how do i take vocals out of songs?

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I have sound forge 7.0 and cakewalk sonar 4 producer edition. can i
take vocals out of songs and make them just instrumentals using either
of those programs?

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I think you might be able to.. it'd involve mixing and/or inverting the
stereo channels.. I'm not sure though, it's been a long time since i've
done it

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<lientap@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I have sound forge 7.0 and cakewalk sonar 4 producer edition. can i
> take vocals out of songs and make them just instrumentals using either
> of those programs?
>

http://www.analogx.com/contents/do [...] emover.htm - download the
DirectX version. It will either remove them (to some degree or another, and
screw up the sound in other ways you don't want) or it won't.

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Folks,

Lots of interesting replies here! I've used the AnalogX plugin, it's decent.
There was also a standalone program called "Yo-Gen Vocal Remover" or
something like that. And they give different results on the same source
piece.

But in Sound Forge, you have another option: use the Process > Channel
Converter menu pick, then select the "[Sys] Stereo to Stereo - Vocal Cut
(remove center material)" preset. Modify the settings to taste, click "OK".
You're done.

BTW, all of these solutions usually sound bad. Do'nt be so lazy; do your own
arrangements if you want an accompaniment track.


"Mike Rivers" <mrivers@d-and-d.com> wrote in message
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>
> In article <1110054382.694191.163200@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>
> lientap@yahoo.com writes:
>
>> I have sound forge 7.0 and cakewalk sonar 4 producer edition. can i
>> take vocals out of songs and make them just instrumentals using either
>> of those programs?
>
> If you recorded the songs yourself and the vocal is on a separate
> track, then sure. Just turn it off. But I suspect that you're talking
> about commercial music.
>
> There are some tricks for reducing (it's called "eliminating" ) the
> vocal of a song. Sometimes they work pretty well and sometimes they
> don't. It involves inverting one of the stereo tracks and mixing them
> together, sometimes with some bandpass filtering to preserve some of
> the stereo image. The principle is that the lead vocal is almost
> always in the center, which means appears equally on both tracks. By
> inverting the polarity of one track and mixing it with the other
> track, you cancel anything that's the same on both tracks (as well as
> screw up a lot of other stuff. But it won't eliminate the vocal reverb
> which is close to random so it's not identical on the two tracks.
>
> There are some "vocal eliminator" plug-ins. You may even have one with
> Sonar. Look around. It's easier to use a plug-in than to try to cobble
> up something yoursef.
>
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You're pretty dumb mate... Why would he ask "How to take out vocals of my own track I recorded?" Any dumb Bastard could work it out, as you did and you are pretty fricken stupid... Think about the question and the answer before you type something so incredibley idiotic.