Organ Extractor

How to isolate the organ in a song

1. Upload the song. MP3, WAV, M4A or FLAC, up to 10 minutes. You sign in with Google the first time.
2. Press Extract the organ. The price shows on the button before it runs: 1 credit per minute of the song. New accounts start with 5 credits.
3. Play and download. Two reels appear: Organ and Without the organ. Click either to hear it alone, then download it as an MP3 at 320 kbps.

Failed jobs are refunded.

The organ in a song

An organ keeps sound going for as long as a key is held. There is no fade like a piano has. That is why it is used for long chords in gospel, for swirling, rocking riffs in classic rock and blues, for the soft bed under a soul song, and for the big sound in church music. Electric organs often add a rotating speaker effect that makes the tone wobble, which is easy to recognize.

In a mix, the organ often sits quietly behind the guitar and gives the song a warm cushion. Solos, with fast runs and sliding notes, are where it steps forward.

Why take it out, or keep it

• Learn the part. Organists can hear the chord changes, the swells and the left-hand bass without the band on top.
• Gospel and church musicians who want to work out a progression from a recording.
• Samples. One long organ chord with nothing else around it is a useful building block.
• Play-along tracks. Remove it and play the organ part yourself.
• Mixes. Lower the organ in a recording where it covers the vocal.

What it gets confused with

Because an organ sustains, other sustained sounds can fall into the wrong file:

• Synth pads and string-like keyboard patches, see the Synth Extractor.
• Accordion, which also holds chords and has a reedy tone. See the Accordion Extractor.
• Rhodes and electric piano, which are softer and decay. See the Rhodes Extractor.
• A distorted guitar, which holds a similar fuzzy sustain.

If you want every keys part in one file, the Keyboard Extractor is the wider option. The Organ file can go to Audio to MIDI with Piano / keys selected to turn the chords into notes.