Sounds Interesting...

[skip2mylou]

hello,
i wanted to ask how can i take a regular music .mp3 track, and take out the singing/rapping part, and be left with just the background, or INSTRUMENTAL...? thanks.

[wseyller]

I forgot what software could do it, but it doesn't work well with mp3's. You need to use fresh .wav files that were never encoded, and then at best you will be able to remove 80% of the vocals.

[skip2mylou]

wow, to be honest, those werent the stats i was lookin for, but really, thanks for the post.

[pippas]

As wseyller says, you will need to convert the track to a stereo .wav file,
then, if you are lucky,and the vocal is mostly in the centre of the mix, you can invert one of the channels, and then add them together in a new mix.
Anything that was the same (like the vocal) on both cahnnels will be removed, and anything that was different (like the stereo music) will be left.

But it's rarely that good in practice, unfortunately!

Think of a 'mixed' audio track like a cake mix -- once it's all stirred up together, you'd have one hell of a job to get the egg out whole again

[guns1inger]

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=268496

[wseyller]

Actually even if you took your mp3 and decoded back to wav file does not help because it has already been compressed once. It is best to use a wav file that was ripped of a cd and has NEVER been compressed before.

[skip2mylou]

im gonna try that analogx vocal remover, see how it does, and ill post back...thanks

[Kurt S]

Analog X's program removes vocals by inverting one channel and mixing them back together. this phase cancelation method is questionable at best. it will also remove anything else that was mixed in mono such as the bass guitar and kickdrum tracks.

You might give Adobe Audition a try. It has a center channel removal filter that works better then the phase cancelation method.

[skip2mylou]

ok ill do some research on the adobe thing, thanks.

[skip2mylou]

i tried AX with winamp, and i wasnt too impressed, it took out some vocals, but alot was left over, i have Adobe, but im not too sure how to use it, any help... thanks

[guns1inger]

With most sources you will either get soem left overs, or you will lose a lot of the instruments. Make sure you listen with headphones so you know if it is a seperation issue. If your source is mp3, then expect to get left overs. Never use mp3 as a source for anything except your portable listen device.

[skip2mylou]

well many (if not all) of my sources ARE mp3 because i would rip them off CDs and they would be saved as mp3's. i just liked some tracks and would like to keep thier instramentals, so i cant really afford left overs, but do left overs only happen with the phase cancelation method, because to be truthful, im relying on adobe to o wonders. i havent tried it tho becuz i dont know my way around...thanks

[skip2mylou]

ok i tried simply double clicking VOCAL REMOVER and the results werent astonishing...yep there were leftovers, plenty, like a friday night dinner...anyways, the results were similar if not the same to when i used AX with WinAmp. most of the vocals are gone, but not all. and like thats not the problem because rap tracks consist mainly of one short set of notes played over and over again, so i could copy the good parts and paste it over the bad parts, but when the background would mix in effects, then coincidentally, that is when the not so best part of the vocal remover happened, and i cant mask those parts, because i have nothing to work with. any ideas...