i am having trouble using the vocal eliminator cannot seem to blank out any vocals i am wired up correctly

never tried that but, i'd assume one has to send the WHOLE signal THRU the unit in stereo not use it as a send/return effect - also it'll surely only work to some degree not remove the vocal entirely. none of these units can totaly remove a vocal

i am having trouble using the vocal eliminator cannot seem to blank out any vocals i am wired up correctly.

No - This is a Sum & Difference or Phase cancelation move using the effect in Stereo, see Vox elimination will only work in a stereo Vox track, You might need to split & reverse files in stereo for a real effect, using phase cancellation in Stereo (See Stereo or Microphone techniques for the full story on Phase & Microphones) try it, though you will have verb spill, see wikipedia for a full description. To deep to go into here, and the guy with the wig above me has no Audio chops, he's posting info on to you that is incorrect (No disrespect we all must learn)
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