music program specialists

andrew87 · Post by **andrew87** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 8:41 am

hey guys and gals,

just needed to know is there is any sort of program that can take the voice out of a song and leave the instrumental. and if u know if there is please leave a link.

thnx

Drew

stevebakh · Post by **stevebakh** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 4:08 pm

You can do this with quite a few different pieces of software, although results will vary depending on the way the song is recorded. Normally vocal recordings are placed near the centre of the song with all other tracks being placed slightly left and right to the centre - however, you're not guaranteed to get a perfect vocal reduction and it normally changes the sound of the very song itself.

Checkout Audacity - it's a free audio editor. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

2. Can I remove the vocals from a recording?

With some stereo recordings, it is possible to remove the vocals because of the way in which the recording was mixed at the studio. Often, the vocals are placed in the exact center of the recording, while all other instruments are slightly off-center. If you subtract the right channel from the left channel, the vocals get completely canceled out, leaving only the other instruments.

This only works on some recordings!

To attempt this in Audacity, import a stereo recording, then click on the track pop-up menu (the little down-arrow next to the name of the track) and select "Split Stereo Track". Now select the lower track (the right channel) and use the "Invert" effect (from the Effect menu). Finally, use the track pop-up menus to make both channels Mono channels, and then mix them together using Quick Mix. If you're lucky, the vocals will be gone.