Add Vocals to Instrumental with AI

Add AI vocals to your instrumental and turn it into a complete song with your lyrics.

Add lyrics and choose a vocal style

Audio source

Choose a songFrom My Music
Lyrics Optional Write with AI
Vocal options

A preference, not a guaranteed voice identity.

Leave settings on Auto to use the model defaults.

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Choose a song

Select a version from My Music.

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Add vocals to an instrumental:
hear the result.

We started with the instrumental of “Signal in the Rain,” made with our vocal remover. To add vocals, we pasted the song’s lyrics and described a warm female lead. Play the instrumental, then the new song.

Cover art for Signal in the Rain — New Vocal
Real example · Version 1

Signal in the Rain — New Vocal

From an instrumental, with our lyrics
Selected trackYour instrumental
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Switch tracks at the same point in the song.

Play these examples right here on the page.Add vocals to your track

Vocal we described: “Warm, clear female indie-pop lead with intimate verses and a bright, open chorus.” Excluded styles: rap, shouted vocals, heavy distortion, robotic vocal effects. When you add vocals, AI creates a complete new song around your instrumental.

What happens when you
add vocals with AI?

You bring the music and the words. AI writes a vocal performance and records a complete new song around your instrumental.

Your lyrics,
sung over your music.

Paste your lyrics or write them with the AI Lyrics Generator. Add vocals with lyrics when you want the singer to use your exact words.

Add your lyrics
01InstrumentalYour beat or backing track
02LyricsThe words you want sung

Describe the voice
you hear in your head.

Name the tone, energy and genre, such as a warm, expressive lead with a restrained verse. Use Exclude styles for anything you want to leave out when you add vocals, and open Vocal options for a Female or Male preference.

Describe the vocal
In our example
  • VocalWarm, clear female indie-pop lead
  • ExcludeRap, shouted vocals
  • PreferenceFemale

How to add vocals
to an instrumental

Three steps to add vocals to your instrumental.

  1. 1

    Choose your instrumental

    Select an instrumental from My Music or upload your own beat.

  2. 2

    Add lyrics and a vocal style

    Paste or write the lyrics, describe the voice and list at least one style to exclude.

  3. 3

    Listen to your song

    Each time you add vocals, the new song is saved to My Music, ready to play and download.

Why add vocals
to an instrumental?

Add vocals while the idea is still fresh and hear a finished song.

Producers

Test a topline

Add vocals to a beat to hear how a melody and lyrics sit on it.

Songwriters

Hear your lyrics sung

Add vocals to a backing track and turn your lyric sheet into a demo you can share.

Creators

Finish a track for your video

Add vocals to background music when your project needs a song with words.

Add vocals:
common questions

What to know before you add vocals to your first instrumental.

What do I get when I add vocals to an instrumental?

You get a complete song with AI vocals singing your lyrics, built around the style and structure of your instrumental. It is saved to My Music as a new song.

What do I need to add vocals?

An instrumental, a short description of the voice and at least one style to exclude. Lyrics, a title and a vocal gender preference are optional; add lyrics when you want the vocal to sing your words.

Can I write lyrics with AI before I add vocals?

Yes. Select Write with AI to open the AI Lyrics Generator, then select Use in Add Vocals on the version you like. You come back here with your lyrics filled in and your song choice and settings in place. If you uploaded a file, choose it again when you return.

Can I use an instrumental from the vocal remover?

Yes. Separate a song with the AI Vocal Remover, download the instrumental from Tool Results and upload it here. Our example on this page started the same way.

Can I use audio from My Music?

Yes. The service checks that the selected song and version belong to your account before using them.

Which plan do I need?

Add Vocals to Instrumental with AI requires the Growth plan and uses 3 credits per request.

Add vocals to your instrumental.
Hear it as a song.

Bring your beat and your lyrics, then add vocals with AI.

Start with your instrumental