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Vocal Removal
This page describes techniques which onsome stereo tracks may allow you to remove or isolate vocals (or other parts of a recording) from the rest. Detailed instructions using the current version of Audacity can be found at Vocal Removal and Isolation in the Manual . It is strongly recommended that you use the current version of Audacity as above.
There is no universal, reliable way of doing this without having the original multi-track recordings. Different tracks will require different techniques to achieve maximum possible attenuation or isolation. This will depend on where the vocals are positioned in the stereo field, and on their frequency content compared to the rest of the audio.
Contents [hide] 1 Third-Party Plug-ins for Vocal Removal & Isolation 1.1 Center Pan Remover (Vocal Remover) 1.2 Windows VST Plug-ins 1.3 OS X Plug-ins 1.4 VST Plug-in Installation
05/06/13
An improved version of this plug-in is now included in current version of Audacity atEffect > Vocal Remover (for center-panned vocals).... It includes a Help screen and an extra option to retain a specified range of frequencies (so removing everything outside that range).
OS X Plug-ins
There is an voxReducer PPC Audio Unit plug-in (14 day free evaluation) you can try in current Audacity . It requires Mac OS X 10.4 to 10.6 (using Rosetta on an Intel Mac). It will not work on OS X 10.7 or later as there is no PPC support. VoxReducer is similar to the Nyquist Center Pan Remover in that it aims to reduce the strength of centrepanned vocals, but differs in having a phase offset adjustment and a slider for adjusting the intensity of the vocal reduction. Place the voxReducer.component in either / L i b r a r y / A u d i o / P l u g i n s / C o m p o n e n t sor ~ / L i b r a r y / A u d i o / P l u g i n s / C o m p o n e n t s . Brainworx have a free (registration-required) VST or Audio Unit plug-in bx_solo (download link here ) that lets you solo mid and side channels so provides opportunity for vocal isolation or removal in the right circumstances. See voxReducer above for Audio Unit installation or below for VST installation.
05/06/13
To add VST plug-ins to current Audacity (or legacy 1.3.8 or later), place the plug-in's unzipped .dll or .dylib file in Audacity's Plug-ins folder or in a system location where Audacity looks for VST plug-ins. Then go to the Audacity Preferences, choose Effects on the left, put a checkmark in "Rescan VST effects... ", click OK and restart Audacity. The new plug-ins will appear underneath the divider in the Effect Menu. See detailed instructions here. Audacity will display the full interface for VST plug-ins that have a graphical interface. In legacy Audacity prior to 1.3.8, place the plug-in's unzipped .dll or .dylib file into Audacity's Plug-ins folder, together with the extracted vst-bridge.dll or vst-bridge.so from the Audacity VST Enabler . Then restart Audacity. Plug-ins may also be placed in a system location as long as the VST Enabler is installed in Audacity's Plug-ins folder. The new plug-ins will appear underneath the divider in the Effect Menu. See detailed instructions here. Should vst-bridge.dll not work, try the previous VST Enabler for Windows instead of the one linked to above. VST plug-ins in legacy 1.3.8 or earlier only have a generic tabular interface due to licensing restrictions imposed by Steinberg.
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