge, you can have the program pan the material center for you if it comes in on one side or the other...

GJ

 

[jyri]

Record the sample and convert to mono with the channel you want to keep as the source..

 

[audioguy]

The best thing to do is buss the channel that you want to record to a new track, then pan it hard left or right to record the instrument that you want to sample. Arm the track and record the sample.