Karaoke maker: turn any song into a backing track
Upload a song and get two MP3s: the instrumental to sing over and the acapella on its own. It takes a couple of minutes, including the upload.
When you need a karaoke track
Karaoke nights, rehearsals, school concerts and church services: pick the moment, then upload the song you want to sing.
Hear the before and after
Two songs made in Melos: the original next to the instrumental and the vocals it was split into.
Rainblind
Original
as released · 90s grunge, female vocals
Instrumental
music without vocals · 90s grunge, female vocals
Vocals
a cappella, no music · 90s grunge, female vocals
Sunset Boulevard
Original
as released · West Coast G-funk, male rap
Instrumental
music without vocals · West Coast G-funk, male rap
Vocals
a cappella, no music · West Coast G-funk, male rap
How to make a karaoke version of a song: three steps
Everything happens in your browser. Sign in, open the Melos chat and bring the song you want to sing.
What the karaoke maker gives you
Upload the song you want to perform. Melos separates the voice from the music and hands you each part as its own file.
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Who makes karaoke and backing tracks
Someone else’s song: for singing, not publishing
Removing the vocals doesn’t change who owns the song: the music and the voice still belong to the people who wrote and recorded them. Here’s the simple version.
Simple pricing, no hidden fees
Frequently asked questions
A karaoke maker takes a finished song and removes the lead vocal, leaving the instrumental you sing over. In Melos you upload an MP3 or M4A, and in a couple of minutes you get two MP3s: the karaoke track and the acapella (the vocal with the music taken out).
Sign in, open the Melos chat and upload the song from your computer or phone. Choose Backing track and vocals, and the split is ready in a couple of minutes. Listen to both files in the chat and download them as MP3s. There’s no software to install.
Once. Every account gets one free try, and you can spend it on a karaoke split or on a song, not both. You need to sign in to use it. After that, splits come with the Pro and Business packs or the Starter+, Pro and Max subscriptions.
Not for uploaded songs. The karaoke maker gives you the backing track as an audio file; it doesn’t add lyrics or make a lyric video. Word-by-word karaoke on screen comes with songs you create in Melos: from your first purchase, the lyrics light up full screen as they’re sung.
Under the hood, yes: all three separate the voice from the music. The names describe what you want the result for. A karaoke or backing track is the instrumental you perform over, an acapella is the vocal you study or remix, and Melos gives you both from one upload.
Upload the song and choose Backing track and vocals. Along with the instrumental, you get the vocal track on its own: that’s the acapella, ready to download as an MP3. It keeps the singer’s melody, phrasing and breaths, which makes it handy for learning a part.
No. Melos separates the voice from the music, but it doesn’t change the key or tempo and doesn’t remove reverb or noise. The karaoke track plays in the same key and at the same speed as the original, so if you need it lower or slower, adjust it in an audio app afterward.
Songs with a clear lead vocal come out cleanest. In dense mixes with a choir, stacked backing vocals or heavy reverb, a faint trace of the voice can remain in the instrumental. Start from a studio recording rather than a live one, and play the track all the way through before you perform.
Upload an MP3 or M4A up to 30 MB, enough for a long song in high quality. Melos works with audio files, not links. It runs in the browser on a computer or a phone, so you can upload a song straight from your phone.
Yes, on the Starter+, Pro and Max subscriptions. They split a song into five stems in a WAV archive: vocals, drums, bass, other instruments and instrumental. The Pro and Max subscriptions go up to 12 stems plus MIDI, useful when a band or worship team rehearses its parts.
No, Melos doesn’t record your voice over a backing track. Download the MP3 and sing along on a speaker, or record your take in any recording app. If you’d rather sing a song of your own, you can create one in the same chat.
Singing at home, practicing and performing at a private celebration for invited guests are personal use. Posting the track or a video of you singing over it, streaming or monetizing it needs permission from the rights holder. Tracks made from your own recordings, or from songs you create in Melos on a paid plan, are yours to use.
From a song to a karaoke track: how it works
A karaoke maker turns a finished song into something you can perform: it takes out the lead vocal and leaves the music. In Melos you upload the song as an MP3 or M4A, and a couple of minutes later the chat holds two MP3 files: the instrumental to sing over and the acapella, the voice without the music. It all runs in the browser on a computer or phone, so there’s no audio editor to learn and nothing to install. Sign in first: your account’s one free try can go to this split.
Karaoke track, backing track, instrumental: one file
Singers say karaoke track or backing track, church musicians often say accompaniment track, and producers simply want to get the instrumental of a song. Whether you were looking for a karaoke track maker, a backing track maker or an instrumental maker, the result is the same: the song with the vocals removed and the instruments left in. Old phase-cancellation tricks wiped out everything in the center of a stereo mix, often the bass and kick drum along with the voice. AI separation recognizes the voice itself and lifts it out, aiming to leave the arrangement around it untouched.
Acapella extractor: the other half of the song
The vocal track that comes with every split is the song’s acapella: the singer’s melody, phrasing and breathing with the music taken out. Used as an acapella maker, the split helps vocal students learn a part line by line before they run the whole song over the instrumental. Choir members use it to pick out harmonies, and producers try a vocal over their own beat at home. That’s also how many DJs get an acapella when none was ever released: they extract it from the full mix. Someone else’s vocal follows the same personal-use rule as their music.
Karaoke maker tips: how to get a clean track
The cleaner the vocal in the original, the cleaner the instrumental. Start from a studio version rather than a live recording, and from a good-quality file rather than a heavily compressed one. Songs where the lead vocal sits clearly on top separate well; in dense mixes with a choir, stacked backing vocals or long reverb, a faint trace of the voice can stay behind. Melos doesn’t change the key or tempo and doesn’t clean up noise or reverb. Play the track all the way through at home before the karaoke night, the recital or the Sunday service.
Want lyrics on screen? Make a song of your own
The karaoke maker gives you audio, not a lyric video: uploaded songs don’t come with synced words on screen. Songs you create in Melos do. Describe an idea or paste your own lyrics, and from your first purchase you can open word-by-word karaoke, where each line lights up full screen as it’s sung. The same song can be split into a backing track and vocals, just like an upload. Send the share link, and friends open the song with karaoke without signing up. For a birthday or a wedding, that’s a song nobody has sung before.
Turn your song into a karaoke track in a couple of minutes
Sign in, upload an MP3 or M4A and download the instrumental and the acapella. Your account’s one free try can go to this split.