I dont think its possible but its worth a try...so are there any programs that would be able to separate the voice (or singing) from the actual musical beats of a mp3 or wav?
It's not going to do what you are looking for, but take a look at Audacity. It's free, it does stuff to audio, and it's fun to play with.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/)
You can't really get acceptable audio quality when doing this, I do believe. And if the voices have weird stereo effects it's basically impossible to remove, afaik.
You can't really get acceptable audio quality when doing this, I do believe. And if the voices have weird stereo effects it's basically impossible to remove, afaik.
I concur. Most audio-processing tools remove vocals by merely subtracting the left channel with the right channel, hoping that the vocal is recorded at same intensity & phase on both channels.
When it is shifted on the soundstage, or has its L/R phase inverted (to make it sounds like it comes from inside your head), the vocals will still be there.
so are there any free programs available online that can do this?
So do a google search on "vocal remover"?
This question has been asked ad nauseam. The answer remains: try to cut out the center channel if the vocals are there. (Extra boy is a free VST plug in (http://www.kvraudio.com/get/1651.html) to use in your preferred editor). There are not many other options, except the magic scissors of course (http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~nunrg/boink/Scissors.jpg) .