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Pull the Music In the Background From a Song

  • 08-04-2011 5:18pm
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    bpb101
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    Dose anybody know a software that can pull the music and the words into two separate sound wave which is in the ubuntu software center or linux edition

    eg. let it be > the words spoken and the music
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  • #2
    PeakOutput
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    bpb101 wrote: »
    Dose anybody know a software that can pull the music and the words into two separate sound wave which is in the ubuntu software center or linux edition

    eg. let it be > the words spoken and the music

    there is no software that can do this well it will significantly change the sound of both the background music and the vocals


  • #3
    spannerotoole
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    There is no software open source nor proprietary that will do what you ask.
    The reason is how songs are recorded in studios. If the mastering was all the same then it would be possible, but since you don't always get the vocals recorded pan centre with no reverb this is impossible.

    With older recordings though a lot of the time vocals were recorded on one side with backing vocals on another side. You might try this way using audacity.

    However, if its for commercial use, make sure you get permission.

    If you just need the music look for midi files and use LMMS with a decent soundfont.


  • #4
    studiorat
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp_tkFuzn3E


    I've seen a couple of demos of stuff in development that can remove the elements from a song using a variety of techniques, it works surprisingly well. The Roland software or perhaps Music Morpher could be worth a look.


    Here's some other approaches to the problem one using audacity, might be worth looking at.

    http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=Vocal_Removal

    http://ultrastardeluxe.xtremeweb-hosting.net/wiki/doku.php?id=development:voice_removal

    The second link offers a few options and links to papers from the guys in DIT who developed a couple of algorithms to remove elements from a stereo mix including vocals.

    There's no definitive way yet but it's possible, at least well enough to plonk another vocal on top of.


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