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 Sat, 24 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/soundcloud-moises-stems-mastering-publish-back https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/soundcloud-moises-stems-mastering-publish-back SoundCloud artists can now bring their tracks into Moises for stem separation, mixing, mastering, real-time collaboration and help from its "Moi" assistant, then publish the result straight back to SoundCloud. The loop is convenient, but the announcement leaves eligibility, pricing and the labelling of AI-generated parts undefined. Sat, 24 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers music-techworkflowssoundcloudmoisesstem-separationmastering 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/2026/09/stem-separation-sample-clearance-explained https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/09/stem-separation-sample-clearance-explained Pulling a drum break or an acapella out of a finished record with a stem splitter doesn't turn it into a new sound. It is still a copy of someone else's recording and song, so in most cases it needs two licences, one for the master and one for the composition. Sun, 20 Sep 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers workflowssamplingcopyrightstem-separation 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/2026/05/ableton-live-12-4-link-audio-stem-separation https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/05/ableton-live-12-4-link-audio-stem-separation Live 12.4, a free update for Live 12 owners, adds Link Audio for streaming sound between Live, Push, Move and Note over a local network, and lets Suite users separate stems from part of a clip. The networking is useful but fragile on Wi-Fi; the stem tools make pulling an acapella trivial, which is a clearance problem as much as a creative one. Tue, 05 May 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers music-techabletonstem-separationlink-audio 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 https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2025/11/cubase-15-ai-stem-separation-pro-only https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2025/11/cubase-15-ai-stem-separation-pro-only Steinberg's Cubase 15 adds a melodic pattern sequencer, six new modulators, Yamaha-powered Omnivocal and built-in AI stem separation. The stem tool is Pro-only, so getting it means the $579.99 edition, $250 more than Artist. Wed, 05 Nov 2025 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers releasesdawstem-separationcubaseai-music https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2025/02/beatles-now-and-then-grammy-separation-not-generation https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2025/02/beatles-now-and-then-grammy-separation-not-generation "Now and Then" won Best Rock Performance at the 2025 Grammys. The machine learning behind it separated John Lennon's real vocal from a late-1970s home demo; it did not generate a voice. That distinction is what kept the record inside the Recording Academy's human-authorship rules, and it is the line the industry should be arguing about instead of "AI or not". Mon, 03 Feb 2025 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers aistem-separationartist-rightsgrammys