Is is possible to separate dialog from background music?

[Patrina26510917thl6]

My goal would be to change out some dialog from a HD mp4 file without disrupting the background music.  Is that even possible in Premiere Pro?  And if so, what am I missing?  I've already unlinked video from audio but can't figure out how to separate the dialog from background music.

[RobShultz · Accepted solution]

If I'm understanding your question correctly you might want to send your clip into Audition. In Audition you'd go to Effects/Stereo Imagery/Center Channel Extractor. This effect may be able to remove the vocals from the mp4. Try the preset for Instrumental.

[Patrina26510917thl6]

Rob, sounds like in order to extract the dialog from the back ground music I would lose the original soundtrack for the background music and need to find a replacement.  I've seen a lot of youtube video for removing vocals from songs or removing the background music but sounds like I can't save the music track and just drop in some replacement voice over for the latter part of the video which explains a pivot in our features.