https://wearethemusicmakers.co/latest Music tech and AI in music: the news that matters, what we think about it, and a directory of the tools. en-us Tue, 18 Aug 2026 04:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/08/stem-separation-locally-demucs-privacy https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/08/stem-separation-locally-demucs-privacy Demucs, the open-source separation model that came out of Meta's research lab, still runs well on an ordinary laptop. Here is how to install it from the maintained fork, what the quality trade-offs are, and why a demo or a client's session is better split at home than on a free website. Tue, 18 Aug 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers workflowsstem-separationprivacyopen-sourcemusic-tech