how to remove the lyrics...

[The Moose]

Hey

There is a song that I would like to get without the lyrics (i.e. somehow remove them).

I know it can be done, I just don't know how!!

Cheers

The Moose

[elle]

What's the song?

[The Moose]

does the song type/source have any bearing on this being able to be done? I ask as I will probably need to do several...??? (i hope it doesnt!!)

[catmartin]

Sometimes if you are lucky, you can bring the song into an audio program, such as Audacity or Ableton and if the vocals are recorded on a separate stereo track from the background, you can just separate them.

I'm no expert on this but it can be done with some tunes. Otherwise you'll need to search youtube for an accapella.

[patchst]

Most of the programs/plugins I've used are pretty crap. You seem to lose lots of sound quality. This is a free one i've used in the past it's avaliable as a winamp plugin and also as a Direct x plugin which can be used in DAW's that support direct x.

http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/audio/vre...

[The Moose]

patchst said:

Most of the programs/plugins I've used are pretty crap. You seem to lose lots of sound quality. This is a free one i've used in the past it's avaliable as a winamp plugin and also as a Direct x plugin which can be used in DAW's that support direct x.

http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/audio/vre...

is that a recommendation as a half way decent one...???

[The Dude]

The programs genreally work by a cancelling effect, filtering out a narrow band of frequencies (that the human voice occupies) and then (based on the assumption that most vocals are panned dead centre) phase inverting one channel before mixing it with the other - leaving you with the difference between the left and right channels.

Results are, as you'd imagine, variable. Plus you'll lose a little or a lot of other instruments depending on the type of material you are processing.

[Meeja]

The Moose said:

does the song type/source have any bearing on this being able to be done? I ask as I will probably need to do several...??? (i hope it doesnt!!)

You'd be suprised at the availability of instrumental versions of songs - and there are also professional Karaoke CDs - which will give you a near perfect instrumental of an original song.

http://uk.sunflymusic.com/uk/