YouTube to stems, in one paste
Drop a YouTube link and Quota Stems grabs the audio and splits it — no separate downloader, no converter site. Great for pulling an acapella or an instrumental to flip. Paste a whole playlist and it runs the batch.
Paste the link
Copy the YouTube URL and drop it in. Quota Stems pulls the audio straight down on your machine — you don't need a separate downloader or a sketchy converter site first.
Pick your split
4 or 6 stems for a quick vocal-and-instrumental grab, or the full drum-kit split for kick, snare, toms and cymbals when you want to rebuild the groove from a sample.
Get stems to flip
Out come WAV stems ready to chop — plus an Ableton Live 12 set with each stem warped on its own track, or an Akai Force / MPC project. Paste a playlist and it does the whole list back to back.
The big-name splitters can’t even take the link.
Moises refuses YouTube, Spotify, and SoundCloud URLs outright — their own help center says streaming links are blocked. Lalal.ai’s official guide for YouTube audio literally tells you to go download the file with a third-party tool first, then come back and upload it. Fadr: file upload only, 200MB cap, MP3 downloads unless you pay.
So the “workflow” becomes: find a downloader site, dodge its pop-ups, convert, download, re-upload to a stem service, wait in a queue, download again. For every single track.
Quota Stems takes the link. One paste — it downloads and separates in one step, on your machine, free. Paste a whole playlist and walk away; it batches the entire list and hands you WAVs, an Ableton set, or a Force/MPC project per track.
The “paste a YouTube link” test, applied to everyone
| Tool | Price | Runs offline | Max stems | Drum-kit split | Builds your session | YouTube import |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota Stems | Free | Yes — runs on your machine | Up to ~10 | Yes — kick / snare / toms / cymbals | Yes — Ableton Live set + Force/MPC project | Yes — single link or whole playlist |
| Lalal.ai | Free preview only; $9.99–$19.99/mo | Cloud by default; offline needs Pro | 10 types (cloud) | No — drums are one stem | No — audio files only | No — file upload only |
| Moises | Free: 5 songs/mo; Pro $29.99/mo | No — cloud processing | Basic 4 free; more on paid plans | Pro plan only | No — audio files only | No — YouTube links blocked |
| Fadr | Free (MP3 only); WAV needs Plus $10/mo | No — cloud web app | 4 free / 16 with Plus | Plus only | No — stems + MIDI files | Not offered — file upload only |
| UVR5 | Free (open source) | Yes — local | 6 per pass | Community model + multi-pass setup | No — audio files only | No — local files only |
Competitor pricing and features verified July 2026 from each tool’s official pricing and documentation pages (and attributed reviews where noted). Their terms can change — check their sites for current details.
What you pull from a link
- ✓Acapella and instrumental from any YouTube link — split into 4 or 6 stems, or up to ~10 with the full drum kit broken out (kick, snare, toms, cymbals).
- ✓Download and separate in one step. No standalone downloader, no converter site, no re-importing a file by hand.
- ✓Batch a whole playlist — paste the playlist URL and Quota Stems works through every track instead of one link at a time.
- ✓The audio never leaves your machine. Demucs runs on-device, fully offline, with no account and nothing uploaded.
- ✓Land the stems where you’ll flip them: warped Ableton Live 12 set, Akai Force / MPC project, raw WAVs, or MP4 video stems.
From a link to a finished flip — without leaving the suite.
Link in, stems out is just the front half. The rest of Quota turns what you pulled into playable instruments — and DS does the same trick for dialogue, so movie and interview clips become kits too.
Quota DS
Sample dialogue from any video: transcribe it locally, highlight the line you want, and it lands on pads. Movie scenes, interviews, podcasts. $39 one-time.
Check it outQuota Kits
Turn stems into instruments. Auto-build kits for Ableton, MPC, Force, SP-404, Koala, and Maschine from one folder of samples. $39 one-time.
Check it outQuota Voice
Run the whole thing hands-free. One-sentence voice commands drive Stems, DS, SongKit and Kits — local Whisper dictation, no cloud, no account. Free 30-day trial.
Check it outThe Collection
DS + FX + Kits + Voice together for $99 one-time — and Stems stays free forever. No subscription, no account.
Check it outStart from a link
Download Quota Stems free for Mac or Windows, paste a YouTube URL, and pull your first acapella. No account, nothing leaves your computer.
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