voice-isolator.mdx

---
title: Voice isolator
subtitle: Learn how to isolate speech from background noise, music, and ambient sounds from any audio.
---

## Overview

ElevenLabs [voice isolator](/docs/api-reference/audio-isolation/audio-isolation) API transforms audio recordings with background noise into clean, studio-quality speech. This is particularly useful for audio recorded in noisy environments, or recordings containing unwanted ambient sounds, music, or other background interference.

Listen to a sample:

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <elevenlabs-audio-player
    audio-title="Original audio"
    audio-src="https://eleven-public-cdn.elevenlabs.io/audio/voice-isolator/voice-isolator-promo-original.mp3"
  />
  <elevenlabs-audio-player
    audio-title="Isolated audio"
    audio-src="https://eleven-public-cdn.elevenlabs.io/audio/voice-isolator/voice-isolator-promo-isolated.mp3"
  />
</CardGroup>

## Usage

The voice isolator model extracts speech from background noise in both audio and video files.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card
    title="Developer quickstart"
    icon="duotone book-sparkles"
    href="/docs/cookbooks/voice-isolator"
  >
    Learn how to integrate voice isolator into your application.
  </Card>
  <Card
    title="Product guide"
    icon="duotone book-user"
    href="/docs/product-guides/audio-tools/voice-isolator"
  >
    Step-by-step guide for using voice isolator in ElevenLabs.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

### Supported file types

- **Audio**: AAC, AIFF, OGG, MP3, OPUS, WAV, FLAC, M4A
- **Video**: MP4, AVI, MKV, MOV, WMV, FLV, WEBM, MPEG, 3GPP

## FAQ

- **Cost**: Voice isolator costs 1000 characters for every minute of audio.
- **File size and length**: Supports files up to 500MB and 1 hour in length.
- **Music vocals**: Not specifically optimized for isolating vocals from music, but may work depending on the content.