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<blockquote data-quote="dauber" data-source="post: 698275" data-attributes="member: 48449"><p>The only way I can think is to NOT use GarageBand, unless it has some kind of karaoke filter I don't know about.</p><p></p><p>Your best bet is to futz with the track in Audacity with the "Invert" function. </p><p></p><p>The easiest way to do it, though, is if the song is mixed such at all of the instruments are panned dead center, while the vocals are panned hard right and hard left. If that's the case, then have Audacity import the left and right channels as separate tracks. Use the "Invert" thingy on ONE track, then combine the two tracks. The instrumental track should phase itself out.</p><p></p><p>This is also known as "out-of-phase stereo."</p><p></p><p>The problem, though, is that the standard way of mixing in stereo is just the opposite -- pan the instruments left and right, but the vocals more centered. If you do the steps I mentioned before on THIS type of mix, you end up with basically a karaoke track. There IS a way to isolate vocals from this type of mix, but it takes a lot of trickery and patience, and you can hear a lot of digital distortion and remnants of the removal...and I've never been able to figure out how to get it to work.</p><p></p><p>But basically, don't use GarageBand for this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dauber, post: 698275, member: 48449"] The only way I can think is to NOT use GarageBand, unless it has some kind of karaoke filter I don't know about. Your best bet is to futz with the track in Audacity with the "Invert" function. The easiest way to do it, though, is if the song is mixed such at all of the instruments are panned dead center, while the vocals are panned hard right and hard left. If that's the case, then have Audacity import the left and right channels as separate tracks. Use the "Invert" thingy on ONE track, then combine the two tracks. The instrumental track should phase itself out. This is also known as "out-of-phase stereo." The problem, though, is that the standard way of mixing in stereo is just the opposite -- pan the instruments left and right, but the vocals more centered. If you do the steps I mentioned before on THIS type of mix, you end up with basically a karaoke track. There IS a way to isolate vocals from this type of mix, but it takes a lot of trickery and patience, and you can hear a lot of digital distortion and remnants of the removal...and I've never been able to figure out how to get it to work. But basically, don't use GarageBand for this. [/QUOTE]
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