How do I remove background music from a video but keep the voice?

Run the dialogue, music and effects split (Creator and up) and keep the Dialogue file — the speech with the music bed and the sound effects taken out.

990 credits per minute of source audio for one, two or all 3 outputs. A 4-minute clip is 3,960 credits.

How is it different from the Karaoke split?

The Karaoke preset, on every plan, returns a voice and everything else — it is built for a singer over a band. The dialogue split is built for speech, and keeps sound effects apart from both the voice and the music.

Can I replace the music under a scene?

Yes. Keep the dialogue and the effects, drop the music bed, and put new music underneath. That is what a separate effects file is for.

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Separating dialogue, music and sound effects

Q: What separates poorly?

Music much louder than the speech, and moments where a voice and a loud music cue land together. Speech that sits clearly above the music bed separates best.

A three-way split for speech rather than songs: dialogue, the music bed and sound effects as separate files. When to use it instead of the vocal split, what it costs on Creator+, and what separates poorly.

Lesson 12 · advanced · 5 min read

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Film, video and podcast audio is usually three things at once: people talking, music underneath, and effects on top. The dialogue split pulls those apart into 3 files — dialogue, background music and sound effects — so you can keep the voice without the music, or keep everything except the score.

Which split to use

The recording: Use
People talking over music, with effects: The dialogue, music and effects split — Creator+
A singer over a band: The Karaoke preset or vocal isolation — every plan
A voice with hiss, hum or room noise, and no music: Noise reduction

Pick by what is in the recording, not by what you want to remove.

What it costs

990 credits per minute of source audio, whichever of the 3 outputs you take. Each output group is priced by the source audio duration. Standard split presets share the core rate; specialty vocal and instrument groups add their own prices. Selecting more outputs within the same group does not add another charge.

Note

Separating a soundtrack does not change who owns it. Only process audio you have the right to use.

Questions

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Separating dialogue, music and sound effects

Lesson 12 · advanced · 5 min read

Open Stem Splitter

Which split to use

The recording: Use
People talking over music, with effects: The dialogue, music and effects split — Creator+
A singer over a band: The Karaoke preset or vocal isolation — every plan
A voice with hiss, hum or room noise, and no music: Noise reduction

Pick by what is in the recording, not by what you want to remove.

What it costs

Note

Separating a soundtrack does not change who owns it. Only process audio you have the right to use.

Questions

What people ask about this

Free to start

Now go make one

Reading about a style description only gets you so far. The studio is free to use — write one sentence and hear what comes back.

Create a free account

1,000 credits every month. No card required.

All Stem Splitter lessons

Separating dialogue, music and sound effects

Which split to use

What it costs

What people ask about this

How do I remove background music from a video but keep the voice?

What does it cost?

How is it different from the Karaoke split?

Can I replace the music under a scene?

What separates poorly?

Now go make one

Separating dialogue, music and sound effects

Which split to use

What it costs

What people ask about this

How do I remove background music from a video but keep the voice?

What does it cost?

How is it different from the Karaoke split?

Can I replace the music under a scene?

What separates poorly?

Now go make one