how do i make my mp3s Acapella or Instruemtal?????

[scorpion23]

somebody must know how to make an a capella! there is a Michael jackson dvd out full of a capellas, Now these are made not from the mp3s or original tracks but from the actual videos themseelves.

As we know videos have extra bits in them, sound effects etc and these appear on the dvd i have so there must be a way to process songs taken from a dvd to make an a capella.

Any ideas now???

[soulja]

lol nice to see one of my old posts back to life and i still haven't found out how..

[Agent_Embryo]

What you're asking can't be done. There's no program that can perfectly can take away eighter vocals or music. Sometimes CD-singles have instrumental or a cappella versions of the song on them. That's probably where the people who don't have access to the original multitrack recordings get their remix/mix stuff. Or they just cut n paste the bits without vocals on.

[dj blu]

well there IS a good way to get rid of vocals from songs, i use Adobe Audition, there is an option on the Favorites tab and it gets rid of the vocals pretty good, i did it with a song, and it actualy got rid of the vocals COMPLETELY!, although SOME songs it wont work so well, as far as makin acapellas, well im also trying to figure it out and as soon as i fing out i will let you know... for a sample of the vocal removals ive dont and for information as to were to get Adobe Audition, e mail me willywonka6@gmail.com

[eagle1]

There's probably a way to do it without having access to the original recording tracks but it will probably need specialized equipment which will cost you a lot of $$$
I know someone who does something like this in order to create "mash-ups" (i.e. he mixes music from 2 different artists) and he has a mini-studio built around Pro-Tools... so....

[mcav916]

is to start digging. Get yourself a turntable and mixer, and decent sound card for a/d conversion(16/44.1bit is ok , however, 24/96bit is perferable.) Now, go find ALL the record shops in your area. Go to each one and look for the artists Single EP or LP.

[malaki777]

yo you cant really delete vox from songs, I have a few other options for you and tons of resources for finding instrumentals, the only thing is that you have to be a long time "proped" member of most of the forums I use, email me with requests and i can give you some help finding the instrumentals, the other option is to find extended mixes of the songs and loop the parts you like, either finding pieces with no vox or by taking half bars, and looping them with the other half of the bar in a song where there are no vox over it, its a little tricky to do but I know people that only do it that way and it makes your mixes/mashes a lot more original, email me with some info on exactly what your doing, if your just making beats for people, mix cd's/mash cd's or just making stuf fo your own use.
peace,
Malaki
malakij@hotmail.com

[eric001]

Please tell me somebody how I can make my mp3s acapella or Instrumental. Please tell me.
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[BeatYouWithShoe]

You guys are lame. Real DJs do the mixing on turntables, and you can easily take the vox out with a good mixer. Or Adobe Audition is good....

[slidetbone]

First off, there will never be any application available that will remove all vocals or extract the center channel ( so called acapella ) perfectly unless you own the multitrack original of the piece...

Second: MP3's are a lossy format. Depending on the ripper, there will be a loss of fidelity somewhere that will be amplified when using a program to try and remove vocals or extract the center channel. The compression artifacts are very pronounced especially on 128kbit and lower MP3's.

With my experiments with Adobe Audition, your best bet is to create a wav file of the song you want. The best results come from LP's, but it will work well with pre recorded CD's except that some prerecorded CD's use too many effects and compression that will cause bleedovers with the finished results, so stay away from remastered versions..more on this later.

Reproduce the wav file with no effects, flat response. Do not normalize.

Use the filters available with "Center Channel Extractor" in Adobe Audition to either extract the center channel ( where most vocals are panned to in recordings) from the wav, which will yield an almost clean instrumental of the wav or to keep the vocals and filter out the left and right channels.

Do not go agressive with the settings or you will end up with a piece with no bass or an "underwater" sounding file. I found that tweaking the Frequency Range filters to zero in on the vocal ranges will help more than playing with the slider settings alone. Experiment.

Removing the left and right channels will yield a flat vocal result in most cases. If any vocals on the piece is hard panned, you will lose them. Inversly, removing the center channel will yield a somewhat wide stereo effect on the piece, leaving most of the reverb and delay effects of the center channel behind...play with the settings till your heart is content.

Lastly, take the wav file, normalize it and tweak the EQ settings if required. Now, you are ready to convert it into an MP3.

Again, it will not be perfect, but it will be acceptable for whatever you want to use the file for...

Enjoy!