Free Music Demixer
Creative
music source separation
SHOW HN2023
190points
45comments
#295of 3,109 in 2023
Top 10%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
7 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 5 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score +0.17.
Execution: 2 for, 5 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive separation quality and useful client-side WASM approach
From 4 comments
Haven’t tried this demo, but in my experience these open-source models that split music into four components work absolutely fantastically. Not quite perfectly — if you remove…
comex on HNGave it a shot - as the webpage warns, it does take a bit off time. The results are indeed impressive, although the separation isn't perfect.. each division (drum/bass/vocals)…
gnabgib on HNI like your site. WebAssembly has opened up client side ML inference and it's a really convenient way for devs to serve certain models now. Out of curiosity, why did you…
potatoman22 on HNNice job. I love this trend of fully client-side WASM utilities.
xnx on HN
Objections
Processing stalls or fails in some browsers and at around 7.5 percent progress
From 3 comments
I tried 2 different files, a .flac and a .mp3, both around 3 minutes and half, and the demixing stopped at 7.5% on both files.
henriquecm8 on HNI tried on Firefox now, it also stopped at 7.5%, my previous attempts were on Edge Chromium.
henriquecm8 on HNI couldn't get this to work on Firefox 115, but could in Chrome. Does this require Chrome?
humanistbot on HN
Separation has bleed between stems
From 1 comment
Gave it a shot - as the webpage warns, it does take a bit off time. The results are indeed impressive, although the separation isn't perfect.. each division (drum/bass/vocals)…
gnabgib on HN
Requests
Command line version
From 1 comment
wow i always thought Spleeter was the only game in town. I've been not that satisfied with its results. is there a command line version of this tool ?
zzzeek on HN
npm package
From 1 comment
This is cool, would love to see an npm package for this! VirtualDJ[0] software lets you do this with their Stems feature in real time and works really well, and it's free I…
dyscrete on HN
Questions
How does it differ from Moises.ai
From 1 comment
Does this work differently than moises.ai? Been really enjoying that one
nylonstrung on HN
Alternatives named
Spleeter
From 1 comment
I tried to use it but I had some issues as others in the thread. I have tried many sources and method over the years and settled on spleeter [0]. Works well even for 10+ minute…
uguuo_o on HN
Demucs
From 1 comment
You can always run higher quality models than Spleeter, for example Demucs or the real Open-Unmix UMX-L, in their full PyTorch glory, as long as you have a computer that supports…
sevagh on HN
VirtualDJ stems
From 1 comment
This is cool, would love to see an npm package for this! VirtualDJ[0] software lets you do this with their Stems feature in real time and works really well, and it's free I…
dyscrete on HN
djay
From 1 comment
this already exists in the djay app (paid add-on feature). even runs on a smartphone! performs about the same as the app this thread is about.
kbouck on HN
Moises.ai
From 1 comment
Does this work differently than moises.ai? Been really enjoying that one
nylonstrung on HN