Audio tools · compared by use case
Which Stem Splitter Separates Piano and Individual Drums?
Updated · USD prices unless stated
Quick answer
Yes. Selekt Complete is our number-one package pick: 0.5 credit (50¢ at the $5/5-credit rate) includes up to 16 separation lanes, with piano, woodwinds, a no-woodwinds mix and separate kick, snare, hi-hat, toms and cymbal lanes, plus available MIDI, draft MusicXML, chord references/PDF, key/BPM and drum one-shots. Paid Fadr and Moises options also offer specialist instrument parts. The useful output depends on what is audible in the source; no model can reliably recover an instrument that is absent or buried.
All 16 available separation lanes:
Song and mix parts (9): Vocals · Instrumental (without vocals) · Drums · Bass · Guitar · Piano · Woodwinds · No-woodwinds mix · Other instruments.
Individual drum parts (7): Kick · Snare · Hi-hat · Toms · Ride cymbal · Crash cymbal · Cymbals.
These include alternative mixes and drum parts, so they overlap. Useful outputs depend on what is present in your recording.
- Piano and individual kit lanes: Selekt Complete, 0.5 credit.
- Already have an isolated drum recording? The separate Drum Separator costs 0.25 credit.
- Need proof before processing? Listen to the real prepared demo on the Stem Separator page.
Published by Selekt Audio, which is included in this comparison. Method: features, prices, license terms and limits read from the makers’ own published pages on November 13, 2026; Selekt features checked against its implementation. We did not perform a cross-product listening test. Recommendations reflect the stated job, price and workflow, not a measured universal quality ranking. Review cadence: quarterly; offers may change sooner. Unreadable checkout prices are marked unverified.
Start with your song
Choose a file here to open the real stem-separation workspace with it attached. Review the options before processing: Complete costs 0.5 credit; Complete + Copyright Screen costs 1 credit.
Drop a track here to split it — or click to browse
MP3, WAV, FLAC, M4A, OGG — one track at a time, up to 200MB| Output | Input / workflow | Price | Limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| All 16 lanes plus available MIDI, draft MusicXML, chords/PDF, key/BPM, drum hits and ZIP/guide | Mixed song → Complete, including piano, woodwinds and no-woodwinds mix | 0.5 credit (50¢ at the $5/5-credit rate); smallest purchase $5 | Detected parts only; bleed and sparse lanes can occur |
| Kick, snare and other kit pieces | Isolated drum recording → Drum Separator | 0.25 credit (25¢ at that rate) | Does not substitute for isolating drums from a full mix |
| Parts plus known-recording screen | Mixed song → Complete + Copyright Screen | 1 credit ($1 at that rate) | Screening evidence, not legal clearance |
Everything in Selekt’s Complete stem-separation package
0.5 credit (50¢ at the $5-for-5-credits pack rate) includes the audio parts and the available production files below. The smallest one-time credit purchase is $5; larger packs can lower the effective cost per run.
All 16 available separation lanes
Nine song/instrument lanes plus seven drum-kit lanes. The instrumental, no-woodwinds mix and drum bus overlap other parts; they are useful alternative mixes, not 16 independent instruments to sum together.
Song, instruments and alternative mixes
- Vocals
- Instrumental (without vocals)
- Drums
- Bass
- Guitar
- Piano
- Woodwinds
- No-woodwinds mix
- Other instruments
Individual drum-kit parts
- Kick
- Snare
- Hi-hat
- Toms
- Ride cymbal
- Crash cymbal
- Cymbals
More than separated audio
- Separated WAV audio: keep useful instrument and kit lanes individually or together in the Complete ZIP. Individual audio export/conversion options include MP3, FLAC, M4A and OGG.
- Full-mix and per-part MIDI drafts: edit detected notes or try another instrument in your DAW. Expressive information such as velocity, pitch movement and piano sustain depends on the part and transcription mode.
- Draft MusicXML: open generated notation in MuseScore, Sibelius or Dorico, correct it and develop your own score. It is a starting point, not verified or print-ready sheet music.
- Drum MIDI and extracted one-shots: an editable estimated groove plus usable drum hits from the recording, when detected. A separate hit is not guaranteed for every kit piece.
