Ultimate Vocal Remover is a free AI software tool to help you remove vocals from audio recordings and music.
There have been countless tools and plugins to debut in the last couple of years, leveraging AI to remove things like noise, vocals, and other elements from an audio source.
These are usually costly pieces of software as well. However, Ultimate Vocal Remover might solve your vocal removal needs.
This free piece of software is open-source and is the product of developers Anjok07 and aufr33. The interface is quick and simple to use, reminiscent of the more utilitarian interfaces you might see with something like PaulstretchX.
I tested Ultimate Vocal Remover and figured it out in a matter of minutes, as the software itself is pretty straightforward.
The workflow is simple. You load in your input file, specify an output file, and tweak your processing and MDX-Net models as desired. You can also tweak your batch settings, which is always handy with these AI-driven tools.
Once you’ve dialed in your settings, it is as simple as mashing the big button that says start processing to get the magic underway.
I am not a singer, so I rarely use vocal removal tools. However, I did try this on a few mixing projects I’ve done in the past and was fairly impressed with the results.
Sure, it probably isn’t as clean and tidy as some other results you might get from something like RipX. But it was usable material nonetheless. The fact that I could readily run it from a Windows desktop and Mac laptop was just icing on the cake.
UVR also benefits from leveraging GPU rendering, provided you can find a compatible graphical processor to take advantage of it. NVIDIA GPUs with CUDA cores should do the trick just fine, but CPU rendering is also a perfectly viable option.
UVR is free, with no real catches of any sort to speak of. Users can readily check out the GitHub project page and contribute to the project if desired.
UVR isn’t a plugin. It is a piece of software. However, it does run on Windows, Mac, and Linux. It does seem to run just fine on Apple Silicon devices. If you’d like to support the project, the team behind UVR is accepting donations.
If you’re into AI, check out our list of free AI music tools.
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8 Comments
Bruno de Souza Lino
onUVR is not only limited to MDX. You can also use Demucs and other algorithms. For an experience slightly better than you’d get with Spleeter, use Demucs4 Hybrid.
Cris
onDemucs v4 is not included yet in the actual algorithm list of UVR5 v5.5.1. This needs additional steps.
Erno Stieffler
onI would like to see the opposit: A software, that removes everything but the vocals.
dgu
onEasy! Just do a null test. Remove the vocals and bounce it, and then bring it back into your Daw along with the original(with the vocals) and then invert the phase of one of them, and now you’ll have only the vocals.
Dee
onThis does both. You can choose to output and save either the vocal or the instrumental.
Ekidio
onThis is the best algorithm for this function. Its big advantage over competitors is that it can handle several other plugins.
Kapno
onI tested on a couple of songs, both “instrumental only” and “vocals only”. It might not be 100% perfect, but dang… almost neat!!
Gilles
onI am here a bit late but I just discovered this plugin (app) now and I have to say that it’s simply amazing what these guys did.
When you think that Izotope RX 10 is more than 300$ and this is free….wow..It does the job perfectly by the way.
Just blown away honestly.
Congratulation!