Does a program exist to remove lyrics from music?

well the title says it all.
Does such a program exist? perhaps vise/versa
?

no. If so, sampling would be a lot easier, now wouldnt it? Thats why people have to "dig" - to find open parts of records where only one or two instruments is playing.

If youre referring to hip hop, buy the 12" record, 9 times out of 10 it has an instrumental and an acapella on it.

A friend of mine once had kareoke software which removed the lyrics from a CD track or an mp3 I think. I'll investigate and get back to you on this one.

Boab

There is software that claims to remove vocals... but all it does is EQ the shit out of the source and makes it sound terrible.

awol_G wrote:well the title says it all.
Does such a program exist? perhaps vise/versa
?

Steinberg wavelab does it. It has a 3d picture of all the sound and delete the ones you don't want. It cost a lot of your hard earn doe$$$$$ Try to fine acapella or instramental.............

I swear like 5 or 6 years ago I seen a rack that removed vocals when u ran a song thru it.

It was called something vocal remover and it was over $1000

Top BiLLin wrote:I swear like 5 or 6 years ago I seen a rack that removed vocals when u ran a song thru it.

It was called something vocal remover and it was over $1000

i dont know about this one

old sound systems used to use dem back in the day, they are called FREQUENCY KILLERS, basically they remove the Middle and High End (or what ever fre u wanted to remove) Frequencies where most vocals reside. however they also removed the Middle and High end off the track also.

The mpc can do this not to a fantastic degree of a machine module but it can work just as well, if u know what you are tying to do. i

its nice to still have elements of the original hissing in the background, every producer does it. some dont even filter it they just leave it in like they cant hear it...(Kanye) cough cough...

also this is the wrong forum to ask thie question.

You guys are on the wrong track. You can remove vocals from tracks with some degree of success, since they're usually panned centre. Invert either right or left channel, then superimpose on the other. The vocals from the first will cancel the vocals from the second.

There's a free program that does precisely this, here


http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/audio/vremover.htm

Cheers

clubbedtodeath wrote:You guys are on the wrong track. You can remove vocals from tracks with some degree of success, since they're usually panned centre. Invert either right or left channel, then superimpose on the other. The vocals from the first will cancel the vocals from the second.

There's a free program that does precisely this, here


http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/audio/vremover.htm

Cheers

hhhmm interesting tool, reeks havoc on the music, practically destroys the music, but it does remove the vocals on most stuff...quiet kool, pitty when it does it job it leaves your sample in such a state...i'm sure i can find some use for it somehow.

also try audacity, they talk about it I belive in the help section

you guys seen the vew alesis box that does this? hmmmmmmmmmmm i wonder?

I've done this quite a few times:


Using audacity (or anyother wav editor that can separate stereo tracks)

There is a way to virtually remove vocals from a song to make an instrumental but not acapella.

it would have to be a stereo wav from the original recording, not an mp3 file.

1. separate the stereo track to make individual left/right tracks
2. take the right track and invert it
3. make both left/right tracks mono so you have two mono tracks
4. then play

you will notice that the lead vocals are not totally gone but rather very low to a point where you have to listen closely to hear it.

the reason why this works is because when a song is mixed and mastered, the lead vocals are usually recorded in the center of the track.

this doesn't work with every song but it does for approximately 98% of the ones I did. but i was never able to capture just the vocals to make an acapella, so you're right (as far as i know) about that.

1. separate the stereo track to make individual left/right tracks
2. take the right track and invert it
3. make both left/right tracks mono so you have two mono tracks
4. then play

I've done this before and it's just like you said. I don't know why
some just can't do the little extra leg umm finger work. It is a learning experience when you do it yourself. Don't cats WANT to know more about tips and tricks, I know finding a FUNCTION to do it all for you is cool and everything but what happen to a touch of manual labor in all of this?

That's the heart/art of it I thought.

Lampdog wrote:...I know finding a FUNCTION to do it all for you is cool and everything but what happen to a touch of manual labor in all of this?

That's the heart/art of it I thought.

it's all because of a little phrase: "Instant Gratification". Most ppl want things when they want it. Most don't want to do research, study, practice, i can go on.

but nothing feels as good as when you put that extra work into something knowing that the end result is from your own labor, whether that be tweeking some sound to get a unique sound or digging to find that right sample, or even something as small as conducting a search on a forum to see if your question has been asked or talked about.


Although at times i like a little instant gratification, i can honestly say that i like to put in work too.