removing music from track? at DVinfo.net

Robert Bobson · April 18th, 2012, 05:59 PM

Hey ~

I have one track with singing and music mixed- and a second track with just the music.

I'd like to remove the music from the first track, leaving just the singing. Is there a way to use the music only track to "tell" a program what it is I want to remove???

thanks -

Brian P. Reynolds · April 18th, 2012, 06:16 PM

Try phase reversing the music track and mix this with the vocal / music track.
Phase reversal is actually making the wave form a NEGATIVE ..... it might work for you.

Robert Bobson · April 19th, 2012, 07:34 AM

thanks for the suggestion. i might add that it's piano music I want to remove - the same frequencies as the voice.

Jon Fairhurst · April 19th, 2012, 10:20 AM

If the music was added digitally in post, it can be removed by adding the same track, out of phase. It's just a matter of getting the timing perfect. However, if the piano bled into the vocal microphone after the sound bounced around the room, it's not easily removable.

Robert Bobson · April 19th, 2012, 11:53 AM

i was trying to do all this to see if I could save some clipped vocals, but it's too distorted. that's life! :)

April 18th, 2012, 05:59 PM	#1
Robert Bobson Major Player Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Bay City, Michigan Posts: 585	removing music from track? Hey ~ I have one track with singing and music mixed- and a second track with just the music. I'd like to remove the music from the first track, leaving just the singing. Is there a way to use the music only track to "tell" a program what it is I want to remove??? thanks -

April 18th, 2012, 06:16 PM	#2
Brian P. Reynolds Major Player Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 466	Re: removing music from track? Try phase reversing the music track and mix this with the vocal / music track. Phase reversal is actually making the wave form a NEGATIVE ..... it might work for you.

April 19th, 2012, 07:34 AM	#3
Robert Bobson Major Player Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Bay City, Michigan Posts: 585	Re: removing music from track? thanks for the suggestion. i might add that it's piano music I want to remove - the same frequencies as the voice.

April 19th, 2012, 10:20 AM	#4
Jon Fairhurst Inner Circle Join Date: May 2006 Location: Camas, WA, USA Posts: 5,513	Re: removing music from track? If the music was added digitally in post, it can be removed by adding the same track, out of phase. It's just a matter of getting the timing perfect. However, if the piano bled into the vocal microphone after the sound bounced around the room, it's not easily removable. __________________ Jon Fairhurst

April 19th, 2012, 11:53 AM	#5
Robert Bobson Major Player Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Bay City, Michigan Posts: 585	Re: removing music from track? i was trying to do all this to see if I could save some clipped vocals, but it's too distorted. that's life! :)