Glockenspiel Extractor and Remover

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

A tiny, high bell sound

The glockenspiel is a set of small steel bars that you hit with hard mallets. It rings high and clear, and it is often doubled an octave above a melody to add sparkle. You hear it in holiday songs, music boxes, indie and pop choruses, and soft film cues with a child's or a dreamy feel. Because it is so high, it often sits above everything else in the mix.

A percussion student can use the Glockenspiel file to hear the exact notes in a short line. A producer can lift the part for a loop. A cover band can use Without the glockenspiel and play it live.

Glockenspiel or celesta?

A celesta also rings like a bell, but it is a keyboard with a softer and more mysterious tone; it is the sound in famous lullabies and fairy-tale themes. Use the Celesta Extractor to compare. Xylophone is made of wood and sounds dryer: Xylophone Extractor. The Marimba Extractor is lower and warmer, and the Vibraphone Extractor sustains. For other small bells, see the Bells Extractor and the Metal Bars Extractor.

Why it can be tough

High notes can hide behind cymbals, tambourines and shakers, and a quiet glockenspiel on top of a loud chorus may stay in the other file. Use headphones to check.