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The iZotope VocalRemover eliminates the lead vocal from commercial recordings while preserving the instruments and background vocals of the song.

Singing along with the latest and classic music hits is tons of fun. The problem is that most commercial karaoke recordings are produced using digitally reproduced MIDI sounds instead of real musicians. Karaoke CDs end up sounding nothing like the original recording, and furthermore customers have to wait weeks or even months to get the newest songs on a karaoke CD.

With the VocalRemover, customers can quickly and easily turn CD, MP3, and digital music files into sing-along tracks that sound just like the original.

With its professional results and simple operation, the iZotope VocalRemover is useful for both the studio engineer/producer and for home entertainment.

VocalRemover's algorithm works on a wide range of material, so it is useful for commercial albums and personal recordings from all decades and genres—virtually any stereo recording will work.

Karaoke hardware and software


Voice lesson teaching and practice aid


Software music and media players (MP3, WAVE, CD, DVD, VCD)


Car audio (ever catch yourself singing in the car?)


Portable music players


Home stereos, audio and video receivers (AVR)


CD players, DVD players and other media center devices



The iZotope VocalRemover uses an advanced set of filterbank signal processing algorithms to remove the vocals while still preserving the stereo image of the music. Many simple products use "center channel removal" which ends up removing a lot more than just the lead vocal.

Combine with other iZotope effects for a fully featured experience: enhance the music and user singing, change the pitch and tempo of the song, and more fun voice sound effects.

VocalRemover is available in both SDK and embedded implementations.
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