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StemDeck, a free, open-source and local AI stem separator

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Re: StemDeck, a free, open-source and local AI stem separator

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I built StemDeck, a free and open source desktop application that separates songs into vocals, drums, bass, guitar, piano, and other stems. It started as a small project for my kid, who was learning bass and drums. Finding suitable backing tracks was surprisingly inconvenient. Most tools required an account, uploaded the audio to a remote server, imposed usage limits, or required a subscription. I wanted something si…

> YouTube support is a convenience for content you have the right to process Seems like a great way to have your project taken down

Agreed, this is a very silly thing to include in an otherwise perfectly legitimate project.

Re: StemDeck, a free, open-source and local AI stem separator

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I built StemDeck, a free and open source desktop application that separates songs into vocals, drums, bass, guitar, piano, and other stems. It started as a small project for my kid, who was learning bass and drums. Finding suitable backing tracks was surprisingly inconvenient. Most tools required an account, uploaded the audio to a remote server, imposed usage limits, or required a subscription. I wanted something si…

Why do you rely on ffmpeg and web audio? For this use case, Rust provides everything you need. It seems to me that this project is mostly vibe coded.

Re: StemDeck, a free, open-source and local AI stem separator

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This is just a wrapper of htdemucs, if anyone's wondering if it was a new/better model.

Damn, was hoping this would be an upgrade over (the seemingly abandoned) UVR5

There is a robust community around it but it is not very user friendly; most info is found in discord and a Google spreadsheet and custom patches/builds of uvr
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