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 HN
    • 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
    • I 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 HN
    • Nice 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 HN
    • I tried on Firefox now, it also stopped at 7.5%, my previous attempts were on Edge Chromium.
      henriquecm8 on HN
    • I 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

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