Music/tech people, is there a program where you can separate a vocal track from a song?

[AlCzervik]

i have to make a slide show for a family thing this summer and i need background music. Please and thank you.

[bridgit]

1. karaoke CD's maybe...

:shrug:

[AlCzervik]

2. thats a good idea, can you actually buy those somewhere?

:hi:

[bridgit]

3. i think so, lemme check...here'ya go maybe...

http://www.karaoke.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Karaoke.woa/wa/Karaoke/default :hi:

[AlCzervik]

5. thanks, some spendy stuff there but some reasonable as well.

[guitar man]

4. that will probably be your best bet

there may be some downloadable tracks on the internets too.

There really is no effective way to remove vocals from pre-mixed stereo program material. Once something is mixed, it's like trying to un-blend something that has been mixed up in a blender.

[CraftyGal]

6. TrogL agreed...

TrogL pretty much said the same thing. :P

Crafty

[Starbucks Anarchist]

7. I think ProTools lets you do that.

[marzipanni]

8. You can download Karaoke

Here's one site I found "googling"
http://www.karaokeinfo.com/-chec
on edit- oops, that one has a charge for their "guide"
Here's another -
http://www.tricerasoft.com/karaoke_songs/songs.html

[ghostsofgiants]

9. Well, kind of, but the resuls are usually awful.

Your best bet is to just try to download instrumental versions of whatever song you want. A lot of hip-hop, pop, R&B, etc. songs are available as instrumentals.