[KappaWing]

K so i'd like to make a karaeoke (sp?) version of a song, and YES ive tried google, but the dozen or so apps i tried already fail miserably. Do any of you know something that works?

[IceFire]

That's really hard to do.  I spent the better part of a day in a modest sound studio trying to remove a bit of voice and its hard to do.  You can isolate some of the typical voice frequencies but there tends to be quite a few bits left over and you usually end up hurting something from the music too.  I'm not a sound expert either...but in my limited experience this was a tough thing to do.

[Scuddie]

A simple bandstop calculation can get rid of some voices, and stereo cancellation can get rid of some other voices.  Both methods will significantly harm the music, as a bandstop calculation will remove ALL audio frequencies between the range, and stereo cancellation simply subtracts the audio in the left channel from the right.  Neither method will remove all voice traces because of audio refraction, echo, and reverb.  Anyway, the best program to get the best results with this is, you guessed it, Goldwave.

[KappaWing]

A simple bandstop calculation can get rid of some voices, and stereo cancellation can get rid of some other voices.  Both methods will significantly harm the music, as a bandstop calculation will remove ALL audio frequencies between the range, and stereo cancellation simply subtracts the audio in the left channel from the right.  Neither method will remove all voice traces because of audio refraction, echo, and reverb.  Anyway, the best program to get the best results with this is, you guessed it, Goldwave.

How do i guess what range to remove?

[Scuddie]

Figure it out on the fly.  400-2000Hz is the 'common' range, but it can go much lower or much higher.  Keep in mind that no matter how low or high you set it, there will be plenty of artifacts.  Depends on the song really.

[Turey]

He's doing karaoke. There's no way anything you do to remove voice will degrade the sound quality enough to make people forget about his singing. 

[Scuddie]

Dont go slamming Karaoke.  It's very fun, and it sounds good when you get the right voice/song combo.

[Huggybaby]

Here's a quick and dirty way to do it. http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/audio/vremover.htm. It's a plugin for your favorite software.

The vocal needs to be panned center (it usually is). Any reverbs or delays will usually remain because they are returned left and right. However, when you sing over the track the effects should be obscured, especially if you add your own reverb/delay.

Actually, my sound blaster audigy has it's own vocal elimination software, with quite a few options.

[Janos]

Dont go slamming Karaoke.  It's very fun, and it sounds good when you get the right voice/song combo.

people laugh when i sing

[Kie99]

My old MP3 player temporarily removed the voice from all my songs once...it was extremely odd, could never get it to happen again.

[Getter Robo G]

There is a new program at circuit city liek for $50.00 I think. I forgot the name just noticed it.

Cause of the Karaoke craze this program removes the main vocals from MODERN tracks (probably the last year or so...) I guess they've changed teh way tracks are formatted and separated.

I was curious about it, but have no real need for the program so couldn't justify the expense...