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 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/stem-separation-workflow-and-artefacts https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/stem-separation-workflow-and-artefacts A stem splitter doesn't recover the original multitrack. It estimates each part from the finished mix, and its mistakes come out as bleed and artefacts. This guide covers how the models got from Spleeter to Demucs to today's band-split transformers, why the errors happen, and a workflow that plans for them, keeps unreleased audio on your own machine and clears the rights before you release anything. Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:30:00 GMT We are the music makers stem-separationworkflowsmusic-techrightsprivacy https://wearethemusicmakers.co/best/best-ai-stem-splitters https://wearethemusicmakers.co/best/best-ai-stem-splitters We compared five stem splitters on what their makers publish about price, limits, formats, where your audio is processed and what happens to it afterwards. Nothing is scored until we've tested them. On paper, the biggest differences aren't stem counts. They're how much each "we don't train on your files" promise actually covers, and whether you can see the price before you sign up. Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:30:00 GMT We are the music makers stem-separationbuyers-guidemusic-techprivacy https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/mixroom-seed-korea-ai-co-producer-daw https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/mixroom-seed-korea-ai-co-producer-daw Seoul startup MixRoom has seed money from impact investor MYSC for a DAW whose AI edits, mixes and masters what you recorded, on your instructions. The pitch is "assistant, not generator". The open question is the next step, training its own mixing models on producers' decisions, which its current privacy policy and terms don't mention. Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers music-techaifundingdawprivacykorea https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/08/gdpr-access-request-artists-dpdp-act-india https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/08/gdpr-access-request-artists-dpdp-act-india Article 15 of the GDPR lets you ask any platform what personal data it holds about you, why, and who it went to. Here is a template request, what Spotify, SoundCloud and two distributors say they will give you, and why India's own access right is not in force until mid-2027. Thu, 20 Aug 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers artist-rightsprivacygdprdpdp-actaispotifysoundclouddistribution 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 https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/07/fl-studio-gopher-assistant-engineer https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/07/fl-studio-gopher-assistant-engineer FL Studio 2026 lets its Gopher assistant act inside a project, routing audio, setting levels and writing scripts, while coverage of the launch says it won't write melodies or chords, draw automation or pick presets. That line is the right one. The harder question is the request log Image-Line keeps, with no stated retention period. Thu, 09 Jul 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers music-techaifl-studiodawprivacy https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/02/lalal-ai-lyra-local-stem-splitting https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/02/lalal-ai-lyra-local-stem-splitting LALAL.AI's first plugin, launched in February 2026 and since expanded to seven stems on its local Lyra model, splits audio without uploading it. LALAL.AI admits Lyra gives up some quality against its cloud models, but for unreleased music, where the audio goes is a question worth asking of every AI tool. Tue, 03 Feb 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers workflowsmusic-techstem-separationpluginsprivacy