How to Remove Vocals from a Song [Video]

A few months ago, I was running a recording session for a corporate party for a bunch of folks from Boston. They wanted to record some country music (livin’ the Nashville dream).

So, I had to come up with a selection of country songs for them to sing to. This required me to figure out how to remove the lead vocals from these songs. Here’s how.

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by Joe Gilder in Tips & Tricks, Video • 6 Comments - Leave a comment!

6 Responses to How to Remove Vocals from a Song [Video]

Anton

Is it possible to remove voices completely? And still have the same quality of sound? thanks

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acefecoo

Hello! Could you guys recommend me an EQ which i can flip the polarity?…can i do it with waves plugins?

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- Joe Gilder
  
  Every EQ plugin I’ve ever used has a polarity switch. It usually looks like this: Ø
  
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  - acefecoo
    
    well i spent the last 2 days searching for an EQ with polarity switch….can you help me?
    
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    - Joe Gilder
      
      Your DAW should already HAVE one. But if not, anything from Waves will have one.
      
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Spencer

Gather any large crowd, add drink of choice, and eventually………..they will sing “Friends In Low Places”. LOL

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