Deconstructing Toto - Africa (Isolated Tracks)

[@jamesmcgill6505]

I have nothing but respect for a songwriter who can work a lyric like "Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengetti" into (believe it or not) a 4/4 rock song.

[@bamaalum0920]

I always thought he said “like a leopress” instead of “like Olympus”

[@RebornAudio]

12:47 - hearing what AI did to Bobby’s elongated “I bless the rains” is perfection.

[@yosefsantoni599]

You can really hear that CS80 polyphonic aftertouch in action on the synth brass. Very expressive playing. Excellent work by David Paich and Steve Porcaro.

[@jables3377]

9:43 The acoustic guitar riffs are awesome, but so low in the final mix. That quarter note triplet descending riff is magical.

[@troyroy01]

Timmy Schmidt of this underground band known as the Eagles!

[@0-1]

​@@troyroy01, no Steve Lukather added the acoustic guitars counter to what Wikipedia says.

[@lestat8628]

Synth + Piano + Organ is my favourite. It's so 80s

[@eoTVoke]

Nice, great track ..ToTo Africa 👍👍

[@cobb_thedrummer]

This is epic. I was looking for an isolated drum track for this awhile back but couldn’t find one. Thank you for all these! Truly historic

[@russellremixes9667]

I have been looking for this for about 25 years now, THANK YOU!! I read something once about how immensely layered this song was and that they used something like 48 tracks - which at the time was unheard of. I’ve always wanted to hear the parts isolated. The guitars are amazing!!

[@janekolszak6761]

Either 48 tracks or 72 because I read somewhere that they used 3 24-track machines.

[@--2]

@@janekolszak6761, According to David Paich, 72 tracks. In a interview he joked they had set up their own little studio with 3. 24-track machines.

[@janekolszak6761]

@@--2 what interview is that? if i can ask

[@michaelharrington75]

​@@janekolszak6761 They had access to 72 tracks, but I doubt they used that many.

[@craighermle7727]

The drum/congas were on a loop track. I never realized that until a couple of days ago

[@aubindemontfalcon5967]

Jeff Porcaro wanted to create a loop with a lot of different percussions. It was the basis of the song, and the first track recorded for the "Africa" session. Jeff and Lenny Castro created that loop track.

[@MichaelSouhoka]

All arranged well, beautiful, and perfect! The masterpiece!! The best of what Toto has ever done. I love this song!

[@umakara55]

All TOTO instruments are excellent and professional

[@michaelharrington75]

The musicians

[@benjamindelany7266]

Those drums sound amazing

[@ournerves]

So damn sense...yet so clean. Unbelievable!!

[@musiqsoundsproductions]

Afuche Cabassa is the magic saus blending the grooves together. My goodness. Such a small instrument and so glueing.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Always noticed the piano in the background, especially when it gets into the third chorus and you can hear those high notes, and afterwards in the repeated chorus when it occasionally shines through very clearly.

[@thomquickmusic]

Perfect as is

[@nathanwahl9224]

Beautiful! Thank you, thank you! Our 3 piece is going to try this off, and this helps immensely! Partial drums/congas, and the synths and marimba switchable in and out, all on a sequence. More rhythm on top live, as are bass/keyboard, guitar and 3 vocals. Perhaps a simple bass on the sequence to make my life easier. Exactly what we need!!!

[@RayyMusik]

Excellent! Could you also deconstruct Rosanna, please?

[@rbstems]

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[@David22232]

Bobby Kimball super singer 💙

[@davanmani556]

The bass at the end during phase out chorus gets me all the time.

[@rubenmacarro1704]

I wasn't expecting this song to be deconstructed today but oh boy, what a good surprise, love it Could you do any song from Little Richard? I'd love to see his vocals with no instrumental

[@janapfeiffer1]

Najlepsia kapela na svete jan.rigo zdravim Vas

[@gebe8978]

As I once read, this song is so important that a continent was named after it.

[@vinceboston7451]

wow. pure brilliance

[@limposwe]

Finally it’s here. At least the closest we can get without hearing the real masters 😊 Well actually this has been done before with the same mix I think, but not the same separation.

[@tendeposes9166]

10:22

[@rickenbacker315]

Great track! Nice surprise ...

[@6teeth318-w5k]

This is fantastic. Deconstructing it makes some parts sounds wierd, really. I have no such imagination when making songs. Most tend to just hammer everything all the way.

[@CristhoferPinaresRamosCQ]

Great video

[@Fullscore999]

I wonder why the AI/Rock Band Stems chose to do these "Guitars + Marimba + Flute Synth". Of course that's how to AI is still limited in the mid range, but the flute synth has a distinct sound and should be fairly easy pickings, no need to sully the guitar track.

[@rbstems]

That was made back when AI couldn't really separate guitars from synths. It's now possible, so I could redo it in the future.

[@Seabee203]

​@@rbstemsPlease do it!

[@DavidSmith-ni7ow]

What is the backward masking at 26:22 ?

[@flouisbailey]

Sounds like pizza 🍕 is here.

[@David22232]

I have request for you 🙏 Bee gees : How deep is your love, possible? THANK YOU 🙏🙏🙏

[@alphabeets]

Gonna take the time to do the things we never had?!?!

[@janekolszak6761]

How did you managed to clear the tracks so well?

[@stephanleo]

Probably w/ "Moises" App

[@flouisbailey]

I thought it would be better crisper and bass less buzzy and muddy where does the tight bass come from syn multi layered?

[@limposwe]

If I’m not mistaken, this is from a 5.1 remaster that I don’t think band had so much to do with? You can hear it because some parts are different from OG track (the dist guitar every chorus for example). Maybe they did something with the bass too then?

[@michaelcaplin8969]

@@limposwe This is just isolated from the main track using an AI isolation software. Hence why the quality isn't very good.

[@limposwe]

@@michaelcaplin8969Yes 👍 But it’s from that 5.1 SACD mix or whatever it’s called. Not the original track.

[@michaelcaplin8969]

@@limposwe it is, but it's still AI isolated, as for example, both vocals, drums/perc, and bass will be on the center channel.

[@OfficialTopHatCharlie]

Do you think you could share the tracks fully separated and not bunched together?

[@rbstems]

I separated the tracks as much as I could, there's no official multitracks available.

[@OfficialTopHatCharlie]

@@rbstems okay thank you

[@typingarchetypes]

Can you do Since I’ve been Loving You - Led Zeppelin?

[@anthonytrivisonnojr]

Can you send the files to me?

[@richsackett3423]

Worst bass guitar sound I’ve ever heard.

[@flouisbailey]

Now I want to hear Wheezer and Weird Al deconstructed.

[@richsackett3423]

@@jnielsen1956 Really good. Been playing music for 10 years and bass for 4 at that point. Passed an audition for the US Army bands at 20. Thanks for asking. Allow me to point out that Mike Hungate was 33 when this was recorded.

[@panicattackstudios]

Why is it bad? Like do you mean the tone of the instrument, the playing, or the composition?

[@flouisbailey]

@@panicattackstudios Tone thin, excessive fret buzz, not what I think the record sounds like. In summery my ears have been working for 71 years. I have to tell all the voices in my head to hold it down.

[@richsackett3423]

@@panicattackstudios tone=sound usually

[@Tracker1944]

great