How to remove the vocals?

Muzik Lova · Joined: 20 Dec 2008 Posts: 1

Hey guys I was wondering if anyone knows what program would help me get the Vocals out of a song so its just instrumental. Ive tried Analog X but i could never run or open it.

Stacey · Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 12:23 am Post subject:

Have a look here: http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/cat/VOCAL_REMOVERS/

Terry · Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 7:06 pm Post subject:

The only way to completely remove the vocals from a song is with the original multi-track studio recording.
Vocal removers work by removing content which is common to both the left and right tracks of the recording.
As vocals are usually centered in the mix this is where the programs have the most effect.
The effectiveness of the process can vary greatly depending on how the song was mixed in the studio.
The vocal might have been panned slightly off center.
Vocal effects which are added could be panned off center.
The vocals are quite often "double tracked" ie the vocalist records the track twice and the tracks are panned a little to the left and right to "thicken" the voice.
Anything which is not common to both tracks will not be removed.
Also be aware that drums and bass guitar are also usually panned or centered in the mix. These can be removed or reduced also.
I've gone into detail so you know what to expect and not be too disappointed if the result is not fully successful.
Stacey has suggested a selection of vocal removers to choose from.
One which is not on the list is Audacity. The latest 1.3.6 beta version has a vocal remover function.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

hectorloshuk · Joined: 25 May 2010 Posts: 1

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Terry · Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 11:20 pm Post subject:

To reiterate - The only way to fully remove a vocal track is with the original multi-track studio recording.
Music is a complex mix of thousands of different frequencies and a computer program is not able to detect which frequency belongs to which voice or instrument so the method used is to remove or at least reduce frequencies as data which are common to both the left and right tracks.
Vocals are usually in the center of a mix and so are removed or reduced.
How well the vocal is removed from any particular track depends entirely on how it was mixed in the studio.
Also read my previous post.
Below is the vocal removal method for Audacity to double check.

This is possible only for certain stereo tracks. When the vocals are exactly the same on both stereo channels, you can remove them by “subtracting” one channel from the other. This works for many studio recordings, where the vocal track is mixed exactly in the center. Be aware that bass and drums are usually panned to the center and can be removed or reduced also. Depending on how the track was mixed the vocal may only be reduced, not fully removed.

To do this in Audacity 1.2:

1. Import your stereo file into Audacity.
2. Open the track menu (click the arrow next to the track title), and choose “Split Stereo Track.”
3. Select the lower track (the right channel) by clicking it in the area around the mute/solo buttons.
4. Choose “Invert” from the Effects menu.
5. Using the track menus, change each track to “Mono.”

Press the Play button to hear the results. If you are lucky, the voice will be gone but most of the other instruments will be unaffected, just like a karaoke track. You can use the Export commands in the File menu to save the results.

Audacity 1.3.12:
Has a vocal remover built in. Just select the whole track then vocal remover from the effect menu.

Jason · Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 5:28 am Post subject: Re: How to remove the vocals

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CJperry · Joined: 17 Aug 2010 Posts: 3

There is a cool little trick i picked up using phase reversal:

You know the track "in for the kill - La Roux (skream remix)"
Apparently that was a bootleg and Skream got the vocal like this:

1. Take the track you want at good quality (WAV preferably but a 192-320kbps would not be the end of the world).

2. Find a version of the track without the vocals so just the backing track (make sure it is of the same quality as the original track otherwise results will be rubbish).

3. Put each file on a separate audio track in your DAW (protools and logic have easy to find phase reversal capabilities, no sure about the others but you can get free VST's somewhere).

4. Reverse the phase of one of the tracks LEAVING THE OTHER IN POSITIVE PHASE (if it doenst work, try reversing the other but still leaving one in positive phase).

5. This should isolate the vocals and usually works really nicely. If the fidelity of the sample is effected, use some restoration plugins, the best coming from Waves and Izotope.

This should work and i have done it before.

happy bootlegging

cottasofia · Joined: 22 Sep 2010 Posts: 1

This is possible only for certain stereo tracks. When the vocals are exactly the same on both stereo channels, you can remove them by “subtracting” one channel from the other. This works for many studio recordings, where the vocal track is mixed exactly in the center.

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StivenT1989 · Guest

Ive done little bits of reading on this and supposedly the easiest way to extract vocals from a track is to run it through a gate, then through noise reduction and multiband compansion. Try fiddling with the L/R phase cancellation too.

panacea · Joined: 14 May 2012 Posts: 2 Location: United Kingdom

Slightly different question from me, sorry to hijack the thread but does anyone know of software that will recognise and differentiate multiple voices. For example be able to tell me what instrument played what and replicate it.?

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