How to Make Karaoke With Mixcraft

The Extra Boy plug-in removes vocals from digital music files so as you can sing along to your favorite tracks.

If you're a karaoke fan, you don't need an expensive audio sequencer to convert your favorite songs into instrumentals. If you have Acoustica's Mixcraft program, you can download a free plug-in that allows you to remove vocals from digital music files. Although the Extra Boy plug-in won't remove all traces of vocal tracks, it will diminish them enough for you to be able to sing along quite comfortably.

Things You'll Need

• Digital music files
• CD-R disk

Instructions

1. Download the Extra Boy vocal remover plug-in from Elevayta.

2. Launch Mixcraft, click on "File" and open a new project.

3. Select "Sound," then click on "Add sound file" to navigate to the file you want to change on your hard drive. Your file will be loaded into a track in the Mixcraft sequencer.

4. Click on the "FX" button on the track you've loaded.

5. Click on "Select an effect" and choose the Extra Boy plug-in from the list displayed.

6. Select the "Full spectrum (HR)" preset in the Extra Boy plug-in.

7. Click on "File," hover over "Mix down to" and select a file format to render your track to.

Tips & Warnings

• You can use a disk editor to burn your track to a CD after you've mixed it down.

References

• Acoustica: Remove Vocals From A Song

Resources

• Elevayta: Extra Boy