Clarinet Extractor and Remover

How to extract the clarinet from a song

1. Choose a file. Drop in an MP3, WAV, M4A or FLAC of up to 10 minutes. You sign in with Google on your first upload.
2. Press Extract the clarinet. The button shows what this song will cost, at 1 credit per minute, so you know before you start. New accounts get 5 credits. If the job fails, the credits come back.
3. Play each reel. The left reel is your original; the other two are Clarinet and Without the clarinet. Click a reel to solo it, and download whichever you need as a 320 kbps MP3.

Where you hear a clarinet

The clarinet has a woody, warm sound and a very wide range, from low and dark to bright and shrill. It is a staple of swing and Dixieland, klezmer and the Balkan folk bands, concert bands and orchestras. Some pop and film songs use it for a playful or a sleepy line.

Students use the Clarinet file to hear how a player shapes a phrase. Arrangers check an entry in a chord. People who sample old records use it to lift a short run clear of the drums.

Clarinet, oboe or saxophone

The clarinet and the saxophone both use a single reed, and in a jazz band they can share a line, so the sax sometimes bleeds in. The oboe is thinner and nasal and often plays right beside it in orchestral music. To compare by ear, open the Saxophone Extractor or the Oboe Extractor. The low end of a clarinet can overlap with the Bassoon Extractor, and a high clarinet can overlap with the Flute Extractor. For the whole family, use the Woodwind Extractor.

Best and worst cases

A clarinet over a rhythm section separates well. Old, noisy or mono recordings are harder, since the hiss and the limited range hide the tone the model relies on.