Percussion isolator & remover

Drop a recording to isolate or remove the percussion, or select a file. It opens in the separation tool, ready to run.

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How to isolate the percussion from a recording

Percussion is everything that is hit and is not the drum kit: congas and shakers in a band, timpani and cymbals in an orchestra. A drum stem takes some of it and leaves the rest. Percussion has its own extractor, apart from the drums.

  1. Add your recording: Drop a WAV, AIFF, MP3, M4A, FLAC or OGG.
  2. Press Isolate percussion: The recording opens in the tool with the percussion extractor already chosen. There is nothing to set.
  3. Download both: The percussion alone, and the recording without it. The second is made in your browser, by taking the extraction away from the file you dropped.

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Questions about the percussion isolator and remover?

We have answers.

How do I isolate the percussion from a song?

Drop the recording on this page and press Isolate percussion. The percussion is extracted by its own model and comes back alone, in time with the original.

Can I remove the percussion from a song?

Yes. The results include the recording without it: the extraction is taken away from your file, in your browser, so what is left is everything else.

Can it isolate the timpani?

The timpani come out on the percussion track, with the rest of the section. They have no extractor of their own.

Is it free?

Yes, to start. A free account comes with 120 credits a month, with no card needed to start, and extracting up to eight instruments from a recording is 20. Pro has 2,000 a month.

Can I get the percussion part as notes?

Yes. The isolated track can be transcribed to MIDI, or engraved as sheet music.

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  • What is heard through it

    Timpani, orchestral cymbals, snare and bass drum, triangle, tambourine, xylophone, marimba, vibraphone, gong, tam-tam, chimes and tubular bells have no extractors of their own. Ask for any of them and they come out on the percussion track.

  • Apart from the kit

    Drums and percussion are two extractors. On a record with a drummer and a percussionist, ask for both and the kit and the hand percussion come back as two tracks.

  • One track for the whole section

    An orchestral percussion section is many instruments and one extractor. They come back together, so a timpani roll and a triangle are on the same track.

Percussion isolator, percussion remover: one job

A percussion isolator, a percussion remover, a percussion extractor, percussion stem separation and a way to isolate or remove the percussion from a song all name this one job. It is one of the 25 extractors of the instrument separator.

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