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What is an Accompaniment Track?
An Accompaniment Track is the entire original master recording without lead vocals. Accompaniment Tracks are only available in the original key and the two neighboring keys (One half step up and one half step down).
Each Accompaniment Track purchase comes as a digital audio M4A download and includes the following:
Instrumental stereo track with background vocals in hi, mid, and low keys
Instrumental stereo track without background vocals in hi, mid, and low keys
Please note that Accompaniment Tracks are available exclusively as M4A digital downloads and are not available as a hard disk purchase.
Background Vocals in Accompaniment Tracks
Some songs in the MultiTracks.com catalog will include background vocals and some will not have background vocals. A notice will be present on the accompaniment track product page when an accompaniment track does not have included background vocals. Example is pictured below:
In some cases, you may find that you still hear background vocals, or the lead vocal in the accompaniment track version labelled without BGVs. Although rare, some accompaniment tracks may have live-vocal bleed in instrument tracks that were recorded live. If this is the case, the accompaniment track will also show a notice that it's a live Recording. If you want to fully avoid live-vocal bleed, you can search for versions that are not live recordings. A notice is shown for the song's track products when the song was recorded live. See example messaging pictured below:
How to Use An Accompaniment Track
1. Purchase the Accompaniment Track. Find the song for which you want to purchase an Accompaniment Track on MultiTracks.com. Navigate to the Song Details page, choose the track's key, and purchase the song.
Accompaniment Tracks cannot be purchased as hard disks / CDs - they are available exclusively as digital audio downloads.
2. Download the Accompaniment Track on your computer. Once you have completed your purchase, press the "Download" button on the order receipt to download your Accompaniment Track .zip file onto your computer. This ZIP file contains every M4A audio file described above.
After downloading, your folder will contain subfolders for three keys: low, medium, and high. Each folder includes two files: one with background vocals and one without. (If the artist has provided background vocal tracks to MultiTracks.com).
In some cases a song's accompaniment download will not include background vocal versions. This simply means MultiTracks.com did not receive any background vocal tracks from the artist or label.
3. Open the Accompaniment Track folder to access your digital audio files. These M4A files are now on your computer and can be easily imported into any DAW or music player.
Option 2: Import into Playback.
To integrate your purchased Accompaniment Tracks in the Playback app, follow these steps below steps.
Make sure to log in to your MultiTracks.com account using the same credentials or belonging to the same organization that purchased the accompaniment tracks before proceeding.
Loading an accompaniment track into Playback
Open the Playback app and choose Create a setlist
Put in the necessary setlist details and date.
Then select Add A Song in the Playback interface.
Select My Library.
Search for your purchased song in the library and select it.
Choose Load Accompaniment Track to add the track to the app.
If you subscribe to Playback Rentals, you can choose to rent individual instrument parts instead. After selecting and loading the song, you can use the Tracks option to configure features such as background vocals (BGVs) and individual instrumental tracks. Furthermore, the Key setting allows selection of three provided keys for greater flexibility. - Ensure to log into the app before searching for tracks, as this step is required to access your purchased library.
Watch this video to get started with using your tracks in Playback for free.
Learn more about Accompaniment Tracks here.