Metal Bars Extractor

How to extract metal bars from a song

1. Upload a track. MP3, WAV, M4A or FLAC, up to 10 minutes.
2. Press Extract the metal bars. The price is on the button before it runs: 1 credit per minute of audio. New accounts get 5 credits after signing in with Google.
3. Wait a few minutes. Usually 1 to 3 minutes, longer in busy times.
4. Listen and download. You get two files: Metal bars and Without the metal bars. Click a reel to hear it alone and download each as a 320 kbps MP3.

If processing fails, your credits are returned.

What are metal bars?

"Metal bars" is a group of sounds, not one instrument. Think of tuned bars of metal hit with a mallet: a bright, ringing "ting" with a clear pitch and a long, shimmering tail. A glockenspiel is the best-known example. These sounds show up in orchestral music, film scores, children's songs, game soundtracks and holiday records, where they add sparkle on top of a melody.

This tool is a good fit when you do not know exactly which instrument you are hearing. If the part is a high, bright, chiming line, start here.

Who it helps

• Producers who want the chime on its own for sampling, or want it gone to make room for another sound.
• Students and teachers learning how a score is voiced.
• Video editors who need a cleaner music bed.
• Remixers who want to rebuild a melody with a different instrument.

What to expect

Metal bars ring for a long time, so the tail can blur into reverb and other parts. The cleanest results come from tracks where the chiming line is sparse and exposed. If many bell-like sounds play together, or the track is dense and heavily processed, some of it will stay in the other file.

Bright metal sounds are close cousins of several instruments. For a specific one, try the Glockenspiel Extractor or the Vibraphone Extractor. A gentler, key-played tone is more likely a celesta, so see the Celesta Extractor. General bell and chime sounds are covered by the Bells Extractor.