Stem separation
Splitting a mix into vocals, drums, bass and the rest: the models, the artefacts and what the stems are good for.
Moises and SoundCloud have integrated, so artists can pull their own tracks into Moises, split stems, and publish back. Here is what it changes for producers and anyone chasing a score.
LALAL.AI is licensing its separation engine into Neko, a pocket guitar rig that splits songs into vocals, drums, bass and guitar on the device. What that changes for players, and what it does not.
Boris FX put AI stem separation inside Samplitude 2026.5. Good news for anyone prepping a mix for transcription, with one catch worth knowing before you rely on it.
A Windows app splits a finished recording into vocals, bass, drums and other in about 40 seconds on a local GPU. The separation is the strong part. The MIDI and the play-along workflow are not.
Luna 3.0 brings stem separation, audio-to-MIDI, lyric transcription and chord extraction into a DAW. Here is where that helps a musician chasing notation, and where a web tool still wins.