Software to remove the music, leave the vocal

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Bud Angelotti
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Software to remove the music, leave the vocal

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This might sound odd.. In order to "somewhat" isolate a vocal, Is there such a thing as software to remove the music, but leave the vocal?
The opposite of a vocal remover.

Thanks in advance.
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Bryan Daste
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Post by Bryan Daste »

Not really. You can isolate part of the stereo field, part of the frequency spectrum, or both...but still you will hear a "ghost" of the music in the background. Short of getting the original multi-track recording & soloing the vocal track, there's really no perfect way to do this, that I've heard of...

That said, Riffstation does a pretty good job of zeroing in on a particular element.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxhqAh1 ... e=youtu.be
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Post by Bud Angelotti »

Thanks Bryan. This is onje of those little projects that will never be "perfect". Just have to do our best.
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