Remove Vocals from MP3 Songs Using Audacity - Audio Freeware :

                 To remove vocals from MP3 song in Audacity, following these steps:

1. Open your stereo MP3 song file into Audacity, other formats also available: WAV, OGG, AUP, etc.

2. Click the arrow next to the track title and choose "Split Stereo Track" in the resulting menu.

3. Now there are two audio tracks. Select the lower track (the right channel) by clicking the area around the mute/solo buttons.

4. Click through Effect > Invert on the menu bar. 

5. Click the arrow next to the track title and choose "Mono" on each audio track.

6. Press Space bar to play background music with vocals removed.

Audacity vocal removal from MP3 song

Alternatively, try the Center Pan Remover plug-in for Audacity to remove vocals. Also works well in Audacity for vocal removing.

If you want to add your own vocals to MP3 song, directly click Record button on top, the round one. Now record your vocal and you can see a new recorded track. Play it back again, and now you can hear your vocal recorded. You are the super star! 

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So here is something that can make it possible. 

This post displays a step by step description to removing vocals from an audio file (e.g .mp3, .wav etc) using Audacity, which are recorded in stereo type. Follow these steps:

Step 1: Download and install Audacity from http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ . Run it.

 

Step 2:  Go to File->Open and select the file you want to remove vocals from. This will import the audio track.

Step 3: Click on the down arrow on the left hand side top corner of the imported track menu and select Split Stereo Track. This will split the single stereo track into two; Left and Right.

Step 4: Select the 'Right' track by clicking on the area above 'mute' and 'solo' buttons. This will highlight the 'Right' track.

Step 5: Go to Effect->Invert.

Step 6: Change 'Left' track to 'Mono' channel by clicking down arrow of 'Left' track.

 

Step 7: Change 'Right' track to 'Mono' channel too similarly as above.

  
Step 8: That's it for removing the vocal. You can now play the song and observe the difference. Follow next few steps to export this vocal removed track to an .mp3 file.

Step 9: Go to File-> Export. And give the file name and other information you what to have for this track.

Step 10: Now, to export the track to an .mp3 file you need lame encoder. If you have it, then its OK. If you don't click on the Download button and install it. And then browse the location for lame encoder (in Windows case lame_enc.dll).

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This will export the vocal removed track to a .mp3 file.

That's it! You are done!

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