Hi, I’ve got a bit of a variant on the “how can I separate the instrumentals” problem…
I’ve got a track from a cartoon that loops the same background music track three times, with additional audio (sound effects, etc.) mixed on top of it (it’s a different set of sound effects played each time the track is played).
Is there any way to detect the parts of the track that are the same (i.e. the music), and so then remove the sound effects that have been added, leaving just the music? (I’ve tried to track down the music, and it was purely made for this episode, so it’s the only source, and not possible to get an unmixed copy).
I can’t find any plugins that would let me do this, and was wondering how much work it would be to write one (surely in theory it must be possible to detect common elements between the waveforms if the three instances of the track are synced up)? Are there any online communities out there of audio engineers etc. who might have the expertise to help guide a project like this?