recording lps to CD - Beyond Tiki

T tikibars Tiki Socialite Aku Hall, Chicago Joined: Apr 11, 2002 Posts: 2034	T tikibars Posted posted on Fri, Oct 10, 2003 10:00 AM On 2003-10-08 20:15, RevBambooBen wrote: Are there devices that would let you pull out the voice track of a cd and just have instrumental?? (would be good for the kids!) There are devices that claim to do this, but they are crap. They work via phase cancellation, which (to vastly oversimplify) removes anything that appears to come out of the center (both speakers) and leaves alone things panned to the left or right speakers only. You're better off buying a home karaoke machine that comes with discs of pre-recorded instrumental versions of songs. Or not.

On 2003-10-08 20:15, RevBambooBen wrote:
Are there devices that would let you pull out the voice track of a cd and just have instrumental?? (would be good for the kids!)

There are devices that claim to do this, but they are crap. They work via phase cancellation, which (to vastly oversimplify) removes anything that appears to come out of the center (both speakers) and leaves alone things panned to the left or right speakers only. You're better off buying a home karaoke machine that comes with discs of pre-recorded instrumental versions of songs.

Or not.

Post #54642 by tikibars on Fri, Oct 10, 2003 10:00 AM