de-mixing songs

de-mixing songs

[Chris HOOVER]

Sorry if this is off topic, but I was wondering if
there are any tools in linux that I can use to remove
items from songs.  I have some songs that I'd like to
romove the vocals and/or guitar(s) from.  Is there
anything that will let me do this?

thanks,

chris


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Re: de-mixing songs

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i tink theres a karaoeke voice removal filter thingy outthere ..
check www.linuxsound.at or 1 of its mirrors

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On Nov 17 Chris HOOVER _SIZE_ bytes on <-[de-mixing songs]->

CH¯> Sorry if this is off topic, but I was wondering if
CH¯> there are any tools in linux that I can use to remove
CH¯> items from songs.  I have some songs that I'd like to
CH¯> romove the vocals and/or guitar(s) from.  Is there
CH¯> anything that will let me do this?
CH¯> 
CH¯> thanks,
CH¯> 
CH¯> chris
CH¯> 
CH¯> 
CH¯> ==CH¯> 
CH¯> __________________________________________________
CH¯> Do You Yahoo!?
CH¯> Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com
CH¯> 

Re: de-mixing songs

[Paco]

On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Chris HOOVER wrote:

> Sorry if this is off topic, but I was wondering if
> there are any tools in linux that I can use to remove
> items from songs.  I have some songs that I'd like to
> romove the vocals and/or guitar(s) from.  Is there
> anything that will let me do this?


Perhaps a more appropriate question is this:

"Are there any tools at all (for *any* operating system) that will allow
you to do this?"

Answer: I don't think so.

Removing only specific parts of a song is nearly impossible unless that
"thing" you want to remove is set apart from the rest of the song in some
way or another.

For example, if all the music was on the left channel, and the voice was
on the right channel, your could whip up a perl script to strip one
channel out of the raw data file.  If you have a multi-track recording of
the song you're working on, you could do something like this.  However,
once you have mixed several tracks together, ripping them back apart is
next to impossible.

The only other option is filters, but filters will filter out everything
that falls into a specific frequency range, not just the thing you want
gone.  Basically, you'll lose other information with filters.

Email me personally if you have any more questions.  I can think of one
way to remove (for example) the guitar ONLY from a song, but it would
require you to have

	a)	the full mixed-together song
	b)	a clean/identical copy of JUST the guitar of that song

peace,
-Paco

Re: de-mixing songs

[Richard King]

Cool Edit 96 (for Windoze) can do it - and the help files tell you how....

The vocal or instrument must be in the centre of the stereo field - ie
present in both channels - and they can then often be cancelled out quite
well -  but only if there is not too much echo...

Richard King
http://www.channelafrica.org


-----Original Message-----
From: Paco <paco@OhKeePa.Net>
To: Linux Sound List <linux-sound@vger.rutgers.edu>
Date: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 11:07 PM
Subject: Re: de-mixing songs


>
>On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Chris HOOVER wrote:
>
>> Sorry if this is off topic, but I was wondering if
>> there are any tools in linux that I can use to remove
>> items from songs.  I have some songs that I'd like to
>> romove the vocals and/or guitar(s) from.  Is there
>> anything that will let me do this?
>
>
>Perhaps a more appropriate question is this:
>
>"Are there any tools at all (for *any* operating system) that will allow
>you to do this?"
>
>Answer: I don't think so.
>
>Removing only specific parts of a song is nearly impossible unless that
>"thing" you want to remove is set apart from the rest of the song in some
>way or another.
>
>For example, if all the music was on the left channel, and the voice was
>on the right channel, your could whip up a perl script to strip one
>channel out of the raw data file.  If you have a multi-track recording of
>the song you're working on, you could do something like this.  However,
>once you have mixed several tracks together, ripping them back apart is
>next to impossible.
>
>The only other option is filters, but filters will filter out everything
>that falls into a specific frequency range, not just the thing you want
>gone.  Basically, you'll lose other information with filters.
>
>Email me personally if you have any more questions.  I can think of one
>way to remove (for example) the guitar ONLY from a song, but it would
>require you to have
>
> a) the full mixed-together song
> b) a clean/identical copy of JUST the guitar of that song
>
>peace,
>-Paco
>

Re: de-mixing songs

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RK¯> Cool Edit 96 (for Windoze) can do it - and the help files tell you how....

yeah, with (a) wine .. ;)

RK¯> The vocal or instrument must be in the centre of the stereo field - ie
RK¯> present in both channels - and they can then often be cancelled out quite
RK¯> well -  but only if there is not too much echo...

then you can separate the two channels, duplicate each one into 2 stereo
files with identical L/R + there u go .. rejoin afterwards.

;)