Does a program exist to remove lyrics from music?

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By Lampdog Sat Jun 25, 2005 6:46 pm
- Although at times i like a little instant gratification, i can honestly say that i like to put in work too.

I understand completely, your right.

By Mr. Mind Sat Jun 25, 2005 11:40 pm
vocals occupy the same frequencies as snares and lots of other melody parts. you can make cool electronic music by adding filters and envelopes to the track with the vocals removed, but its not going to sound natural, its going to sound processed.

By sparq Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:59 pm
Mr. Mind wrote:vocals occupy the same frequencies as snares and lots of other melody parts...

Not totally true. some recordings the vocals are dead center and the snares and hats and other higher freqs are panned either to left or right.

Mr. Mind wrote: ....but its not going to sound natural, its going to sound processed.


Wherever the vocals, snares, hats, melodies, etc... are, you are right, doing like the way i stated will make it sound processed. but if you have good filters and compressors and other good processors, you can bring it almost back to the way it was, still leaving out the vocals.
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By Penfold Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:42 pm
you know this is the first time in a long while i have learnt suttin on here, i must try it out.

By sparq Wed Jun 29, 2005 2:48 am
Penfold wrote:you know this is the first time in a long while i have learnt suttin on here, i must try it out.


that's why we're here :wink:

By bigman Wed Jun 29, 2005 10:35 pm
It is a matter of filtering out certain frequencies, this can be done with a parametric eq. Basically, you take a couple of notch filters set about -12db down and sweep the highs with one and mids with another until you kill the spots you want gone, then play with the q settings until the sound you want gone has disappeared without affecting the rest of the sample.

Play around with a parametric eq for a bit, you will figure out how to filter out almost anything.

Also, a good tool for specifically removing parts of songs without the guesswork is the Electrix Eq killer. It's a small unit that runs about $150 new and it really does what it says very well. It is also capable of a few cool tricks with midi sync and other interesting functions. The company died out a few years ago and just came back this year because of the high demand for their products. (The other products from them are great too.)

Here is their address: http://www.electrixpro.com

By morgan Fri Jul 01, 2005 5:04 pm
bigman wrote:Also, a good tool for specifically removing parts of songs without the guesswork is the Electrix Eq killer. It's a small unit that runs about $150 new and it really does what it says very well. It is also capable of a few cool tricks with midi sync and other interesting functions. The company died out a few years ago and just came back this year because of the high demand for their products. (The other products from them are great too.)

Here is their address: http://www.electrixpro.com


Have you ever used the eq killer? I've got one and it's not that great. It has no midi features at all. I tend to use the dj eq in live instead, it does the same thing but is way easier to use and isn't noisy.

By grimaybeats555 Fri Jul 01, 2005 5:26 pm
barefootbryan2335 wrote:you guys seen the vew alesis box that does this? hmmmmmmmmmmm i wonder?

By grimaybeats555 Fri Jul 01, 2005 5:28 pm
barefootbryan2335 wrote:you guys seen the vew alesis box that does this? hmmmmmmmmmmm i wonder?


i know what your talking about. Its called the alesis vocal remover. If they have it at the guitar center maybe they'll let you bring in a cd, use one of the cd turntables and see if it really works. :lol:

By barefootbryan2335 Fri Jul 01, 2005 6:57 pm
why the f*** would i want to remove vocals? thats cheating!!!!!!!!! :P
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