- Timed chord information: a chord timeline in JSON, a printable chord-guide PDF and reference block-chord MIDI when generated. Reference chords are not the original player’s voicings.
- Key, scale and BPM estimates: practical harmony and tempo information, with analysis JSON for use outside Selekt. Expressive timing and uncertain harmony still need listening.
- Audio-search profile: generated audio-profile data supports finding catalog recordings by sound; search and matching are follow-on actions, not a promise of musical compatibility.
- A ZIP with a Start Here guide: available audio, notation, analysis and one-shots are organized together. The guide inventories the files, explains what to do next and identifies missing, empty or unreadable notation. Short readable note drafts are retained.
- Keep creating: supported results can open in Stem Lab to revoice musical parts or Drum Kit to try another kit with the detected groove. These are connected tool actions rather than extra work run automatically.
Optional processing and output limits
Complete + Copyright Screen: 1 credit ($1 at that pack rate). Adds a whole-track known-recording screen and its PDF Screening Report. Coverage and any unscanned regions are disclosed; a screen is evidence, not permission or legal clearance. Optional denoise is selected separately in the workspace; review the selected job and price before it starts.
Up to 16 lanes means the available output types, not a guarantee that every recording contains all of them. Piano, woodwinds, quiet percussion and overlapping sounds can leave bleed, sparse files or artifacts. A file’s instrument label does not prove that instrument was present. Notes, chords, key and tempo are estimates to audition and edit. New processing results normally remain available for 48 hours, so download the files you want to keep.
Which parts are hardest to recover cleanly?
We have not run a controlled cross-product listening test for this guide, so we cannot honestly name Selekt’s statistically weakest lane. Piano, quiet percussion, cymbal tails and instruments sharing the same frequencies can all be difficult in dense mixes. Listen for voices leaking into an instrument, missing attacks and watery sustained notes.
Demucs explicitly documents weaker piano quality in its experimental six-source model. MVSEP publishes a model leaderboard; that is a useful external reference, but it is maintained by MVSEP and is not a benchmark of Selekt’s full workflow. Audition your own recording before committing to a release.
Demucs model limitations · MVSEP’s published quality checker
How do I get from a song to useful files?
Start with audio you have permission to process. Use the highest-quality original you have, then compare the separated parts against it. A short audition is often enough to spot whether an important instrument survived.
- Choose your song in the separation workspace and review the selected package and price.
- Run Complete for 0.5 credit, or Complete + Copyright Screen for 1 credit. Nothing runs simply because you selected a file.
- Listen to the returned parts and download what is useful. Treat detected MIDI, MusicXML and chord guides as starting points to check and edit.
Where can I compare the wider field?
Compare prices, free limits and where each service runs before choosing a workflow. The broad comparison includes eight real products rather than treating every separator as a vocal remover.
Compare eight AI stem separators · Separate an isolated drum recording
Questions people ask
- Can I split a song into stems without installing software?
- Yes. Selekt, LALAL.AI, Moises, MVSEP, Fadr and BandLab accept browser uploads. A browser interface can still send your audio to cloud servers; it does not mean processing stays on your computer.
- Which stem separator has a piano stem?
- Selekt Complete includes a detected piano lane; Fadr Plus and paid Moises options also offer piano extraction. Demucs has an experimental six-source model with a documented weak piano result. None can promise clean piano on every mix.
- Can a stem splitter separate kick and snare?
- Yes. Selekt Complete can return kick, snare, hi-hat, toms, ride and crash lanes from detected drum content. Fadr Plus also splits kick and snare, with other drums grouped. Very quiet hits and overlapping instruments can leave bleed or sparse outputs.
- Should I pay for a stem separator?
- Not necessarily. UVR and Demucs run locally without a hosted quota, while BandLab and Fadr have useful free splits. Paying can make sense for a specific export, an easier workflow, specialist parts or a production package that the free route does not provide.
Sources and review notes
Linked official pages support the adjacent facts. Selekt’s own listings are evidence of its stated deliverables, not independent endorsements. No paid competitor accounts or new processing jobs were purchased for this comparison.
