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Hello! I want to find the instrumental version (no vocals, only instruments) of a song (devils in the mist by overkill) but can't find it anywhere, not on spotify nor YouTube nor Googling it... Any tips?

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[–] scytale@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Did the artist officially release an instrumental version? If not, you'll have to find someone who manually tried doing it by removing the center channel or lowering the mid frequencies, or do those things yourself. It affects the overall sound of the song though.

[–] tubbadu@lemmy.kde.social 2 points 11 months ago

Probably not or it would be on yt I guess... If I can't find anything I'll try to do as you suggest, thanks!

[–] forty2@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Its not my cleanest attempt at removing vocals; but it may be good enough for you?

Overkill - Devils in the Mist (edited)

[–] tubbadu@lemmy.kde.social 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

wow thanks for doing it for me! the result is actually pretty good, I'd like to learn how to do this

thank you very much!!!

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Audacity and voice removal tutorials on YouTube are a good place to start.

[–] forty2@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

no worries! like @NegativeInf said, Audacity is a great place to start. Its open source, and there's lots of step by step help online about how to use it and do the things

Audacity

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

I appreciate the effort that goes into this.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

AI can split stems pretty well now. You could even do it on your phone

[–] tubbadu@lemmy.kde.social 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I tried using vocalremover.org and the result is... perfect. I'm astonished. thank you very much!

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

We've come a long way in the past couple years. This tech is how we got a new Beatles song too.

[–] iHUNTcriminals@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Did you use google-fu?

Aka... the different options you can add to your search text to refine results?

[–] tubbadu@lemmy.kde.social 1 points 11 months ago

How can I use it in this case?

[–] tartan@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] tubbadu@lemmy.kde.social 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I tried using vocalremover.org, but this also seems very powerful, thanks for the tip!

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

Koala Sampler can also do this locally on your phone with the upgrade that's <$10

[–] all-knight-party@kbin.run 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Overkill is a bit of a niche band, it's likely no one has done it, and I don't believe they officially release their own instrumentals.

You'd have to probably do it yourself by removing the center channel of the audio, like the other commenter said. It's ghetto, but its probably the closest you'd get short of arranging and making an instrumental cover yourself, or somehow contacting the band and getting them to release it themselves.

[–] tubbadu@lemmy.kde.social 1 points 11 months ago

I'm literally not able to play a single instrument so I can try to contact the band, probably without answer but never say never, thanks!