Audio editing for removing specifics

No. In order to do that you would need access to the original tracks of the recordings/mix.

There are things you can do that MIGHT help bring out the voice vs the rest, or MIGHT hurt and cause more damage than good. All of them are fairly complex for minimal help at best, and lots of damage at worst, so I would just say, no, for the time being.

Seablade

Not to be a disappointment but you need one of these:



For what you are wanting to do, you need professional grade tools and hardware which is quite expensive, equipment and tools just like the ones used to dub TV series in various languages, it still degrades the background sound a little bit or hides it just enough to not being noticeable at normal volumes.

Try comparing the background sound of a series in its original form vs the dubbed one, you'll notice the difference, same happens the other way around when trying to separate voices from the background (only exception is when the company that produced the original series provides the background mix to the company making the dubbing, then background sound is not altered and the voices are just added to the mix).

Having an MP3 file doesn't make things easier either. An MP3 file while it sounds good doesn't sound near as faithful as the original recording, an MP3 encoding utility tosses a lot of audio data and audio details to create a small file, an MP3 file has a lot of missing data but sounds "just about right".

An MP3 file is not the most fit format to do professional recording, it will produce a lot more degraded sound when re-encoded for playback on standard devices.

(Just in case, I have worked on sound and video editing for TV and universities before, while I'm not a pro I know just about enough of how things work and what works and what doesn't)

It actually is easier to do on video sound tracks vs MP3s. Reason being is that typically on video sound tracks the vocals are done on the center channel only, and effects and music tend to be more localized to the stereo/surround channels.

But the short answer still remains no. What moidock posted is true, but you still need the original recorded tracks to do a good job, having the fancy equipment will only get you so far, gotta have the ability and the peices as well

Things like the CEDAR systems cost 10s of thousands of dollars and still don't do a great job on things like this. Generally however for dubbed versions of things, a specific mix is sent to the dubbing houses without the vocals. That is why it sounds different, not because it is filtered out, but because the dub houses essentially provide their own mix which rarely is as good as the original in my experience.

Seablade

Also if all you have is an MP3 you stand even less of a chance of success because of the way MP3 is encoded. To keep the files small the stereo imaging and separation of most MP3 is severely compromised.

Hmm this is borderline topics that we probably shouldn't be discussing here. For the time being I will assume that you are looking to use copyrighted material in the contexts of fair use.

Yes you can record analog audio out of the PS2 in much the same way you would any other. Run the audio cable from your PS2 into your laptop like you would any other audio source. Record it with your choice of programs, Audacity will do it nicely.

Seablade

Yes, it won't get rid of any sounds ou are hearing no.

Audacity is a good audio editing tool to have around period. But again, for all intents and purposes you won't be able to remove vocals or music if they are mixed together.

Seablade