Not able to remove vocal from mp3 file

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duy
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Not able to remove vocal from mp3 file

Post by duy » Tue May 19, 2015 11:54 pm

Hi,
I am trying to remove vocal from an mp3 file. I have tried using vocal remover and the steps mentioned in the manuals
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tu ... ation.html
http://www.howtogeek.com/56335/how-to-r ... -audacity/

But i still hear the voice
Can you pls help me out here.

The mp3 file can be downloaded here
http://mp3komplit.net/site_view_detile. ... edingfield

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Re: Not able to remove vocal from mp3 file

Post by kozikowski » Wed May 20, 2015 12:01 am

She has stereo (deep room) effects added to her voice. That's one of the conditions that causes Vocal Removal to fail.

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Re: Not able to remove vocal from mp3 file

Post by duy » Wed May 20, 2015 12:04 am

Thanks for the quick response. Is there a way to get rid of it

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Re: Not able to remove vocal from mp3 file

Post by kozikowski » Wed May 20, 2015 1:53 am

Not in Audacity.

Vocal Removal is a dead simple tool. Anything appearing exactly identical in left and right is cancelled. Usually that's the voice, but also can be bass and drums.

Stereo vocal effects are different in left and right. So they stay behind.

Vocal Removal fails way more often than people think.

http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/clips/MysteryTrain3.mp3

Koz

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Re: Not able to remove vocal from mp3 file

Post by Robert J. H. » Sun May 24, 2015 8:52 am

kozikowski wrote:Not in Audacity.

Vocal Removal is a dead simple tool. Anything appearing exactly identical in left and right is cancelled. Usually that's the voice, but also can be bass and drums.

Stereo vocal effects are different in left and right. So they stay behind.

Vocal Removal fails way more often than people think.

http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/clips/MysteryTrain3.mp3

Koz
I think the vocal reduction works fairly good for this song. The reverb stays at about -40 dB.
That's enough to overdub the audio with the own voice--if that's the goal.
Natasha Bedingfield - Who I Am A-B.mp3
(381.76 KiB) Downloaded 53 times
See also the following topic for the same song with isolated vocals.
http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 8c#p276170


Here's the link to the tool:
http://forum.audacityteam.org/download/ ... p?id=12536

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