Karaoke tip: remove vocals from song - how it works

Your own karaoke songs can be created quickly: all you have to do is remove the vocals from your favorite song. With just a few steps you can expand your song selection in no time. You can find out exactly how to proceed in this article.

Karaoke: Remove vocals from songs with Audacity

In addition to the song that you want to convert into a karaoke version, you also need an audio program. The free Audacity is ideal for this. Below in the picture gallery you can see all the steps again with screenshots.

1. Open the song with Audacity. Usually you will see a stereo track here, i.e. two similar tracks one above the other.
2. Now click on the file name on the far left of the file information and select "Disconnect stereo track".
3. Now the left and right stereo tracks are divided into two separate tracks for the left and right channels. Double-click on one of them - the entire track should now be marked a little darker.
4. Open the "Effect" menu and select "invert". This creates an area where certain parts of the two tracks erase - usually the vocals.
5. Now open the properties for each track again by clicking on the name. The left or right channel is currently selected here. Click "Mono" on both tracks.
6. Now you can play the song as a test. In many cases the vocals should now be gone and barely recognizable.
7. However, this technique is not flawless. It assumes that certain recording techniques were used to record the song.
8. Accordingly, it can happen that with some files not the vocals, but other parts are deleted.

Now you have to set up your PC for your karaoke party. In addition, a look at various karaoke programs is always worthwhile. If all this is too much effort for you, you can simply use Spotify for karaoke.

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First, split the stereo track into the right and left channels.

Then select one of the two channels and invert the track.

Then convert both tracks into mono signals. The karaoke song is finished.