Split a Song Into Stems,
free forever, offline
Xport Studio's stem splitter separates any track into vocals, drums, bass, and instruments on your own machine. Stem separation is free forever: unlimited tracks, no per-track fees, no subscription. And because it all runs locally, nothing is ever uploaded.
macOS (Apple Silicon, M1 or later) and Windows 10+. Stem splitting is free forever. Pro features are a separate one-time purchase.
A free stem splitter with no catch
No credits, no monthly plan, no three-song trial. Split as many tracks as you want, whenever you want, on your own hardware.
Free forever
Stem splitting costs nothing, permanently: unlimited tracks, no per-song fees, no subscription, no expiring trial. It is not the teaser tier of something bigger. The splitter is simply free.
100% offline
Separation runs on your machine. No upload queue, no server on the other end, no internet required once the app is installed.
Four clean stems
Vocals, drums, bass, and the remaining instruments, exported as separate files that drop straight into your DAW.
Acapella or instrumental
Only need one side of the split? Pull the vocal on its own, or strip it out and keep the rest of the track.
What you can do with stems
Once a song is in pieces, it stops being a finished record and starts being material.
Remixes and edits
Keep the vocal, replace the drums, re-pitch the bass, rebuild the arrangement. Stems turn a stereo file into a session you can actually work in.
DJ sets and blends
Drop an acapella over another instrumental, kill the drums going into a transition, or bounce custom tool tracks so your blends land clean.
Sampling from full mixes
The break is buried under a bassline, the chord stab is glued to a vocal. Split the mix and take just the layer you were hunting for.
Practice and transcription
Solo the bass to learn the line by ear, or mute your own instrument and play along with the rest of the band at full quality.
Cleaning up references
Strip a reference track down to its drums or vocal so you can A/B against your own mix without the rest of the record in the way.
Cloud stem splitters upload your tracks. Xport does not.
Most online stem separation tools follow the same script: upload your song, wait in a queue, pay per track or get pushed into a monthly plan. Your unreleased demos and client sessions sit on someone else's server, covered by whoever wrote their privacy policy that week.
Xport Studio runs the separation model on your own hardware instead. There is no upload, no queue, and no copy of your file living anywhere but your drive. That matters if you handle unreleased music, work under NDAs, or just do not want your catalog feeding somebody's training set. It also means stem splitting works on a plane, in a van between shows, or in a studio with no Wi-Fi.
We build Xport around one idea: AI tools should work for musicians, not replace them, and never quietly harvest them. Local processing is how that idea holds up in practice.
How to split a song into stems
- Drop in a song. Load any track you want to take apart. Full, mastered mixes are fine, that is the whole point.
- Choose your split. Four stems, just the acapella, or just the instrumental. Processing runs locally on your machine.
- Export. Each stem is saved as its own audio file, ready to drag straight into your DAW, sampler, or DJ software.
Stem splitter vs vocal remover
A stem splitter takes the whole record apart: vocals, drums, bass, and instruments come out as separate files you can rearrange, resample, and mix against each other. A vocal remover is the simpler cut, one pass that either strips the vocal for an instrumental or pulls it out as an acapella. Just want the vocals gone? Use the vocal remover.
FAQ
What stems can it separate?
Xport Studio splits a song into four stems: vocals, drums, bass, and the remaining instruments. If you do not need the full set, you can export just the acapella or just the instrumental instead.
How good do the stems sound?
Honest answer: very usable, not magic. Clean, modern productions split remarkably well. Dense or heavily mastered mixes can leave faint artifacts, usually where vocals and synths share frequencies. For remixing, sampling, DJ edits, and practice the results hold up. For surgical work, treat stems like any sampled material and process to taste.
Is stem splitting really free forever?
Yes. Unlimited tracks, no per-track fees, no subscription, no trial that expires. Xport Studio earns its keep on optional Pro features like AI voice conversion, sold as a one-time purchase. The stem splitter itself stays free.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Stem separation runs 100% locally on your machine and nothing is ever uploaded. Once the app is installed, you can split stems with no internet connection at all.
Does it run on Mac and Windows?
Yes. Xport Studio runs on macOS with Apple Silicon (M1 or later) and on Windows 10 and newer.
How does it compare to cloud stem splitters?
Cloud splitters upload your song to their servers, then charge per track or per month. Xport Studio does the same job on your own computer: your music stays private, there is no queue or upload wait, and unlimited splitting costs nothing.