Marimba Extractor and Remover

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

What the marimba does

The marimba is a wooden bar instrument with resonator tubes that give each note a warm, round tone. In pop it is the soft, bubbly pattern in the verse. In Latin and world music it is a main voice, and in film and TV scores it adds a gentle pulse. It is played with mallets, so every note has a quick attack and a short, mellow decay.

A marimba player can use the Marimba file to learn the patterns, which are often fast and repeating. A producer who loves a tropical groove can lift it for sampling. Without the marimba makes a track simpler for a voiceover.

Marimba or xylophone?

Marimba sounds deeper and softer, and xylophone is drier and brighter. They get confused often, and on a quick, repeating line the two can look alike on a waveform. Compare with the Xylophone Extractor. Vibraphone has metal bars and a sustained, shimmering tone, so try the Vibraphone Extractor, and the Glockenspiel Extractor for small, high, bell-like bars. Other tuned sounds are on the Celesta Extractor and Metal Bars Extractor.

Turn the pattern into MIDI

A repeating marimba line is a good candidate for Audio to MIDI. Pick Piano / keys, since the notes are single, struck and clear.