Cutting out vocals

[suicidehummer]

Okay, I'm new to Audacity and having a lot of fun creating backing tracks of my favorite songs to play guitar to.

I was wondering though if there was a way to single out vocals from a song. You see, Fly On The Wall is my favorite AC/DC album but the production sucks. The biggest problem IMO is that the vocals are layered in reverb. So I would like to single them out and get rid of it if possible.

Thanks in advance for the help guys.

[kozikowski]

Lots of people had a go at making vocal isolation and vocal removal programs -- Audacity has one of its own, but the success rate isn't very high. One of the things among a very long list that kills vocal management is if the original production had effects and reverb added.....

Voice Removal or Isolation
--Center Pan Remover (Voice Remover--Search the page for "Center Pan Remover")
http://audacityteam.org/download/nyquistplugins
--Voice Trap
http://www.cloneensemble.com/vt_main.htm
--Extra Boy
http://www.kvraudio.com/get/1651.html
--Kn0ck0ut
http://www.freewebs.com/st3pan0va/

Koz

[suicidehummer]

Lots of people had a go at making vocal isolation and vocal removal programs -- Audacity has one of its own, but the success rate isn't very high. One of the things among a very long list that kills vocal management is if the original production had effects and reverb added.....

Voice Removal or Isolation
--Center Pan Remover (Voice Remover--Search the page for "Center Pan Remover")
http://audacityteam.org/download/nyquistplugins
--Voice Trap
http://www.cloneensemble.com/vt_main.htm
--Extra Boy
http://www.kvraudio.com/get/1651.html
--Kn0ck0ut
http://www.freewebs.com/st3pan0va/

Koz

I've tried those things and I just couldn't figure them out. Is there any way I could just remove the reverb from the vocals and make them louder in the mix?

[kozikowski]

In order to do something to the vocals you have to separate them from the rest of the mix.

Most times and for most songs, you can't do that.

Koz