Then the drum processing has also been improved with a higher fidelity to extract better beats.

Either way, you’re getting a lot of power for the price, plus some big improvements in v2.įirst up, one of the algorithms is claimed to deliver 30 per cent faster results. The company describes the actual processing part as “based on artificial intelligence”, so it’s fair to say that there will probably be some precision EQing and vocal-recognition software (as used in the likes of Sound Forge Pro and other high-end audio processing packages) in there somewhere. You upload your chosen track, choose the processing type and those mainframes roll into action, lights flashing, tapes whirring (okay, not really)… and the split stems are spat back to you. It’s not that clear how that processing works, but you’ll need a good internet connection – because it doesn’t take place on your computer, but is instead carried out by the machines at the Audionamix HQ. So now we have version 2 and the end results should be an improvement, although the processing itself is similar. However, with version 1, I did manage to wrestle some decent results out of the software, and I concluded: “Xtrax Stems has a lot to offer in terms of instant gratification and for a silly price, considering the processing it does.” And it has to be said that with something that works like this, you’re probably always going to get some audio artefacts – those bits of the audio file that you are trying to get rid of that just can’t be extracted, because they are too close in sound to what you’re trying to keep. The more sparse the original tune, the better the outcome most of the time, but even that wasn’t really guaranteed. I’ve already reviewed the very first version of Xtrax Stems and it’s fair to say that the results were a little hit and miss with it. But the real questions to address here are: how well does the software actually carry out these audio extractions, and are the results any good? The music? We can see how useful this can be – you could use it as the basis for your own compositions, perhaps, following chord progressions and song structures to emulate the perfect pop song. Getting a groove from a track is also a useful practice and you can use it as a base for your own beats, or as a backdrop to your tune. Getting a vocal for a remix project means you very often have the most distinctive part.

The software splits any audio track into vocals, beats and music, the former two being arguably the most useful. Xtrax Stems attempts to do it on a more simplistic level, and at a price of just $99. Then along came Celemony’s Melodyne, which allows you to get into a piece of music, track by track, and it does it pretty well – as well as a lot more besides – but you need to know what you’re doing to get the best out of it.

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