Separating music and voice of an audio file

[jackstone]

I have soundstudio in my mac (the trial version though), is there a way to remove the voice to make the audio file ala-minus-one using this program? My nephew just needs it for a project. If there are other freeware which can do this, I'm open to suggestions. Thanks!

[michaelkenji]

have you checked the L and R channels of the audio file? if the vocals are all in one channel, you just have to record the other channel to get just the music track..

Audacity is free..

[michaelkenji]

also, here are other threads related to your query.. the search function is really helpful..

LF: vocal remover app
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[jackstone]

thanks michaelkenji! i tried the search function actually, I guess I just tried the wrong search parameters. thanks again!

[vinyl4bpm]

Can I remove the vocals, the instruments, a specific instrument?

Answer: NO NO NO NO, there is no way to do this in a way that will be anything close to decent. The only things you can do is EQ, filter, mess with phase cancelation, and a couple other things. Read this:

http://www.ethanwiner.com/novocals.html