Someone either here or on MIDI-Mag explained that there's really no way to do this because, it's like taking the seasoning out of a dish after you've put it in. There are a lot of Music Minus 1 recordings and stuff, but those are made in advance with the vocals mixed out. It's not really possible to do that with a commercially recorded CD. -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of G. McFarlane Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 12:55 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: extracting vocals Hi Omar Not sure if vinyl would be any better. It sounds like nothing will be perfect. Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: Omar <mailto:omarbinno@xxxxxxxxx> Binno To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 9:52 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: extracting vocals I've just been searching the net for a way to do this, and I guess there's no genuine way of getting perfect acapella using any kind of software. They're saying that you can get the acapella to songs if you get them on vinyl. Omar Binno www.omarbinno.com ----- Original Message ----- From: G. <mailto:gmcf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> McFarlane To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 12:23 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: extracting vocals Hi Omar I've just checked and there is an option in Audition the centre channel extract and one of the presets is accapella (apologies for the spelling). It's as good as the vocal remove in that it certainly focuses on the voice but there is still a trace of the background music. It's good but perhaps not good enough. Regards. Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: Omar <mailto:omarbinno@xxxxxxxxx> Binno To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 9:47 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: extracting vocals Gordon, Will the software you mentioned work for waht i'm trying to do? I just want vocals and not the music. Omar Binno www.omarbinno.com ----- Original Message ----- From: G. McFarlane <mailto:gmcf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:46 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: extracting vocals Hi Gene Apologies if this is the case. I should have read things more clearly. Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: Studio Montebello <mailto:studiomontebello@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 9:18 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: extracting vocals I thought Omar wanted exactly the opposite of what you are suggesting!!! He doesn't want vocals removed from a track to make it a karaoke track, he wants to extract the vocals and disregard the music!!! Jean Visitez mon site / Visit my site at http://www.studiomontebello.com ----- Original Message ----- From: G. McFarlane <mailto:gmcf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:01 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: extracting vocals Hi Omar There are one or two programs which purport to help extract vocals.There is Vocal Remover which can be googled - it has accessible menus but does need a bit of Jaws censoring if you wish to follow their instructions for vocal remove. Sighted help would be advisable the first couple of times til you get used to the layout. It's fairly good but if there's echo on the vocal track you may be left with some trace. I also Use Adobe Audition 1.5 - this has a vocal remove option. It's more effective I think in some of the songs I've tried, but it still leaves a trace in some cases.What can be helpful here is to purchase an instrumental version of the song and lower the main instrument - this can work well. I'm maybe telling you what you know already but Itunes has a large range of Karaoke songs, many of which are of excellent quality. Napster has too, but not some many. I usually type in the Istore search karaoke, and the name of the song or the artist - often I'm surprised. Hope this helps and is not giving more than you wish. Gordon McFarlane ----- Original Message ----- From: Omar Binno <mailto:omarbinno@xxxxxxxxx> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 11:50 AM Subject: [ddots-l] extracting vocals Hello, I'm interested in doing remixes of coversongs, but my question is: do we have access to any kind of software that will allow us to extract only the vocals out of a song, so that we get the accapella version of it? Thanks. Omar Binno www.omarbinno.com