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Instant Instrumentals feature guide

With Instant Instrumentals, you can create Instrumental versions of your Tracks (without vocals) within your DISCO in under a minute!

At a glance

Instrumental versions of tracks can be crucial to landing a sync, but an Instrumental version isn't always available; that's where Instant Instrumentals come in!

Instant Instrumentals are included in our Discovery Suite add-on feature pack.

How it works

Instant Instrumentals is powered by our AI to create versions of your Tracks without vocals. The AI works best with uncompressed or lossless file formats (e.g. WAV, AIFF), so it uses those files whenever possible. Lossy formats, like MP3, are only used if there is no uncompressed/lossless format on a given Track.

If a lossless format is used, our AI will first create a 16-bit, 44.1kHz .WAV file, then automatically transcode an MP3 at the bit rate set in your business settings. If a lossy format is used, only an MP3 will be created.

Creating Instrumentals doesn't impact the quality of the original Tracks in your DISCO.

Creating Instant Instrumentals

📎 Note: Your Tracks must be auto-tagged before you can create Instant Instrumentals.
  1. Open the Track Menu (⋮) and select Instant Instrumental.
  2. A Terms and Conditions window will appear. Please read them and click Accept to continue.
  3. Another window will appear to inform you of how this will affect your Discovery Suite quota. Click Proceed.
  4. Your Track will be sent for analysis by our AI and a message will appear in the bottom-left corner letting you know it's being generated.
  5. When your instrumental Track is ready, another message will appear in the bottom-left corner. Click Go to track.
  6. Your Instrumental Track will open in the Explorer and have an INSTRUMENTAL label.

Instant Instrumentals and Track Nesting

After creating an Instant Instrumental, the original Track will now have a MAIN label, and the Instrumental Track will become a nested Version under the original. Visit this article for more information on Track Nesting.

If the Instrumental was created from another nested Track, (e.g. a mix with the MIX label), it will be nested as a Version under the MAIN track where the MIX is also nested.

If Nesting is enabled in your DISCO Catalog, your Instrumental will appear as an INSTRUMENTAL Version nested underneath the Main Track.

If Nesting isn't enabled for that Catalog, but you'd like the Instrumental Version of the Main Track to appear in the Catalog, add the Instrumental Version to your Published content by adding it to a Channel or Folder. It will then appear as a separate Track:

Instant Instrumentals and Similarity Search

Once Instant Instrumentals are created, they will appear in the search results when you use Similarity Search.

📎 Note: It may take up to 20 minutes for Instrumental Tracks to appear in Similarity Searches after they've been created.

Frequently asked questions

How do Instant Instrumental tracks count toward my track quota?

Every Instrumental Track you create counts as one Track toward your base plan Track quota and one track toward your Discovery Suite Track quota.

Will Instant Instrumentals carry the same metadata as the original/Main Track?

Only the below metadata fields are carried over from original/Main Tracks to Instant Instrumentals: