Remove Background Vocals

Upload the song and start processing. When the result opens, mute Backing vocals and turn on Instrumental: you hear the lead singer with the band and no harmonies. Export that mix as WAV, or download the Lead vocal track on its own.

The lead vocal is the main melody line, usually the most prominent voice. Backing vocals are the voices behind it: harmonies, doubled lines, answer phrases, ad-libs and choir-like pads. The separation follows that split as it is heard in the mix.

Yes. Solo the Backing vocals track to hear the harmonies and ad-libs by themselves, then download it as MP3 or WAV. Quiet parts that sit far under the lead come out quiet too, so turn the track up when you listen.

Lead Vocal Remover is set up for singing over the song: it plays the band with the backing vocals and the lead taken out. Vocal Remover removes every voice at once. This page is for working with the vocals themselves, with the lead and the backing on separate tracks.

The separation follows the most prominent voice. In a duet, both singers are usually treated as lead, while a voice that only answers or harmonizes tends to go to the backing vocals. A double-tracked lead, or backing singers singing the melody in unison, can be split unevenly. Listen through the choruses before you use the result.

Then there is nothing to split off. The Backing vocals track comes back close to silent and the Lead vocal track holds the whole vocal. That is expected for solo recordings and for songs where one singer carries every line.

Upload MP3, WAV, FLAC, AAC, M4A or OGG, up to 50 MB and 12 minutes per song. Each returned track downloads as MP3 or WAV, depending on the output format you choose before processing; WAV output costs twice the credits of MP3. A mix exported from the mixer is saved as WAV.

Yes. Sign in to upload a song; processing uses credits, and the cost is shown on the button before you start. Finished tasks stay in your history on this page, so you can come back to the tracks later.

The files are yours to keep, but separating the vocals of a copyrighted song does not give you rights to the recording. Releasing a remix or posting a cover built on these tracks still needs the permission that use would normally require.