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kathrynt34912819
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December 24, 2018
Question

After saving music file and putting it online I can hear the lyrics on my devices but no one else's.

  • December 24, 2018
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I have a mixed down song I created using MAGIX software. I took the WAV file and normalized it in Audition then saved it to my computer. I uploaded it to youtube, tunecore and radioairplay. When I play the online version on my computer the song sounds great, everything is fine. When anyone else tries to play it on their devices through the same online services there are no lyrics, it is just an instrumental. My phone and computer play the lyrics just fine from the online source but no one else gets them, I don't understand what would cause this. Help!

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    kathrynt34912819
    Participant
    December 25, 2018

    Here is the link to the you tube file.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3aJ209Wcq-4

    so far I have gotten it to play correct on iPhones and windows laptops. Samsung devices to not play the vocals. Both the left and right stereo channels are identical. It is just one mixed down track. I would say this was impossible before seeing it for myself. Any suggestion on how to fix it would be great. Thanks!

    SteveG_AudioMasters_
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    December 25, 2018

    kathrynt34912819  wrote

    Both the left and right stereo channels are identical. It is just one mixed down track. I would say this was impossible before seeing it for myself. Any suggestion on how to fix it would be great. Thanks!

    Except that they aren't... the vocal is signal-inverted in each channel so that effectively, one cancels the other. You have to remix the vocal so that it sums at least partially, rather than subtracts.

    SteveG_AudioMasters_
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    December 24, 2018

    Well, normalizing wouldn't - indeed couldn't - cause that to happen.

    Can you provide a link to the YouTube file?

    ryclark
    Participating Frequently
    December 24, 2018

    Sounds like there maybe a channel phase inversion that is causing the centrally placed vocals to cancel out, assuming that the file was some sort of stereo to start with.