Woodwind Extractor and Remover

How to extract the woodwinds from a song

1. Add your song. MP3, WAV, M4A or FLAC, up to 10 minutes long. Sign in with Google when asked.
2. Press Extract the woodwinds. Cost is 1 credit for every minute of the song, shown on the button first. Your 5 starting credits cover a song of up to 5 minutes. Expect 1 to 3 minutes of waiting, longer if the queue is busy.
3. Check and save. Open Woodwind and Without the woodwind one at a time, watch the small waveform beside each reel, then download the ones you want as MP3 files at 320 kbps.

What the woodwind family does in a song

Woodwinds are the instruments with a reed or an air edge: flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon and the saxophones. In an orchestra they play the soft, singing lines above the strings. In a pop song they are often a flute under the chorus, a clarinet in a jazzy intro, or a sax riff. Film composers lean on them for tenderness and for color.

Most people who want them alone are one of three kinds: students learning a line, arrangers checking a voicing, and sample makers hunting for a clean phrase.

Family page, or one instrument?

This page keeps the whole family together. That is handy when a line passes from flute to clarinet to oboe, because you hear it complete. For one voice, go to the Flute Extractor, Clarinet Extractor, Oboe Extractor, Bassoon Extractor or Saxophone Extractor. Horns made of brass are on the Brass Extractor, and the Wind Instrument Extractor covers both groups.

Limits you should expect

Oboe and clarinet have close tones, and a flute high in its range can sound like a whistle or a synth lead. Quiet woodwinds under a full orchestra are the hardest case, since strings play in the same range. Listen to both files before you commit.