Whistle Extractor and Remover

How to extract the whistle from a song

1. Upload the song. MP3, WAV, M4A or FLAC, up to 10 minutes. The first time, you sign in with Google.
2. Press Extract the whistle. The price shows on the button before it runs: 1 credit for every minute of music. A new account starts with 5 credits, enough for one song up to 5 minutes. Most jobs take 1 to 3 minutes.
3. Listen and download. You get two reels: Whistle and Without the whistle. Click one to hear only that file. Each downloads on its own as an MP3 at 320 kbps.

Whistling in songs

A whistled hook is a cheerful, easy sound. It turns up in folk songs, in indie tracks, in old Western film scores and in many a hook that people remember. A tin whistle is a different thing, a small flute used in Irish music, but its sound is thin and high in a similar way, so both can be what a listener calls a whistle.

A singer who wants to learn the melody can use the Whistle file to hear the pitch alone. A producer can lift a whistled hook for a remix. A video maker can use Without the whistle when a track needs to calm down.

Whistle, flute or bird

High whistling near a piccolo or a flute can blur together, and a synth lead can also sound like a whistle. The Flute Extractor is the next place to check. For pipes and harmonica, which sit around Celtic and folk songs, see the Bagpipes Extractor and the Harmonica Extractor. Other blown instruments are on the Woodwind Extractor.

Audience whistles are different

If what you hear is a crowd whistling at a concert, that is crowd noise rather than a melody. The Remove Crowd Noise page is the right tool for that.