How do I make a vocal separation with RePAN Plugin?

RePAN separates a stereo mix into a number of different spatial bands. If vocals are the only source present in a given spatial band, then you can separate vocals using RePAN. This sometimes occurs in older stereo mixes, but in most modern mixes, there are typically other instruments in the same spatial position as the vocals. These will also be separated with the vocals.

Regardless of the target use case, the first step in using RePAN is always to carefully listen to the mixed music and analyse how the mixing process positioned each source in space. A good rule of thumb is to always apply RePAN on the simplest mix available. For example it will be easier to extract a lead vocal from a vocal stem than from the full mix, or, if a good quality guitar stem is not available, it will help to remove some other sources like drums from the mix prior to using RePAN (with stem separation tools such as AudioSourceRE’s other plugin DRUMLESS).