Removing vocals! (Found on the old board)

[SakuraLee]

you click on the drop down arrow next to the name of the track and if its stereo you click split stereo track, then to make it mono you click on the arrow the drop down menu next to the name of the track again and click mono. ^^ At leat that how it works for me on audacity

[mentalstrike]

you click on the drop down arrow next to the name of the track and if its stereo you click split stereo track, then to make it mono you click on the arrow the drop down menu next to the name of the track again and click mono. ^^ At leat that how it works for me on audacity

I do that to both sides right? Then what? I can't put it back into a stereo track and put it in mono....*is cnfuzled*

[Edwyn]

You're removing the stereo component altogether. It's a mono file now, that's the sacrifice you make to remove the vocals. You can still convert the resulting mono file into stereo easily, but in that case you'll just be getting identical audio from both channels.

[mentalstrike]

You're removing the stereo component altogether. It's a mono file now, that's the sacrifice you make to remove the vocals. You can still convert the resulting mono file into stereo easily, but in that case you'll just be getting identical audio from both channels.

but it won't let me convert the two files into one mono file....thats what I was saying

[Edwyn]

Convert two files.....? This tutorial is about converting one single stereo file into one single mono file. It's about mixing a two-channel sound file into a one-channel sound file to get rid of the vocal track. Two-channel = stereo, one-channel = mono. Just one file.

[Ryou Shirogane]

you click on the drop down arrow next to the name of the track and if its stereo you click split stereo track, then to make it mono you click on the arrow the drop down menu next to the name of the track again and click mono. ^^ At leat that how it works for me on audacity

Thanks for that. Now I finally know how to do this in Audacity. ^^

[169-PD]

Music I make may fool this because all vocals and instruments are centered. Maybe it is possible, but not likely.

[SakuraLee]

This only really works for me if the background music is loud anyway, covering up a bit of what's left of the vocals. ^^;

[Suikotsu]

oooo thanks for posting how to remove vocals...I was wondering how to...thanks lots...

[Avrilkiller]

I'm using WaveStudio for this....it works great at removing the vocals for most songs, however, as soon as I convert it to mono...the vocals come back!
If I leave it in stereo and save it that way, the vocals are gone...but only through this set of headphones. Through speakers, it's there.
I am not technologically aware enough to understand this...any idea why it does this or hwo to fix it?