![]() The melody stem sounds decent, though, and picks out the guitar in Windowpane nicely, while the drums in the One Night stem sound punchy with fantastic low end. The snares in the Windowpane drum stem also have an unpleasantly digital sheen. The vocals, on Windowpane in particular, don’t match up to those produced by Gaudio Studio, and have a slightly tinny edge to them. On first listen, Sample’s separated stems sound a little less clean than those produced by other tools we’ve tested. But aside from its bells and whistles, how does Sample’s stem separation fare against the other contenders we’ve tested? If you’re looking for an end-to-end solution that won’t just provide you with stems, but will also help you work with them after the fact, this is a worthy option to consider. Sample is a decent sampling plugin, but it’s the stem separation that sets it apart. As far as we can tell, there’s no easy way to instantly export these stems as audio files, which is a little frustrating. Select any combination of your choosing and the relevant stems will be audible when Sample is triggered. These represent the four stems that Sample will create from any audio file: vocal, melody, bass and drums. If you’re looking to separate stems, the icons you’ll need to know about can be found in the top left hand corner. ![]() Sample’s separated stems sound a little less clean than those produced by other tools we’ve featured here Be mindful that Sample will automatically time-stretch your audio to fit the project’s global tempo. Once loaded in, it’ll open up a GUI complete with a waveform visualizer and a number of controls. Open up Sample and you’ll be prompted to drop in an audio file. ![]() Sample does way more than just stem separation, though you can chop up, time-stretch and pitch-shift audio to create custom sample instruments from your stems that can be played via MIDI. The combination makes perfect sense - most of us separating stems will be doing so in order to sample those stems after the fact. As far as we know, it’s the first tool of its kind to bring sampling and stem separation together into a single plugin. Serato Sample 2.0 is an updated version of Serato's Sample plugin that was released just a few weeks ago. If we had one criticism, it’s that we’d appreciate the ability to separate these electronic sounds further into their constituent parts, but this isn’t something that any of our stem separation tools are currently capable of. Overall, Gaudio Studio's stem separation abilities make it a great choice for anyone looking to separate quality stems without shelling out for paid-for options that offer additional features and functionality. While the track featured no guitar or piano, Gaudio has separated the track’s synths and FX and grouped them into a singular ‘other instruments’ stem. One Night's drums have come out nicely, and Gaudio Studio has even managed to lift drum fills out with ease. The track’s synth bass stem has come out a little noisy, most likely because Gaudio’s algorithm is trained to pick out electric bass guitar as opposed to synth bass. On the electronic track, One Night, Gaudio Studio fared equally well, confidently picking out the heavily processed vocal lines, though in between each phrase there were some ghostly half-vocals that may need cleaning up. ![]() Gaudio has grouped the percussion and acoustic guitar into an ‘other instruments’ stem that sounds a little off in parts, though it picks out the strummed acoustic guitar chords nicely. The guitar stem sounds a little wonky in parts, but the drums came out beautifully, sounding mighty crisp - the stem could probably pass for a clean drum loop found in a sample pack. On Windowpane, Staffan’s multi-tracked vocal sounds decent, though some artefacts are audible on the very end of the vocal’s reverb tail. So how did Gaudio Studio do? The results are impressive. Gaudio Studio is one of the best-sounding stem separation tools we’ve tested Once it’s ready, hit the waveform icon and you’ll be presented with the player pictured below, which will allow you to listen to your stems before you download them. At this point, you’ll have to wait for the service to process your stems, which can take a little while - we waited about 10 minutes. You’ll be given the choice of which stems you’d like to receive from a list that includes vocals, bass, guitar, drums, piano and other instruments. There’s a maximum duration of 10 minutes per clip. Using Gaudio Studio is as simple as logging in and dropping your audio file in for upload. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. Want all the hottest music and gear news, reviews, deals, features and more, direct to your inbox? Sign up here.
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