Probably many of us love to sing with friends in a noisy company. To do this, it is completely optional to go to a karaoke bar, a party can be arranged at home. But after all, the phonograms of the desired song may not be at hand, and I would like to play some composition of my favorite artist. To do this, you need to create a phonogram yourself, and with the cutting out of the vocal part. But how to separate music from words?
To a person who has no idea about sound processing, such actions may seem almost impossible. However, there are some simple solutions. You can, of course, find and download the desired track as a backing track on the Internet, however, this is far from the best option.
How to separate music from words: basic methods?
To begin with, let's decide which methods can be used to separate instrumental and vocal parts. In principle, today there are several main areas, among which the most frequently used are the following:
- manual recording of a full track without vocals;
- mixing a track without a vocal part based on the available “pure” instrumental parts;
- vocal removal using audio editors;
- use of music players;
- vocal cutting using specialized online resources.
We will not consider the very first option. You can, of course, pick up each instrumental part that sounds in the song by ear, and then record and mix them yourself in some sequencer program. However, it is unlikely that you will get close enough to the original sound.
How to make a backing track of a song using the original material?
Today on the Internet a lot of works are laid out, designed for novice figures. They exist in the form of sets of original parts recorded by professional musicians in studios. Such material may contain all instrumental and vocal tracks, which can be mixed independently.
In any audio editor or virtual studio, it’s enough to enable multi-channel recording (playback) mode, and then set the desired order of parts from the set (usually they are presented in the form of WAV files). Again, the method is far from the most convenient. Since all parts are recorded, so to speak, “dry”, you will have to add effects and process the final track yourself, and it is unlikely that you can achieve the original sound without special skills.
How to remove vocals using Cool Edit Pro audio editor?
Since the above methods are extremely inconvenient and time-consuming, let's see how to separate music from words if you have an original track. Beginning computer musicians and sound engineers can recommend the program Cool Edit Pro, on the basis of which the more powerful Adobe Audition package was created at the time. Despite the English-language interface, dealing with the application will not be difficult.
Open the desired track (for example, in MP3 format), then go to the menu of the main Favorites panel, select the Vocal Cut item, wait for the completion of automatic processing and look at the result.
It is immediately evident that the amplitude has changed. For most songs, the main voice track is cleaned up without any problems. However, if the song has backing vocals, you won’t be able to get rid of it in this way.
Actions in Adobe Audition
Using this package, despite the fact that it is based on the Cool Edit Pro program, may seem more complicated. But you can still master it. How to separate vocals from music in this application? It is believed that the voice part during recording and mixing in a panoramic ratio is located on the central channel. Thus, it is necessary to cut out the very same part. To do this, in the application you need to go to the effects menu, select the Stereo Imagery item and call up the tool called Central Channel Extractor. It has a set of predefined templates.
To achieve the best result, you can use either the karaoke item or directly remove the Vocal Remove vocals. Again, if there are other voice parts recorded not on the central channel, they cannot be eliminated. If necessary, you will have to experiment with the Notch filter.
How to remove vocal part in AIMP player?
Now let's look at one technique that many simply don’t know about. You can get rid of voice recording in order to sing under the backing track in the most ordinary AIMP software player. How to separate music from words in this player? Let's consider in more detail.
Go through the settings to the effects section, find there the filter item for removing (suppressing) the voice, put a checkmark on it and enjoy the result. The only and most important disadvantage of this method is that it will not work to save the resulting backing track, although the vocals are removed in real time.
Additional utilities and online services
Finally, if you don’t have the right applications at hand, or if you simply don’t know how to use them, you can recommend the most primitive methods.
So, for example, you can perform the necessary actions using a program for separating music and voice called Vocal Remover Pro, in which it is enough to simply open the desired track and set automatic processing.
You can also use various Internet resources to which you can download the desired composition, and after some time after processing, download the final file without a vocal part. True, in this case, the result looks very doubtful. In addition, the Internet may also require payment for this.