How do I remove vocals in this song to make it instrumental?

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kennyreid95
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How do I remove vocals in this song to make it instrumental?

Post by kennyreid95 » Thu Mar 03, 2016 12:29 pm

Can somebody please remove the vocals in this song for me, I tried myself and nothing I do works. I still hear the vocals :(
The song I want to make instrumental is called Keep it Rollin by A tribe called quest. I attached the mp3 file.
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Re: How do I remove vocals in this song to make it instrumen

Post by steve » Thu Mar 03, 2016 1:23 pm

This is a "help forum" not a "do it for me" service. ;)
Have you read this bit in the manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tu ... ation.html
Note in particular from the highlighted text at the top of that page:
There is no universal, reliable way of doing this without having the original multi-track recordings.
That means that for some songs, removing the vocals is simply not possible.
The rest of that page is about tools and techniques that 'may' work in 'reducing' (but not necessarily 'eliminating') vocals from 'some' recordings.
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Re: How do I remove vocals in this song to make it instrumen

Post by kennyreid95 » Thu Mar 03, 2016 5:32 pm

steve wrote:This is a "help forum" not a "do it for me" service. ;)
Have you read this bit in the manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tu ... ation.html
Note in particular from the highlighted text at the top of that page:
There is no universal, reliable way of doing this without having the original multi-track recordings.
That means that for some songs, removing the vocals is simply not possible.
The rest of that page is about tools and techniques that 'may' work in 'reducing' (but not necessarily 'eliminating') vocals from 'some' recordings.

Well that is disappointing so it is impossible to remove vocals from a 90's song :( I thought someone could do it for me because I already tried myself.
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Re: How do I remove vocals in this song to make it instrumen

Post by Gale Andrews » Fri Mar 04, 2016 12:56 am

If it's a popular 90's song there "may" be downloadable instrumental versions of it online. Check the terms and conditions and the legitimacy of the site when you download.


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Re: How do I remove vocals in this song to make it instrumen

Post by kozikowski » Fri Mar 04, 2016 1:29 am

it is impossible to remove vocals from a 90's song
It's possible to remove vocals from many songs, but there are rules. It can't be in Mono, it can't have stereo effects applied, the Lead Singer has to be in the stereo middle of the song and not change. Only some MP3s work. Most times, drums and center instruments go, too, if there's a chorus, it's probably going to stay behind.

Etc.

Much better to find an instrumental of the song already baked.

Koz
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