To separate vocals from a song, use Vocal Remover when you want the vocal and the instrumental, and Stem Splitter when you need drums, bass, or other parts on their own. Vocal Remover and 4-Stem Splitter each cost 10 credits and run on Free. Advanced Stem Splitter costs 50 credits, can return up to 12 stems, and needs Starter, Pro, Unlimited, or an active credit pack.
Common uses are a karaoke backing track, pulling an acapella, practicing an instrument, and sampling or remixing. Sample only material you own or are licensed to use.
The AI Vocal Remover is the start when two tracks are enough.
Separate vocals and music: Vocal Remover or full stems?
Vocal Remover returns the vocal and the instrumental on one timeline. 4-Stem Splitter returns vocals, drums, bass, and other. Use it when one part has to stand alone. Advanced Stem Splitter separates detected vocals and instruments into up to 12 stems. Depending on the mix, those stems can include vocals, backing vocals, drums, bass, guitar, keyboard, percussion, strings, synth, effects, brass, and woodwinds. That pass costs 50 credits and needs Starter, Pro, Unlimited, or an active credit pack.
| Mode | Tracks | Credits | Who can run it | Use it when |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vocal Remover | Vocal and instrumental | 10 | Free | Karaoke, practice, an acapella, a simple remix |
| 4-Stem Splitter | Vocals, drums, bass, and other | 10 | Free | One instrument, or a first rebuild |
| Advanced Stem Splitter | Up to 12 detected stems | 50 | Starter, Pro, Unlimited, or an active credit pack | A mix you will rebuild part by part |
The AI Vocal Remover starts on Vocal Remover. The AI Stem Splitter starts on 4-Stem Splitter. Both pages offer the same three modes.
A new account receives 25 credits once, valid for 30 days. Unlimited does not spend credits on these tasks. A failed run refunds the charge. Plans and credit packs are on pricing.
Upload a song or pick one from your library
Use a recording you own or are authorized to use. A plan's commercial license does not grant rights in someone else's recording.
If the song is still in Suno, Suno's own Get Stems choice sits in how to get stems from Suno. Here the source is a mix you upload, or a completed song from your library. Accepted uploads are MP3, WAV, FLAC, OGG, WebM, and M4A, up to 20 MB and 8 minutes. Sign in to run the task.
When the task finishes, the returned tracks share one timeline and start together.
Get a cleaner separation
Use the original file, or the least-compressed copy you have. Avoid a re-recorded, screen-captured, or low-bitrate copy.
Listen first to the choruses and the dense sections, where bleed shows most: a vocal still in the instrumental, or drums still in the vocal. A muddy chorus stays muddy after the split, only divided across tracks.
In the DAW, light EQ or a gate can tame that leftover bleed.
Download the stems as MP3 files
Downloading the separated tracks needs Starter or higher, or an active credit pack. That same access also unlocks Advanced Stem Splitter.
Stems download as MP3 files. Pick one track to get a single MP3, or several to get them in one ZIP. There is no WAV option.
Vocal Remover labels the vocal and the instrumental. Advanced names the parts that came back.
What to do after the split
A cover sings a song you wrote, or audio you are licensed to adapt, in another voice. AI Song Cover takes an upload or a completed song, and how to make an AI song cover covers the rest of that workflow.
A remix changes the genre, mood, instrumentation, or arrangement of a song you own or are licensed to change, while the song stays recognizable and the stems keep the original parts. AI Music Remixer takes an upload or a song from your library, and how to remix a song is where to decide whether that pass is enough or the edit belongs in a DAW.
Import the files into Logic
Save the MP3, or unzip the archive, and drag the files into the Tracks area, or use File > Import > Audio File. Another DAW takes the same files.
Put every stem at the start of the session. The separation sends the whole recording without trimming tracks to different lengths, so a region that starts later plays late by that amount. Name each track after the player label.
These stems are MP3 files. Keep the original mix, or a bounce, as the master reference, check the edit against it, and bounce a new mix.
When the song is already yours, import a Cover or Remix back into that session to replace or layer a part, such as your drums under a remixed instrumental, or a cover vocal on your own track. The new recording has its own length, so line it up by ear.
FAQ
Is it free to separate vocals from a song?
Vocal Remover and 4-Stem Splitter each use 10 credits and run on Free. New accounts get 25 credits once, valid for 30 days. Downloading the separated tracks needs Starter or higher, or an active credit pack.
Can I download stems as WAV?
No. The separated tracks download as MP3 files only.
Why isn't the separation clean?
Dense mixes, overlapping instruments, heavy processing, and compressed or re-recorded sources leave more bleed. Use the original file. Light EQ or a gate in the DAW can tidy what is left. More on that is in Get a cleaner separation.
How many tracks can I get?
Vocal Remover returns a vocal and an instrumental: two tracks. 4-Stem Splitter returns vocals, drums, bass, and other: four tracks. Advanced Stem Splitter can return up to 12 detected stems. That pass costs 50 credits and needs Starter or higher, or an active credit pack.