How to separate back ground music (song) and dialogue

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wish
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How to separate back ground music (song) and dialogue

Post by wish » Tue Feb 18, 2014 10:19 am

PLEASE HELP :cry: :cry:
I want to separate back ground music (it's a song) and dialogue of a daily soap. Is it possible :?: Basically I need the back ground song. I have no clue :?: :!: PLZ HELP. I am not a expert on editing musics so if any chances please explain the detail steps.

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Re: How to separate back ground music (song) and dialogue

Post by kozikowski » Tue Feb 18, 2014 12:06 pm

Sometimes if it's in stereo, you can get Effect > Vocal Remover to work.

http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/vocal_remover.html

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Re: How to separate back ground music (song) and dialogue

Post by kozikowski » Tue Feb 18, 2014 12:23 pm

Here's a much more complete discussion. As above, if the work is in mono or is a bad MP3 download, it's pretty hopeless.

http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 28&t=77378

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