SlowItDown / Guides / Vocal remover and isolator

Guide · Updated November 2026

Remove or isolate vocals from any song

SlowItDown splits a song into vocals and instruments. Mute the vocals to sing or play the melody yourself, or mute everything else to hear the vocal line on its own. Then loop and slow down any section to learn it.

Two jobs, one tool

Remove vocals

Mute the vocal track and the band keeps playing. Sing the song yourself, or play the melody on your instrument where the singer would be. It works as a karaoke or backing track maker for any song you can open.

Isolate vocals

Mute the other five parts and only the voice is left. This is the easiest way to learn a vocal melody, check lyrics you cannot make out, or study phrasing and ornaments. Backing vocals and harmonies are part of the vocal track too, so you can hear how they stack.

How to remove or isolate vocals

1. Open the song. Open an audio file from your computer or paste a link to a song.
2. Separate it. SlowItDown splits the song into vocals, drums, bass, guitar, piano, and other. Separation runs on your computer, in the background.
3. Mute what you do not want. Mute the vocals to remove them, or mute everything else to isolate them. Use the volume sliders if you want the vocal quieter instead of gone.
4. Loop the hard part. Mark a phrase on the waveform, turn on looping, and slow it down without changing the pitch.

Why separation beats old vocal removers

Classic vocal removers subtract the left and right channels to cancel anything panned to the center. That often takes out the bass, kick drum, and snare along with the singer, and it does nothing for vocals that are panned or drenched in stereo reverb. SlowItDown separates the voice itself, so the instruments stay intact.

Tips for singers

• Change the key. Shift the pitch up or down by up to 12 semitones without changing the speed, so you can practice a song in a key that suits your voice.
• Keep a guide vocal. Turn the vocal down instead of muting it while you are still learning the words, then mute it when you are ready.
• Learn harmonies slowly. Isolate the vocals, loop the chorus, and slow it down to pick out each harmony line.

Want to isolate other parts too? See how to isolate instruments from a song.

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