Vocal and instrument separation: listen to real results
Compare the source music, the extracted part and the remaining mix. Seven 30-second examples cover vocals and accompaniment, synthesizers, bowed strings, winds, drums, guitar and bass. Each download is an actual test file.
Vocals and accompaniment · 30 seconds
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Source excerpt
30 seconds from 00:30–01:00 of Stumble Bee’s “Lay down the law”
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Separated vocals
The vocal stem produced by this run
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Separated instrumental
The accompanying instrumental stem produced by this run
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The Free Music Archive lists this song as CC0 1.0. We decoded the official MP3 and used its 00:30–01:00 excerpt as a 44.1 kHz stereo WAV input. MeluMimi separated that excerpt into vocal and instrumental WAV files. The browser MP3s are playback transcodes; the WAV downloads are the exact test files.
View the song and license on Free Music Archive · Read the CC0 1.0 license
This example does not imply endorsement by the artist or Free Music Archive.
What this does—and does not—show
This is one musical excerpt, not a benchmark or an accuracy score. Listen to both stems for bleed and artifacts. Results can vary with the mix, instruments, effects, and recording quality. This test demonstrates vocals and accompaniment only; it does not validate drum, bass, guitar, or other instrument separation.
02 · 30 s
Synthesizer separation
00:30–01:00 from HoliznaCC0’s Retro Synths. The target is synthesizer sounds; electronic drums or bass can remain in the complementary mix.
Input mix
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Download the exact WAVRecording sources · CC0 1.0: HoliznaCC0 — Retro Synths
03 · 30 s
Bowed-string separation
00:00–00:30 from Musopen Symphony Orchestra’s recording of Brahms’s Symphony No. 2, second movement. This target concerns bowed strings, not every plucked string instrument.
Input mix
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Download the exact WAVRecording sources · CC0 1.0: Musopen Symphony Orchestra — Brahms, Symphony No. 2, II. Adagio non troppo
04 · 30 s
Wind-instrument separation
00:15–00:45 from Musopen Symphony Orchestra’s recording of Borodin’s In the Steppes of Central Asia. Listen to the extracted wind part and what remains in the mix.
Input mix
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Download the exact WAVRecording sources · CC0 1.0: Musopen Symphony Orchestra — Borodin, In the Steppes of Central Asia
05 · 30 s
Drum separation
00:30–01:00 from Stumble Bee’s Lay down the law. All three rhythm-section tests use the same excerpt with one uniform input-level reduction before separation. Outputs were not manually edited or individually amplified.
Input mix
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Download the exact WAVRecording sources · CC0 1.0: Stumble Bee — Lay down the law
06 · 30 s
Guitar separation
00:30–01:00 from Stumble Bee’s Lay down the law. All three rhythm-section tests use the same excerpt with one uniform input-level reduction before separation. Outputs were not manually edited or individually amplified.
Input mix
Download the exact WAVExtracted part
Download the exact WAVRemaining mix
Download the exact WAVRecording sources · CC0 1.0: Stumble Bee — Lay down the law
07 · 30 s
Bass separation
00:30–01:00 from Stumble Bee’s Lay down the law. All three rhythm-section tests use the same excerpt with one uniform input-level reduction before separation. Outputs were not manually edited or individually amplified.
Input mix
Download the exact WAVExtracted part
Download the exact WAVRemaining mix
Download the exact WAVRecording sources · CC0 1.0: Stumble Bee — Lay down the law
How these instrument examples were made
These instrument files were produced locally with the current product’s separation pipeline. The downloads are its unedited outputs; the MP3 players use playback transcodes. Local hardware and the online service can produce different samples, so these files are not an online processing-speed test.
There is one example per target, not an accuracy benchmark. Listen for remaining instruments, missing notes and separation artifacts. Results vary with the recording. Each input received a uniform level adjustment before separation; outputs were not individually amplified. The artists and source libraries do not endorse MeluMimi.