If you're a big producer, you don't need one. You're probably using the track in something commercial, and so will be licensing the material, or else you've been contracted to produce a remix. Either way, you'll probably get the original multitrack , so no need for high tech tricks. Bryan On Jul 6, 2011, at 8:42 PM, Omar Binno wrote: Do big producers with the high end equipment have a clean way of doing it, or is everyone pretty much using the same methods these days? ----- Original Message ----- From: Bryan Smart<mailto:bryansmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 8:10 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: acapellas Not other than this phase cancelation approach. There certainly isn't good software or effects to automatically do it. Bryan On Jul 6, 2011, at 3:07 PM, Omar Binno wrote: Bryan, Are you aware of any effective method that we can use to extract the vocals from a song; hence giving us the acapella? ----- Original Message ----- From: Bryan Smart<mailto:bryansmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 3:01 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: acapellas If the mix is different in either version, if there are any time mismatches due to edits, or if the original was recorded to tape rather than digital, then this won't work. That doesn't apply to most pop stuff now, though. They bounce the main mix, mute the vocal buses, and bounce again for the instrumental. All digital. Some EQ can help clean up the artifacts that don't correctly cancel. Bryan On Jul 3, 2011, at 12:36 AM, Gordon Kent wrote: Well, that is pretty cool. Lining up would certainly be a problem though. I bet you can do that with Sonar or reaper or sound forge. I know that SF has an invert process. That’s better than I ever could have imagined it being. Gord From: Omar Binno<mailto:omarbinno@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2011 10:16 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: acapellas Gord, Unless the info I looked up and video i've posted below was completely fabricated, this seems pretty convincing. What are your thoughts? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WNO2aPK3bY ----- Original Message ----- From: Gordon Kent<mailto:dbmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2011 10:02 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: acapellas From: Dominique<mailto:40493raywonder@xxxxxxxxx> Hello: I think that it depends on how it was recorded in terms of stereo positioning etc. I frankly have never heard any of that stuff really do a convincing job of it. GOrdSent: Saturday, July 02, 2011 8:51 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Omar Binno<mailto:omarbinno@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: acapellas Yes, reaper. I'm still trying to figure out how you'd do it, but for the most part, it should work. On 7/2/2011 6:00 PM, Omar Binno wrote: Hello, It seems that sighted folks have the ability to extract the vocals from songs using programs like audacity, hence they are able to have an acapella of the song. Do blind users have that means with any programs? Thanks. Omar Binno Website: www.bigoproductions.net<http://www.bigoproductions.net/>