Make a Karaoke Track From Any Song

From a finished song to a sing-along

Official karaoke versions exist for a small slice of the catalogue, and the ones for newer songs are often re-recorded sound-alikes. Separating the original recording gets you the real arrangement, with the original drummer, bassist and producer, minus the singer.

The model identifies the voice in the mix and puts it in its own file. What is left splits into three stems: drums, bass and everything else. This page asks only for those three, so the download contains no vocal at all.

Turning stems into one track

Karaoke machines and apps want a single audio file, so merge the stems before you use them. In any free editor, import the three files at the same start position, leave their volumes alone and export the mix as MP3 or WAV. Because the stems come from one timeline, they line up without any manual nudging.

If the bass feels louder than you remember, that is down to the stem balance, not a flaw: lower the bass stem a decibel or two. A little extra low-end is common when the vocal that used to mask it is gone.

Songs that work best

Pop, rock and R&B with a clear lead vocal and a defined rhythm section separate well. Choral pieces, songs with call-and-response vocals and tracks where the lead is doubled by a synth are harder, and you may hear some of the voice in the other stem.

Pick a studio version over a live one. Audience noise and room reverb are not on the vocal channel, so they stay in the backing track, and live vocals bleed into every microphone.

What this page does not do

It does not generate on-screen lyrics, change the key or merge the stems into a single file for you. Those are separate steps: a lyrics video tool can add timed text, a key finder tells you the original key, and any editor can mix the three stems down. The page focuses on the hard part, which is getting the singer out of the recording while keeping the original band.