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Bryce Van Parys
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Stem reduction?

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Has Anyone tried any recent software to remove the steel from a recording, using the new stem reduction technology.?
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I have but only to go the other way and leave just the steel. works good on the old western swing recordings I’ve tried.
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Re: Stem reduction?

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Pete Martin wrote: 11 May 2025 12:50 pm I have but only to go the other way and leave just the steel. works good on the old western swing recordings I’ve tried.
This is interesting, would make learning easier.
What are you using to do this?
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I'm using Lalal.ai It has a free trial if you want to do that. If you use it, you pay for the minutes it takes. I have found that if I just clip the steel solo I'm learning and ask it to give me the electric guitar it works pretty well on older recordings and doesn't take a lot of time.

For play along practice I use Band in a Box and have some Real Tracks I like to use as a Western Swing template.
Non pedal steel, mandolin and fiddle transcriptions
https://www.petemartin.info/transcriptions.html

Free Western Swing, Jazz, Bluegrass instrumental recordings
https://www.petemartin.info/recordings.html

‘56 D8 Stringmaster, 2025 Caladesi Stringmaster, Supro Supreme, Quilter MicroPro, Gibson EH125
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