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'taint necessarily so simple as you think, Steve. MTU's demo tracks are right on.I experience results anywhere from hardly any removal to no discernable vocal left. Anyone expecting 100 % removal all the time best save their money. There are too many variables involved, depending whether the vocal was recorded center panned, stereo(removals do not generally work with mono), the amount of echo and reverb used on other tracks and mixed in the studio. in many cases the vocal removal software does remove the lead vocal, but one is still left with these echos and reverbs. I don't believe there is one definative answer. To say they don't work at all is absurd, but no less so than to say they work 100% all the time.
Here's what MTU advertises on the website:
"Vogone is an advanced vocal reducer eliminator software program for PC/Windows computers. Vocal removal or reduction is an art, and it has a tradeoff. Usually there are musical instruments at the same pan location (position in the stereo sound field) as the vocal that are also removed. You now control how much bass and treble music frequencies you keep that are panned the same as the vocal.
eliminate or reduce vocals Vogone is a stand-alone vocal reducer software program that reduces or eliminates center panned vocals from most stereo songs. Using your ears, you simply adjust the controls for the best sound while you listen to your changes.
vogone is unique Vogone gives you control over the tradeoff between how much vocal to remove, and how much music high and low frequencies at the same location to leave in. The original music frequencies beyond the high and low sliders remains in the vocal reduced song. You instantly hear your changes, deciding how much of the music to leave in the song."
They tell you right up front to expect Removal or Reduction.Now, if you can get any more honest than that, I'd like to know how!!
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