![]() I recommend 250 Hz for frequencies above and 3,000 Hz for frequencies below. But if not, undo it and try some different values in the “frequencies above” and “frequencies below” windows. The default setting ought to work just fine. For songs where the lead vocal is NOT panned to the center, which isn’t very common, this process won’t work very well.Īll you have to do now (back to the Audacity method) is select the entire song by clicking in the area around the pan and volume controls on the left side of the track, go to the Effect drop-down menu, and choose vocal reduction and isolation. So if you can somehow isolate and cancel that center part, you can usually remove the lead vocal. The reason this process works is that usually, a lead vocal in panned into the center of the stereo field. Next, you’ll notice that the song is a stereo track (has two waveforms, left and right). ![]() Now open Audacity, and open the song from which you want to remove the lead vocal. ![]() There are instructions on the Audacity website on how to do all this. For this you’ll also need a plug-in (also free) for Audacity called “Vocal Reduction and Isolation.” Then you just put that file into the Plugins folder in Audacity. If don’t already have your own, try Audacity, which is open source freeware that you can download from the web. Okay! So how can you get this done? First you need audio editing software. So a review of copyright law may be prudent if you hope to publish the recording. Also, speaking of the original producer, if you do manage to remove the lead vocal the remaining recording still is under copyright. The only 100% guaranteed way to do it perfectly is to have the original tracks to the song (not likely if it's a popular song).īut you can usually get close enough. Much will depend on how the lead vocal was mixed by the original producer. ![]() This technique won’t work with every recording you try it on. Well in this computer age, it is possible (usually) to do just that.īefore I tell you how, I should quickly mention a couple of things. Perhaps you want to make a CD for a karaoke party, or you just want to try it because it’s cool. Have you ever wished you could remove vocals from a song so you could use the music behind YOUR voice?
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