Ya either a proper Studio Acapella or a DIY are the only ways, otherwise you have to get real creative.

some curiosity for no reason what so ever ... but you could do the same thing backwards to make an instrumental too by using the acapella, right?

yes, theoretically it's possible.

@DJ Tech - i've done something similar to that once, but using the original with 8 bar
intro, looping it (the intro) and inverting wavelengths and lining it up over the section that i needed. its possible, but takes a while....... a lllooooong while.

If you have alot of free time, Go for it. I used to spend days/nights making acapella intros/outros with that exact method on soundforge or the old cool edit pro.

once its compressed its almost impossible... they sound decent at best..

it's a mission and a half, but as i said... i attempted it once before. and it was only for one phrase, that i don't use anymore.

@DJ Shameless - Yeah man it's a huge pain lol. I just wanted to help those out who don't know the reverse polarity method, while I could also save time by asking for the acapella.

So let me ask this a different way to everyone... anyone know where the "OFFICIAL" instrumental is? The one i had was user made and very sped up, THX!

sneaky tactic...
but my guess is that guys are gonna say to search the pools, and someone is gonna post that 'let me google that for you' link that seems to be doing its rounds here.

Yeah lol, I know that too well. PM me your e-mail and so i can send you some ish man.

i tried to mess with it, but every instrumental is like a chopped up version and dosen't match the song.

DIY acapella sound like crap 99% of the time IMO.

If you have the wav files u can make perfect accaellas.

you gotta start with small fist pumps then lead up to massive heart signs.... but never I mean never touch the CROSSFADER this trick can only be done on channel 1

pull the volume fader all the way down

That's a toughy!! Does your controller have that many buttons? It requires a lot of button pushing. Sometimes you have to push the buttons really fast. If your controller doesn't have that many buttons or they don't light up like a Christmas tree you can practice by just tapping anything but try humming a song along while your tapping and when you tap start to hum but when you stop tapping stop humming or if you do it rapidly you can stutter kinda like a slicer fx. Its good practice. Good luck!!! I can all ready see you might be the next Martin Garix.

Phase cancellation method. It's a bitch to do. You need the original acapella and song. Must be identical, from the same source

Lol^

wow..... just wow.... the brutalness....

More than welcome my fellow dj!!! and welcome aboard.

I try not to be mean to the newbies until they deserve it...

DJ Kidx, do searches for instrumentals and acapellas. A big part of true DJing is in the artistic ability to merge, blend, & mash up multiple songs & sounds. Understand that most of the EDM stars you look up to are more producers than DJs. They create in the studio and playback live as that's where the money is. DJs create on the fly live by mixing, scratching, sampling, looping, and adding effects. DJing has always been a combination of artistry and technical ability, even more so in this computer age. At this point in your career you should spend as much time reading about how to DJ and watching DJ instructional videos as you do practicing. You should also try to find someone local who is more experienced that is willing to mentor you.

A song with no singing in it at all (but its a song that usually has singing in it)? Like you mean an instrumental version? Those are really hard to find. Rumor has it that you used to be able to find such a thing but sadly, those days are over. How I wish there were a way...

Of course you have to pay for the songs!! Did you really expect to find all of this for free?

Have you had any luck finding sites that remove the audio/vocals from tracks and sell instrumentals? I mean I have looked all day. Those are tough to find.

I too need to find instrumental versions only for an up coming event. I thought maybe my ddjsr could delete vocals. I did a gig and I played a song that only the instrumentals played. ??? I don’t know how that happened. Later at home, I played the song and vocals were there? I have No idea how that happened. I need to know how to do this or purchase a karaoke machine. Any help?

I'd look at a DJ pool that has instrumentals before I buy a karaoke machine with some creative filters.

Ok, thanks, any suggestions on pools? Also, any idea how my DDJ-SR played an all instrumental of a song only for me to play it at home again and vocals came thru?

here is the result of two songs that did not have a studio acapella or instrumental. and don't trust folks on youtube saying "official" anything.
soundcloud.com.