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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! :)