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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.
Releasesvia Ableton Help Center
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.
Releasesvia LALAL.AI
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.
Releasesvia Steinberg
"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".
AIvia Recording Academy (GRAMMY.com)
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