AI acapella extractor

Extract the acapella from any song

A studio-grade AI model lifts the voice out of the mix and leaves the instruments behind: a clean vocal as a 320 kbps MP3, ready for a remix, a mashup or close listening. Works with YouTube links and MP3, WAV or M4A files.

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Pro allows 15 min on Standard · 6 min on High Quality

How the acapella extractor works

An acapella is the voice of a song on its own, without the instruments. Unless the artist released one, it has to be taken out of the finished mix, where the voice shares every frequency with the guitars, the keyboards and the reverb. The extractor uses a neural network trained on multitrack studio recordings: it predicts, moment by moment, which part of the sound belongs to the singer and keeps only that.

The cleanest acapella comes from the High Quality engine's Vocals model, built for exactly this. If you want the voice and the band side by side in a mixer instead, with the lyrics on screen, choose the Ultra engine on the same page.

Hear the difference

20 seconds of a royalty-free song, split by the Ultra engine on this page. Switch tracks while it plays: the words light up as they are sung. Every track plays at the same loudness.

Song: “Eternal Light” by mahbubjoarder (Pixabay Content License), separated on this site; only the loudness is matched.

How it works

  1. Paste a link from YouTube or SoundCloud, or upload an MP3, WAV or M4A file.
  2. Choose the High Quality engine and its Vocals model. Switch on the Studio denoiser to remove the faint processing hiss; it roughly doubles the processing time.
  3. Press Process and download the vocal as a 320 kbps MP3.
  4. Need the instrumental too? Choose the Instruments model for the cleanest backing track, or the Ultra engine to get both as tracks in the studio.

What musicians use it for

  • Remixes and edits: build a new track around the original vocal.
  • Mashups and DJ sets: lay one song's voice over another song's beat.
  • Vocal study: hear the phrasing, breathing, vibrato and ornaments without the band in the way.
  • Transcribing a melody or writing out the lyrics by ear.
  • Singing lessons: compare a student's take with the isolated original.
  • Checking the vocal production of a reference track: reverb, doubling, de-essing.

Free vs Pro

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Getting the cleanest acapella

Separation can only keep what is in the source. A studio recording gives a cleaner vocal than a live video, and a well-encoded file gives a cleaner one than a heavily compressed upload. Reverb is part of the voice, so a wet vocal comes out with its reverb tail; a dry, close vocal comes out almost studio-clean.

  • Prefer the studio version of a song over a live or fan recording
  • Use the Studio denoiser when the vocal will be heard on its own
  • Instruments that sit exactly in the voice's range, such as a lead synth doubling the melody, can leave faint traces
  • Backing vocals and harmonies count as voice: they stay in the acapella

Questions musicians ask

What is the difference between an acapella and a vocal stem?

The same thing in practice: the voice of the song on its own. "Stem" is the production word for one group of sounds exported as its own file; an acapella is the vocal stem of a finished song.

Which engine gives the cleanest vocal?

The High Quality engine's Vocals model, with the Studio denoiser for the last bit of hiss. The Ultra engine gives a very clean vocal too and opens it in the studio next to the band, with synced lyrics.

Are backing vocals included?

Yes. Harmonies, doubles and backing vocals are voice, so they stay in the acapella. To remove only the lead singer from the music instead, use the High Quality engine's Karaoke model.

In which format is the acapella?

A 320 kbps MP3 on the High Quality and Ultra engines, and 128 kbps on Standard.

Can I release a remix made with an extracted acapella?

The extraction is yours, but the vocal performance keeps its copyright. Practice, study and private use are fine; releasing or performing a remix publicly needs a licence from the rights holder.

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