From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Richard King" Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 21:20:35 +0000 Subject: Re: de-mixing songs Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-sound@vger.kernel.org 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 To: Linux Sound List 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 >