How-to guide
How to sample a vocal hook from a record
Beat-makers have been chopping vocal hooks out of records since the earliest days of hip-hop — originally with loop points and EQ tricks, now with neural separators. VocalSplit gives you a clean hook in seconds.
Sampling copyrighted material in a commercial release still requires clearance. VocalSplit is the tool; licensing is on you. For beats you release, use royalty-free sources or properly cleared samples.
Step-by-step
- Rip the record or get a digital copy. Vinyl rip, CD rip, Bandcamp purchase or your own library. FLAC or WAV is best.
- Upload the track to VocalSplit. Up to 100 MB per file. One credit per song.
- Pay $0.99 for the split. Packs are cheaper per-split if you are building a sample library.
- Download the vocal stem. Lossless 24-bit WAV — much higher quality than chopping out of the full mix.
- Chop and flip in your DAW. Find the hook, cut the region, pitch it, time-stretch it, layer it. Classic sampling workflow.
Tips for better results
- Pitch-shifting a clean vocal stem sounds dramatically better than pitching a full mix.
- For legal clearance, consider Tracklib which licences samples for use in releases.
- Classic soul and funk records produce the cleanest hook-sized samples because the vocals sit right on top of the mix.
Try VocalSplit free
Upload a song and get clean vocals and instrumental stems in under 15 seconds. First split is $0.99.
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