Singing voice separation with deep u-net convolutional networks

A media player system, comprising:

• an input user interface
• an output user interface;
• a memory storing a program;
• and
• a processor coupled to the input user interface, the output user interface and the memory, the processor being controllable by the program to perform a method including:
• receiving, by way of the input user interface, a selection of a play button;
• playing simultaneously, by way of the output user interface and in response to the selection, two different versions of a musical song including a first version and a second version of the musical song, the first version including only an instrumental component of the musical song, and the second version including only a vocal component of the musical song;
• while the two different versions are being played simultaneously by way of the output user interface, receiving a volume adjustment by way of an adjustment of a volume control of the input user interface, the volume control being configured such that an adjustment of the volume control in a first direction increases a volume of a first of the two different versions being played by way of the output user interface and decreases a volume of a second of the two different versions being played by way of the output user interface, and such that an adjustment of the volume control in a second direction different from the first direction decreases the volume of the first of the two different versions being played by way of the output user interface and increases the volume of the second of the two different versions being played by way of the output user interface;
• and
• in response to receiving the volume adjustment, increasing a volume of one of the two different versions being played by way of the output user interface and decreasing a volume of the other of the two different versions being played by way of the output user interface.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a computer processor, causes the computer processor to perform a method, the method comprising:

• receiving, by way of an input user interface of a media player, a selection of a play button;
• playing simultaneously, by way of an output user interface of the media player, and in response to the selection, two different versions of a musical song including a first version and a second version of the musical song, the first version including only an instrumental component of the musical song, and the second version including only a vocal component of the musical song;
• while the two different versions are being played simultaneously by way of the output user interface of the media player, receiving a volume adjustment by way of an adjustment of a volume control of the input user interface of the media player, the volume control being configured such that an adjustment of the volume control in a first direction increases a volume of a first of the two different versions being played by way of the output user interface of the media player and decreases a volume of a second of the two different versions being played by way of the output user interface of the media player, and such that an adjustment of the volume control in a second direction different from the first direction decreases the volume of the first of the two different versions being played by way of the output user interface of the media player and increases the volume of the second of the two different versions being played by way of the output user interface of the media player;
• and
• in response to receiving the volume adjustment, increasing a volume of one of the two different versions being played by way of the output user interface of the media player and decreasing a volume of the other of the two different versions being played by way of the output user interface of the media player.