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Subject:Dropping Sounds Posted by: john13 Date:3/11/2000 12:52:00 PM I was just wondering if there was any way to take out the background music and just keep the voice part or vice versa. I am trying to make music files that are just accapella or just instrumentals. If so can someone please post exactly how to do this. Thank you very much John
Subject:Re: Dropping Sounds Reply by: Kelly_S Date:3/13/2000 2:28:00 PM Hello John. Once music has been mixed down to CD, it can be difficult or impossible to isolate specific elements of the audio mix and remove them without drastically changing the overall sound. The various instruments, vocals, etc., are combined into two channels, left and right, in the stereo field. After this it is only possible to adjust volumes for certain frequencies using EQ or create various mixes of the left and right stereo channels using the Channel Converter in Sound Forge. These approaches can sometimes be effective in reducing the relative volume of the vocals, depending on how the material was originally mixed down. However, they will probably also alter the rest of the audio as well. Instrumental versions of songs which are commercially produced are made by removing the vocal tracks from the mix before mixdown. Thanks! john wrote: >>I was just wondering if there was any way to take out the >>background music and just keep the voice part or vice >>versa. I am trying to make music files that are just >>accapella or just instrumentals. If so can someone please >>post exactly how to do this. >> >> >>Thank you very much >>John >>

Hello John.

Once music has been mixed down to CD, it can be difficult or
impossible to isolate specific elements of the audio mix and remove
them without drastically changing the overall sound. The various
instruments, vocals, etc., are combined into two channels, left and
right, in the stereo field. After this it is only possible to adjust
volumes for certain frequencies using EQ or create various mixes of
the left and right stereo channels using the Channel Converter in
Sound Forge.
These approaches can sometimes be effective in reducing the relative
volume of the vocals, depending on how the material was originally
mixed down. However, they will probably also alter the rest of the
audio as well. Instrumental versions of songs which are commercially
produced are made by removing the vocal tracks from the mix before
mixdown.

Thanks!

john wrote:
>>I was just wondering if there was any way to take out the
>>background music and just keep the voice part or vice
>>versa. I am trying to make music files that are just
>>accapella or just instrumentals. If so can someone please
>>post exactly how to do this.
>>
>>
>>Thank you very much
>>John
>>