Vocal Cut Programs

[Z3n1th]

Do any of you know a program that will COMPLETELY take outt he vocals in a song since i just want the intrumentals
Also do you know if it can be done?
I really don't know why companies haven't made any good vocal cut programs and it pissing me off.

[Z3n1th]

I know this topic has been use alot bit i just want to know your opinons.

[Z3n1th]

oops i found the info i neded for my adobe audition,,haven't tried it yet but i'll do it.

Now, because your resultant wave can sometimes suffer from center-channel dropouts of things like bass guitar and bass drum, here's something else that you can do 'after' you've run the vocal cut (ala, center-channel cut) preset on a file...

(this tip is easiest to achieve in multitrack, but could also be done with Mix Paste)

After using the Vocal Cut preset on your file, save it (with a new name) and hit Ctrl-M to insert the file into Multitrack.

Open the original file (pre-vocal cut) and run a low-pass filter on it so that ONLY frequencies below 200Hz pass thru (effectively cutting everything above 200Hz). This will leave you with a stereo waveform that has possibly 'some' vocal element, but will primarily carry the bass and bass frequencies.

Now, insert the 'low-pass' file into MT, aligning it with the vocal-cut version. Play with the volumes to achieve a proper balance. This will allow you to restore a bit of the stereo image (if needed) as well as improve some of the low-end response (if it suffered to begin with)...

Food for thought.

All these 'vocal cut applications work the same way. You can do it manually, using a wave editor such as Cool Edit or Audition, or you can rely on some other bit of kit which does all the steps automatically - but the end result is the same.

1 - Take a stereo file

2 - Invert the phase of one channel

3 - Add the two channels together

That's it - that's all you do. Now for what happens.

1 - Anything that was centre stage (hopefully, in this case, the vocal) will be cancelled out.

2 - This includes the bass, kick drum and anything else that was also centre stage.

3 - Material which is close, but not, centre stage will also reduce in level.

4 - The end file will be mono.

4 - On most modern recordings, FX returns are stereo or pseudo-stereo. Thus all the FX returns on the vocal will still be heard.


The truth of the matter is that you can, perhaps, on some recordings, reduce the vocal level. Whether or not you can reduce it enough is only discovered by trying it out. You will still have to contend with the problems of other instruments which also vanish, the generally reduced bass level and the FX returns.

However, the general answer is you will not be able to do this to any effective degree unless you are extremely lucky in your choice of original recording.
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[AlcaTrakz]

yes..inverting the phase works about 2% of the time....then u get a watery ass instrumental..

.pz.

[Transmogrify]

a.k.a Don't even bother tryin to cut out the vocals

[Escar]

ok... umm can sum1 PLZ tell me what r vocals???

[Emerge]

it's not fucking possible accept it already !

[Escar]

^^ can sum1 plz answer my question????

[AlcaTrakz]

ok... umm can sum1 PLZ tell me what r vocals???

i think that is the most AMAZING question i have ever seen.

LMMFAO!

[Phate]

|< L | f F, u got talent man. I can feel it.


Often when recording a track, the producers will talk about adjusting sound levels. Sometimes the producers voice (vocals) is picked up in the background of the music. They can be heard saying things like: Set the bass to the key of G. Turn down the silence. What do these knobs do? etc. So obviously seperating the instrument sounds from whatever else is in the track means removing these voices. I mean, what other voices could there be on the track that would be called Vocals.

[AlcaTrakz]

Lmmfao

[Under Dawg]

ok... umm can sum1 PLZ tell me what r vocals???

prob one of the funniest and dumbest questions ever in the history of mankind.. you make jessica simpson look smart

[Kris Cain]

ok... umm can sum1 PLZ tell me what r vocals???

never persue rap as a career. i beg you.

[Z3n1th]

hahahahahahhaahhahaahahhahahahahaahhaha

[Perpetual]

i think its impossible to rip da vocals