Bagpipes Extractor and Remover

How to extract the bagpipes from a song

1. Add your song. MP3, WAV, M4A or FLAC, up to 10 minutes long. Sign in with Google when asked.
2. Press Extract the bagpipes. Cost is 1 credit for every minute of the song, shown on the button first. Your 5 starting credits cover a song of up to 5 minutes. Expect 1 to 3 minutes of waiting, longer if the queue is busy.
3. Check and save. Open Bagpipes and Without the bagpipes one at a time, watch the small waveform beside each reel, then download the ones you want as MP3 files at 320 kbps.

What the bagpipes sound like in a mix

Bagpipes have a loud, steady, nasal sound and a drone: one or more low pipes hold a single note while the melody pipe plays on top. That drone never stops for breath, which makes bagpipes easy to recognize and, for many songs, hard to place under other instruments. They are the voice of Scottish and Irish folk, military bands and pipe bands, and Celtic rock and metal.

Who wants them alone: a piper learning a tune by ear, a producer who needs a drone to build around, a video maker looking for a bagpipe cue, and a listener who loves a song but wants a version without the pipes.

Pipes, whistle or accordion

Pipes are often played with a tin whistle, a fiddle and an accordion, and the reedy sound can blend with the last one. See the Whistle Extractor and the Accordion Extractor to check what is where. The Woodwind Extractor and the Wind Instrument Extractor handle other blown instruments.

Expect the drone to stick around

The long drone fills a lot of the spectrum. In a fast reel where pipes play with drums and guitars, parts of the drone can stay in the other file. Use headphones and listen to both.