A stem separator that builds you an Akai Force / MPC project
Split any song into stems and open them straight in your Force or MPC — already laid out and ready to flip, no manual chopping. It all runs on your own machine, free.
Drop in a track
Load a local file, paste a YouTube link, or feed it a whole playlist to pull a batch of references at once.
Pick your split
4 stems, 6 stems, or a full drum-kit split up to ~10 — kick, snare, toms and cymbals each on their own.
Open it on the Force or in MPC
You get a project with stems as track columns and song sections as launch rows. Hit play and start flipping — nothing to chop first.
Akai sells stems back to you for $9.99 — four of them, slowly.
MPC Stems is a $9.99 add-on tied to an inMusic account, and it tops out at four stems: vocals, drums, bass, other. The drums come out as one combined stem — no kick, no snare, no toms to grab on their own.
And on the hardware it takes its time: MusicTech’s MPC One+ review (January 2026) measured over 15 minutes to separate a three-minute track on-device, called the results “pretty heavily artefacted,” and suggested a desktop tool would be quicker and more effective for full songs. Their words, not ours.
Quota Stems does the split on your computer at your computer’s speed — free, up to ~10 stems with the full drum-kit break-out — then builds the Force/MPC project for you. Load it on the hardware and it’s already laid out: stems as track columns, song sections as launch rows.
Quota Stems vs the built-in and the cloud splitters
| 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 |
| Akai MPC Stems | $9.99 add-on + inMusic account | Yes — on-device (internet to activate) | 4 | No — drums stay one stem | Within the MPC project only | No |
| 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 lands in the folder
- ✓A ready-to-load Akai Force / MPC project — stems as track columns, song sections as launch rows
- ✓Up to ~10 stems with a full drum-kit split, so you can pull just the kick or snare out to resample
- ✓Plain WAV stems sitting in the same folder, ready to drag straight onto pads
- ✓Pull a song from a YouTube link, or run a whole playlist through at once
- ✓Everything runs offline on Mac or Windows — no account, nothing uploaded
The others hand you WAVs. This feeds your whole rig.
Stems is the free start of a pipeline built for pad players: split the song, auto-build the kit, run it all hands-free — every piece local, one-time pricing, no accounts.
Quota Kits
Turn your stems into MPC and Force kits — plus SP-404, Ableton, Koala, and Maschine — auto-built from one folder of samples. $39 one-time.
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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 outQuota DS
Sample speech like it’s vinyl. Transcribe any video or audio locally, highlight the words you want, and drop them straight onto pads. $39 one-time.
Check it outThe Collection
DS + FX + Kits + Voice together for $99 one-time — and Stems stays free forever. No subscription, no account.
Check it outDownload Quota Stems free
Free for macOS and Windows, no account. Grab it at getquota.app/stems — it runs on your own machine and nothing leaves it.
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