by Norgan » Wed Apr 21, 2010 4:54 am
There's a fairly simple way of removing vocals from stereo tracks. It has to do with inverse wave forms and stuff (fun stuff to research, actually). Some of the cons, however, are that it can degrade the sound quality, and depending on how the song was mixed it might not work at all or might remove more than just the vocals.
I've found that it works decently for most of the SA song's I've tried it on. I went though a period where I edited nearly every song I listened to and removed the vocals so I could hear the guitars better, and the backup vocals! Max, at least in IARB, had TONS of backup vocals that I hardly noticed before, Alive with the Glory of Love being one of the best examples: every time he says "Yeaah!... Oh yeaaah!" there are three, maybe four, layers of max singing it, each with a different timbre and harmony, all under/behind his lead vocal.
Anyway. I'll post up a copy of Wow without the main vocals later. However, as I recall, the drums are pretty much crap sounding during the verses (simpler songs typically have worse results.)