French Horn Extractor and Remover

How to extract the French horn 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 french horn. 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 French horn and Without the french horn. Click a reel to solo it, and download whichever you need as a 320 kbps MP3.

A mellow voice in the middle

The French horn is the round, warm brass voice. In film scores it plays heroic themes and long, soft pads under strings. In orchestral pop and ballads it fills in chords. In some folk and rock songs it appears as a single solo line. Because it often plays quietly, it is one of the harder brass instruments to hear clearly in a full mix.

Learners use the French horn file to hear intonation and phrasing. Orchestrators check how a pad is voiced. Video editors remove it from a cue when it is too dramatic for a scene.

Neighbors it can be mistaken for

A French horn on a soft passage can sound like a trombone, a tuba or even a cello. In a horn section it blends into the brass chord, so some of the other brass may land in the French horn file. If that happens, try the Brass Extractor, Trombone Extractor, Trumpet Extractor or Tuba Extractor and compare by ear. Woodwinds that play in the same register are on the Woodwind Extractor.

What works best

Solo horn calls and clear section chords separate well. Quiet horn pads under a loud orchestra are the hardest case, so listen to both files before using them.