Remove music from an mp3

litirspam

I want to remove lyrics from an mp3 so that I will be able to only hear the lyrics. I know that lyrics can be deleted from an mp3 but can they be saved and listened to without the background music?
Thanks for any help.

Lump

litirspam wrote:

I know that lyrics can be deleted from an mp3

How?

John

sleepwalker

you cant just remove vocals its impossible but you can use different effects and such to get something fairly close to get a cheap karoake

in terms of your question though i dont think its possible to do

garthv

Have a search around for the acapella version of the song?

Gilgamesh

would like to know how too

sleepwalker

yeh garth is right there go have a look for the accapella version, if it was released as a single theres a good chance youll find it floating around on the net somewhere

Mr E

Lyrics can be stored in the ID3v2 tag (as text). The tag and/or lyrics can be removed, but this doesn't affect the actual song.

Gilgamesh

but surely that is only if the song is recorded on multiple audio threads?

daveathome_16

get any basic recording program (goldwave) is basic,

have a look in pc sound mags ull get a demo prog

youll be able to take the vocals off with a bit of messing around, the music wont sound exactly the same after , but itll be better than some cover by some 1 man band

Roar

there's a "vocal cut" option in cool edit pro, which works sometimes, sometimes not. I used to use it a lot to make radio edits of tunes when i was on college radio

TheStrandRoads

litirspam wrote:

I want to remove lyrics from an mp3 so that I will be able to only hear the lyrics. I know that lyrics can be deleted from an mp3 but can they be saved and listened to without the background music?
Thanks for any help.

You could solve that by using an EQ. Bearing in mind that every instrument has it's own sound quality (including vocals), it's possible to single out (but not completely) each one.

It can be tricky but it's just a matter of messing around with the EQ. Luckily you're trying to single out the vocals, which are more than likely panned centre, and more often than not, of a reasonable volume.

Lump

Instruments use octaves, Frequencies and harmonics... I'd love to see you try remove an instrument or vocals using eq... Most systems only have 3 levels of eq.... professional systems have hign, mid and low, with a variable mid.... Really advanced programmes may let you do more levels, by rendering levels...



John

gerryk

Usually vocals are panned centre, so if you flip one channel by 180 and merge with the other, you should get everything from the outer edges of the stereo image and lose all the cente panned stuff... in an ideal world and with a v. high quality recording.

If you then mono-ise than and mono-ise your original signal, flip one by 180 and re-merge, you should be left with vocals only.

In reality, though, what you'll be left with is a load of noise.