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Free acapellas

Free a cappella vocals for remixes and new tracks, mostly from Creative Commons remix communities, with tempo and key where known and a licence verdict on each.

Samples
24 samples
Sources
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Cleared for commercial use
15 cleared for commercial use
Direct downloads
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Picked automatically from a live search of 41 sites and refreshed daily. Each sound belongs to its creator: check its licence on the source page before you release it.

Working with an a cappella

An a cappella is a full vocal performance without the music, usually recorded to a fixed tempo. Match your project to its BPM first, then set the key: if the original key isn’t listed, find the vocal’s tonic by humming along with a bass note until it settles.

Most community vocals are dry, so you control the space with your own reverb and delay. Expect some breaths, clicks and room noise; a gate or gentle de-noising can clean them up without dulling the performance.

Credit the singer

Most free a cappellas exist because singers want their voices used, and the usual price is a credit. The detail view gives you a ready-made credit line to paste into your release notes, and every download through Sound Server includes it in ATTRIBUTION.md.

Questions

Where do free acapellas come from?
Mostly from communities such as ccMixter, where singers publish their vocal tracks under Creative Commons so others can remix them, and from archives of public-domain recordings. Commercial song acapellas found on random upload sites are rarely licensed for reuse.
Can I release a remix that uses one of these?
Check the verdict. CC BY acapellas are fine with a credit to the singer. Share-alike ones require your whole track to carry the same licence, and NC ones rule out a commercial release. Many ccMixter vocals are NC, so filter with Commercial-safe if you plan to sell.
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