Removing the guitar from an existing recording?

guitarcookie1 · September 2020

I have a song (not mine) in iTunes that I'd like to remove the guitar track from to create a backing track to play along to.

Is this possible? I have a 2015 MBP with GarageBand & Audacity currently.

Stuckfast · September 2020

There is a program called Hit'n'Mix Infinity that will do this, sort of... it's not easy to use, though, and the results might be a bit variable.

Can't be done with conventional software like Audacity.

mrkb · September 2020

Izotope rx8 - but it isn’t cheap.

octatonic · September 2020

RX is generally better at changing levels rather than completely removing, which can have a few artefacts remaining.

I've used it to lower the level of drums/guitars/vocals fairly regularly.
It is good but it isn't perfect.

fastonebaz · September 2020

You might in Audacity find that adding it to a track, adding an eq plugin then play the track and experiment removing certain frequencies can dull the guitar sufficiently to be a crude backing track.

andy_k · September 2020

Theres a free app for mac, called Riffstation which has some cool features which can get close with eq.
It's free, so its good for the price.

fretmeister · September 2020

Some bands release their stems for fans to do remixes.
Have a look for that maybe?

guitarcookie1 · September 2020

Thanks for the suggestions.

Can it be done in Logic Pro? Thinking of upgrading from GarageBand.

octatonic · September 2020

guitarcookie1 said:

Thanks for the suggestions.

Can it be done in Logic Pro? Thinking of upgrading from GarageBand.

Not without a plugin like RX8.

Funkfingers · September 2020

Depending on where the guitar is panned in the soundstage, Roland R-Mix might remove the direct guitar signal. Traces of it may still be audible as early reflections and/or in the reverb treatment.

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