Mixes of Popular songs

[HemDogz]

I am only new, and probably way out of my league here, but, i've been listening to dubstep remixes of various songs.
How do people do this? lol. I know I am probably asking a lot here, but I haven't a clue.

Do they somehow obtain a master track of just the vocals for the song and then throw their beats and shit ontop of that? or what?

Cheers for any help.

[Espy]

Sometimes the original artist will send the remixer stems. I.e. the acapella, the bass sample, the lead melody etc. Or you can get the midi notes off of sites like nonstop2k and find the acapella on various sites. Sometimes it's just a case of cutting parts of the song out that play on their own and putting them into a tune you've made.

[SamEyes]

Filters, EQ and clever cutting is the best way. Chances of getting an acapella for a popular track are very unlikely unless they publicly release them, in which case the internet would probably already be awash with remixes of the same song, and if you're starting out it's not gonna help if people are gonna be comparing your mix to those of more seasoned producers.

Not saying you shouldn't try it, it'd be good for practice but to stand out you're going to need to be different! The best way is to just work with the original track. Most of the remixes I've done have used the full original track without having the vocals on their own.