removing guitar and vocals from tracks

[ricklepotamus]

i hope this is in the correct forum, it seems the most likely place.

i found a thing in adobe audition that removes vocals and most lead guitar.
ok firstly it isnt perfect right but it makes it so you can jam along much easier.

firstly run audition.
in multi track view insert an audio file
switch to edit view.
go to favourites
and hit vocal remove.
it takes out the centre channel and gives you an almost instant backing track.

i demo'ed it here check it out,

http://www.6stringheaven.com/forum/p...opic.php?t=459

it really solved many problems for me.

[keithb]

This sort of thing relies on vocals and leads being mixed dead center, with rhythm and drums being mixed a bit to one side.

You can do it yourself in any audio editor:

1. Split the source audio L/R into 2 tracks
2. Reverse the phase on one track
3. Re-combine into one track

This way, anything mixed center will be on both the left and right track, and will cancel itself out when you flip the phase. Anything mixed left or right of center will not be affected.

It doesn't always work, and sometimes it sounds weird, but it's worth trying!

[ricklepotamus]

cheers keith
yeh this is a problem i found, it doesn't work all the time, because im kinda new to this it seemed like an easy way to do it.
does your way mean you can do the same trick with other tracks where the vocal might not be on the centre channel.
and when you say any audio editor would audition do this, it's the only one i have?

[Two hands31]

Originally Posted by ricklepotamus

cheers keith
yeh this is a problem i found, it doesn't work all the time, because im kinda new to this it seemed like an easy way to do it.
does your way mean you can do the same trick with other tracks where the vocal might not be on the centre channel.
and when you say any audio editor would audition do this, it's the only one i have?

I can almost guarantee that the process he described is what the "vocal remove" function is already doing. The main problem with it is that you lose everything that's in the center (snare drum, kick drum, bass guitar, some cymbals, some guitar parts) and don't lose things that aren't dead center (some lead guitar parts, vocals, etc.).

[JESTER700]

Yup, that's how "vocal removers" work. One thing they often add is the ability to pass the bass unaffected. Since bass & kick are usually mixed center, this keeps some of those from being removed. Problem is, the high end of those instruments is still removed - so you get no "slap" and all "thud".