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Hi guys, my name is Ian and I'm a 'noobie' to the forum so hopefully I won't be too embarassing 
First off, this forum has been a fantastic find for me and a genuinely good source of info and inspiration for me as a vocalist, so thanks for all the hard work done in putting it together and maintaining the website!
I'm currently learning the basics of Cubase 6 on a Windows XP operating system.
Evereything is going well and I have put together some decent mixes, using my vocal and some good quality backing tracks as a starter. I've used a variety of FX on my vocal, such as reverb, delay, compression, etc. and I'm very pleased with the results so far.
So, to my question...!
I've got a good quality backing track for a Tom Jones and Mousse T. collaboration, the 'Sexbomb' Peppermint Disco mix,which I want to use in my live gigs, but the track has no backing vocals on it, it's just the instrumental.
So far I've managed to mix some of my own backing vocals into the backing track mix and, if I say so myself, they sound really good, blending well with the instrumental and making a real difference to the overall impact and feel of the backing track.
My sticking point has come when I tried to record my backing vocal as you hear it at the start of the original artists recording of Sexbomb...
It's a bit difficult to explain in words but here goes...
The track starts off with a drum and baseline intro then TJ's vocal comes in, singing..
'Turn me on...me on...me on..me on...me on....' etc. It sounds like a looped and fading sound event which gives a perceived effect of moving from left to right across the stereo speaker setup.
The vocal starts in the left speaker/channel, then moves to centre, then to the right speaker/channel and then fades out as the keyboards kick in with the 'melody' section of the arrangement..
So, my question is...How can I best reproduce this effect for my backing vocal to travel from ' left - centre - right ' in Cubase?
I think it sounds superb in the artists original mix and it would be great to reproduce the effect in the backing track for my live show?
Any ideas on how to achieve this would be greatly appreciated!
Ian Anthony.

First off, this forum has been a fantastic find for me and a genuinely good source of info and inspiration for me as a vocalist, so thanks for all the hard work done in putting it together and maintaining the website!
I'm currently learning the basics of Cubase 6 on a Windows XP operating system.
Evereything is going well and I have put together some decent mixes, using my vocal and some good quality backing tracks as a starter. I've used a variety of FX on my vocal, such as reverb, delay, compression, etc. and I'm very pleased with the results so far.
So, to my question...!
I've got a good quality backing track for a Tom Jones and Mousse T. collaboration, the 'Sexbomb' Peppermint Disco mix,which I want to use in my live gigs, but the track has no backing vocals on it, it's just the instrumental.
So far I've managed to mix some of my own backing vocals into the backing track mix and, if I say so myself, they sound really good, blending well with the instrumental and making a real difference to the overall impact and feel of the backing track.
My sticking point has come when I tried to record my backing vocal as you hear it at the start of the original artists recording of Sexbomb...
It's a bit difficult to explain in words but here goes...
The track starts off with a drum and baseline intro then TJ's vocal comes in, singing..
'Turn me on...me on...me on..me on...me on....' etc. It sounds like a looped and fading sound event which gives a perceived effect of moving from left to right across the stereo speaker setup.
The vocal starts in the left speaker/channel, then moves to centre, then to the right speaker/channel and then fades out as the keyboards kick in with the 'melody' section of the arrangement..
So, my question is...How can I best reproduce this effect for my backing vocal to travel from ' left - centre - right ' in Cubase?
I think it sounds superb in the artists original mix and it would be great to reproduce the effect in the backing track for my live show?
Any ideas on how to achieve this would be greatly appreciated!
Ian Anthony.