It's similar to a noise gate only it's used to remove the silent passages in the background noise in a vocal track where there's no vocals. ----- Original Message ----- From: D!J!X! To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 6:46 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Removing vocals Wo, how does that work? Remove silence? D!J!X! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Hall Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 4:06 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Removing vocals Jim: In Sonar, you can use the "Remove Silence" feature. Just change the default open and close parameters to suit your taste. Any number closer to Zero closes the sound gate ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Jackson To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 12:10 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Removing vocals Hello all, is there a feature in Sonar 8.5 or Sound Forge, which will allow one to remove vocals or at least greatly reduce the volume? Thanks