What is Instrumental?
Also called: instrumental version, TV mix
An instrumental is a version of a song without the lead vocals, or a piece of music written without vocals at all. Instrumental versions of vocal songs are used for karaoke, practice, sync and remixes.
In sync licensing, music supervisors often ask for an instrumental alongside the full song, so the music can play under dialogue. A TV mix keeps the backing vocals but removes the lead vocal, and is often delivered along with the instrumental.
If you have the original session, an instrumental is simply a new bounce with the vocal tracks muted. If you only have the finished song, AI vocal removal can create one.
When delivering instrumentals, keep the same length, start point and master processing as the main version, so editors can switch between them.
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Remove the vocals from a song to get a clean instrumental.
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