ADOBE AUDITION's vocal extract feature: Have you played around with it?

[rasputin1963]

 

Been experimenting with ADOBE AUDITION CS5's vocal extraction feature,   which they call Center Channel Extractor.

 

Being called that is a misnomer,   because it can extract nearly any voice from a mix,  regardless of its location in the stereo field.

I'm writing all this because this tool is not your grand-dad's vocal extractor:  this thing is AMAZING.     You can really import,   say,  fully mixed recordings from the 60's and 70's,  for example,    and with a little work,    isolate each of the band's sounds....    giving you the raw tracks to make,  say,  a wholly new remix,  to say nothing of   EQ'ing and tweaking and mashing-up these individual voices.

Anyway,  quite impressive.   Just thought I'd share with you guys.

 

ras

 

Footnote:  There is a modern DJ from Provincetown who has,  for the last few years,  been doing these stunning club remixes of old 1960's recordings.    I actually thought he must've had access to the master tracks or something,  so good were his voice isolations.     Now I'm pretty sure I know his trick.

 

 

[Phil O'Keefe]

Interesting. It works equally well for extracting instrumental, as well as vocal parts?

 

 

[rasputin1963]

Some recordings yield up their "tracks"   better than others.    i think you have best luck with records mixed Mid/Side.