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Removing bass/drums from a song

Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 7:09 am
by ky-ai
Hey pretty new to this forum so if its in the wrong section; soz mate
So anyway i never rly used audacity for things like removing the bass/drums for a song, but since i rly need it...here i am
I cant find any tutorials on removing stuff xept for vocals. Anyone got atleast a clue what function i should use in audacity to do this?
Thanks 4 reading
;Ky-ai

Re: Removing bass/drums from a song

Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 2:41 pm
by kozikowski
In general, you can't take apart a mixed song. Even vocal removal fails most of the time.

http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Vocal_Removal

There's only one free tool and that's Vocal Removal, but it works on a special case of removing everything in the middle of a stereo show. Obviously, the original show has to be in stereo and it's best if the song is not a highly compressed internet download. Vocal Removal also removes anything in the middle and that usually means bass and drums go, too.

You encounter all the usual problems: It doesn't work on a mono show or a highly compressed MP3, if the singer or drums aren't in the middle it fails, if the song has stereo special effects, the "ghost" drums and singer get left behind.

Koz