Music editor

[Mirae]

Does anyone know of a (possibly) free music editing program that allows you to edit out, let's say, vocals from a song?
Been looking for one for ages, sometimes vocals annoy the hell out of me. XD

[Grae]

XDDDDD
Not that I know of, sowwy ; ;
There are some media players you can use and edit the levels to make the vocals less recognisable

[Chris]

you'll need to have the vocals on a different channel to the rest of the song I'm afraid, you can't just cut vocals out, you could try working on frequencies, but you could end up cutting out parts of the rest of the song.

Its very hard to do, it is possible, but you'd need some professional software if you don't have the vocals on a separate channel.

[Depu Techiikue]

Yeah, Chris is right.

It's nearly impossible to take vocals out of MP3, wav, WMA, etc. files because they're already compressed into a single channel. With software that's sure enough to empty your bank account, it can be done, if you also spend lots of precise timing on.

But if you can get your hands on the OCG file (I believe it's that extension), everything is on a seperate channel. And then you can use pretty much any software that has audio editing features (Cool Edit Pro/Adobe Audition is the best choice), however the free ones are not really good programs to use.

But, there's always Garage Band too. :P

Oh, also, you can download just the music of a song. Let's say you're looking for just the music to the song "Prayer" by Disturbed. Just search for what they call in the audio editing business "instrumental." Some instrumentals for songs are hard to find, but they're out there somewhere.

Hope this helps. :)

[nemesiskoen]

MP3, wav, WMA, etc. files because they're already compressed into a single channel
It could be possible with wav on it's highest frequency (44.100 I think). Because on that level, nothing is compressed yet and you can easily transform it to analog data. Actually, it's analog data, digitaly played. Because the sinus is still so close to the actually sinus.
Still, you need good software. MP3 is basicly impossible. There is no technology yet that can transofrom and MP3 file back to a 44.100 WAV file. In theory it can, using a 'pariteits-bit'.

[Mirae]

Dammit. XD Okay, thanks guys. o_o; Looks like I will have to put up with these crappy vocals for a bit longer. :P Thanks. :D

[Chris]

It could be possible with wav on it's highest frequency (44.100 I think). Because on that level, nothing is compressed yet and you can easily transform it to analog data. Actually, it's analog data, digitaly played. Because the sinus is still so close to the actually sinus.
Still, you need good software. MP3 is basicly impossible. There is no technology yet that can transofrom and MP3 file back to a 44.100 WAV file. In theory it can, using a 'pariteits-bit'.

its still one track though, so would be very hard.

[lukeman]

I know a program!

I can't tell you where tio get it but look for "Adobe Audition". You can do pretty much anything with that, it's brilliant.

[Akabane-X]

I know one! Let's see....Gold Wave! I'm always using that to take
out vocals but some vocals may be left in a soft sound but it's still
good for taking out vocals. Try it out: www.goldwave.com I can't
remember where I got the Vocal Remover, I think they have on the GW plugins
or in the forums. That's all I know but you might want to search for a program
that takes out vocals.

[Tdk]

Hmmm about it being on its highest frequency i dont think that would work.

You could always send a nice letter to the record company asking for the original recording tape that they used =) lol