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seperate vocal and instrumentals of mp3/wav/wma etc. files

Asked by: mehul_kar

hi i have a bunch of mp3s that i would like to have just the instrumentals for.

i need to seperate the vocals of the track from the music. is this possible?? i have heard of something like this happeneing, but not sure if its possible for every song.

i have the apps to convert song to a different format if necessary.

please help. thanks.

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Answers

 

by: jimmymcp02Posted on 2006-01-27 at 09:33:48ID: 15806744

 

by: mehul_karPosted on 2006-01-27 at 16:52:44ID: 15810217

i'm just going to check these out and see if they work

are they all freeware by the way??

thanks a lot though

didn't think it would be this easy

 

by: crissandPosted on 2006-01-28 at 09:20:33ID: 15812879

Any software you'll use will just be an aproximation of the audio tracks, since tracks are not separated into a mp3 audio file. Using different filters one can extract the voice and the instrumental part, but never exactly as it was.
For a audio editor software, Audacity is one of the best, download it from audacity.sourceforge.net

 

by: jimmymcp02Posted on 2006-01-30 at 06:47:03ID: 15823885

adove is not free
the second one has a free trial and the 3rd one is free but i have not test any of them....

 

by: RineauPosted on 2006-02-01 at 01:00:24ID: 15841550

If you want a totally clean instrumental track, then you will have to have the acapella of the track as well. Then you will have to align them exactly along eachother. Invert the phase and the acapella track will cancel the vocals in the original track.

Probably the easiest way is to see if there is an instrumental version on the web somewhere. Otherwise you can check for some site's that offer acapella's.

 

by: mehul_karPosted on 2006-02-01 at 17:53:59ID: 15849844

jimmymcp02: i tried the second one link but it didn't give me a clean instrumental and i didn't have the patience or time to fool around with the settings.

i will try other ones in the next few days and get back to you
thanks

 

by: RineauPosted on 2006-02-01 at 23:24:33ID: 15850992

I seriously recommend not to waist your time on trying these applications. It CAN NOT be done with just filtering. There is only one way to get a CLEAN instrumental track and that is the way I told you.

 

by: mehul_karPosted on 2006-02-02 at 09:18:15ID: 15854780

thanks Rineau i was begging to suspect the same thing. but where do i get an acapella version of the tracks i want instrumentals for??

 

by: RineauPosted on 2006-02-02 at 09:29:18ID: 15854903

There are a lot of sites out there that offer acapellas for download. Just use google and you will find them. I will not post them here, because basically you are infringing copyright when you download acapellas. But I'm sure you will be able to find them.

Good luck!

 

by: diasfPosted on 2006-02-03 at 09:22:40ID: 15865468

mehul kar,

I suppose what you want is a kind of "karaoke" program. There are a lot of them all over internet... but all of them, or almost, to pay for...:(
Do some search for "karaoke free"... maybe you can find some...
This kind of programs takes off the vocals. You can't get the vocals separate, just take them out of the instrumentals. If you want them separate, then you must follow Rineau's hint, i.e., get them separate... If you want "just the instrumentals" as you wrote, then maybe this will do the trick.

Fernando

 

by: mehul_karPosted on 2006-02-18 at 11:53:48ID: 15990144

daisf:

could someone find a good karaoke prgram for me? i do want to just take the vocals out or just to make them incredibly soft so they can't be heard.

could someone suggest a good program for that?
thanks

 

by: shuboarderPosted on 2006-02-22 at 14:20:03ID: 16024179

This sounds good:

DART Karaoke Studio CD+G 1.4.9cd

http://www.download.com/DART-Karaoke-Studio-CD-G/3000-2170_4-10379475.html?tag=lst-0-2

Make and Play Karaoke on your computer. Rip & Burn CD+G Karaoke CDs. DART DeVocal - Suppress the Main Vocal from Stereo Recordings. DART Karaoke Author - Import, edit and synchronize lyrics to the music you hear. Customize the graphics with the CD+G track generator. DART Karaoke Wizard -The onscreen guide will assist you step by step to custom Karaoke songs. Sing-Along and Record your Performance. Play CD+G tracks with full audio and graphics.

If this is not exactly what you are looking for try the link below for many more programs:

http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?tag=srch&qt=karaoke&tg=dl-20

 

by: mehul_karPosted on 2006-02-22 at 18:32:24ID: 16025680

thanks a bunch
i'll check them out

 

by: mehul_karPosted on 2006-02-22 at 19:26:23ID: 16025972

thanks a lot shuboarder
i don't think its going to get any better than dart-karoke

it works pretty well although sound quality diminishes greatly
thanks though

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