Removing Vocals in Audacity
Audacity is one of the famous application for modifying the audio files. Removing vocals from audio tracks is easy, but there is more to that. It is illegal to use the soundtrack of anyone without their permission. Even by removing the vocals, one cannot use the track without the rights. If the user is using it for their own personal use then it’s fine to remove vocals and use the soundtrack. However, it is strongly recommended to not use it for commercial, YouTube, or any social media. Important: It will be hard or impossible to remove vocals from most of the audio files, so some soundtracks might not work the same as others.
Method 1: Removing Vocals by Using the Remove Vocal Action in Audacity
With the latest updates, Audacity is getting more and more features. Audacity now has a feature for removing vocals from any soundtrack. This is a default method to remove vocals, however, users can combine and use multiple other effects with this one to adjust it as they want. Follow the below steps to remove vocals from the audio file:
Method 2: Removing Vocals by Using the Invert Split Stereo in Audacity
This method was used before there was no option for removing the vocals in Audacity. Audacity provides the two channels of each file you open, you can split them and invert the bottom one to remove the vocals. This method may require some other optional effects to make it better. Follow the below steps:
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