Drum stem splitter

Drop a song or a drum track to split the kit, or select a file. It opens in the separation tool, ready to run.

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How to split drums into kick, snare and hats

A stereo drum bounce is a decision somebody else made about the balance of the kit. Splitting it gives the decision back: the kick, the snare, the hi-hat, the toms, the ride and the crash each on a track of their own, so the snare can be turned up, replaced or sent to its own reverb.

  1. Add a song or a drum track: Drop a WAV, AIFF, MP3, M4A, FLAC or OGG: a full mix, a drum bus or a loop.
  2. The kit comes apart: From a full mix the drums are separated from the band first. Then a model trained on drum kits deals that stem into kick, snare, hi-hat, toms, ride and crash.
  3. Download the pieces: One WAV per drum, in time with each other and with the original, ready to drop into a session.

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Questions about the drum stem splitter?

We have answers.

Which drums do I get?

Kick, snare, hi-hat, toms, ride and crash, each as its own track, plus a percussion track when the model hears one.

Can it split the drums out of a full song?

Yes. The drums are separated from the mix first, then split into pieces. You do not need a drum-only file.

Is it free?

Yes, to start. A free account comes with 120 credits a month and separating a song is 20, with no card needed to start. Pro has 2,000 a month.

Can I replace the kick or the snare?

Yes. Each piece is its own file, so in your DAW you can leave one out and put a sample under it, or transcribe it to MIDI and trigger your own.

Does it work on drum loops and breaks?

Yes. A loop goes in like a song, and its pieces come back the same length as the loop.

Try our free drum stem splitter

  • Two models, in order

    A drum splitter that listens to a whole mix has to ignore the band and sort the kit at the same time, and does both worse. Here the jobs are separate: BS-RoFormer takes the drums out of the mix, then a second model that only knows drum kits splits what is left. Starting from a drum bus skips the first step.

  • What the pieces are good for

    With the kick and snare on their own tracks you can swap a sample under them, gate them, or turn up a snare that was mixed too low. Each piece can also be transcribed, which gives you the pattern as MIDI to trigger your own kit.

  • Cymbals bleed, and overheads heard everything

    On a real kit every microphone hears every drum, and the record is a blend of them. Kick and snare separate best. Hi-hat, ride and crash share the top of the spectrum and are the pieces most likely to carry a trace of each other. A programmed kit splits more cleanly than a recorded one.

Drum separation, drum splitter: one job

Drum separation, a drum stem splitter, a drum kit splitter, kick and snare separation and a way to split drums into stems all name this one job. To lose the whole kit and keep the band, that is the drum remover; for the pattern as notes, drums to MIDI.

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