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Re: Here's What I Do Posted by Tom (from: 24.2.18.225) on December 02, 2001 at 18:39:05: In Reply to: Re: how can i remove the voice of the singer from a song posted by Jason Horton on July 24, 2001 at 03:16:40: I have had some good results with the AnalogX vocal remover program. I find that the program works well on some tracks and terrible on others (in fact more than most don't work very well). It all depends on the mix of the original recording, because eliminating the "center" and leaving what is panned will sometimes eliminate whole instruments, while at other times the vocal, or the stereo reverb of the vocal, might be on the sides and remain on the track with an annoying ghost-like sound. Still I find that one or two out of ten recordings work reasonably well. Modern recordings with panning often work better, mono recordings do not work at all, nor do stereo remasters of old recordings that were essentially mono originally. So the first step is to try lots of tracks with AnalogX Vocal Remover and be satisfied with the ones that work the best. The second step which I do is to put the original recording and the vocal-removed recording into a a multi-track editor (I use vegas, but anyone will do, Nuendo, Cool Edit, etc) and line up the two tracks. I crossfade the vocal-removed track and the original only on the parts where the singer actually sings, retaining the intro, solos, interludes etc. of the original. Even music between phrases and words can be crossfaded back in. This is great, because the music is always a little bit compromised, but it insures that whenever you hear the music alone it sounds like the original and when you are singing the other parts it is less noticable because of the vocal. Follow Ups: Post a Followup Name: E-Mail: Subject: Comments: : I have had some good results with the AnalogX vocal remover program. I find that the program works well on some tracks and terrible on others (in fact more than most don't work very well). : : It all depends on the mix of the original recording, because eliminating the "center" and leaving what is panned will sometimes eliminate whole instruments, while at other times the vocal, or the stereo reverb of the vocal, might be on the sides and remain on the track with an annoying ghost-like sound. Still I find that one or two out of ten recordings work reasonably well. Modern recordings with panning often work better, mono recordings do not work at all, nor do stereo remasters of old recordings that were essentially mono originally. : So the first step is to try lots of tracks with AnalogX Vocal Remover and be satisfied with the ones that work the best. The second step which I do is to put the original recording and the vocal-removed recording into a a multi-track editor (I use vegas, but anyone will do, Nuendo, Cool Edit, etc) and line up the two tracks. I crossfade the vocal-removed track and the original only on the parts where the singer actually sings, retaining the intro, solos, interludes etc. of the original. Even music between phrases and words can be crossfaded back in. This is great, because the music is always a little bit compromised, but it insures that whenever you hear the music alone it sounds like the original and when you are singing the other parts it is less noticable because of the vocal. Optional Link URL: Link Title: Optional Image URL: [ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Music Software Discussion & Help Page ] [ FAQ ]

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