Acoustic Guitar Separator

An acoustic guitar separator writes a steel or nylon guitar stem and a remainder file. Strum patterns and fingerpicked lines share the acoustic file.

Acoustic + otherSteel and nylon10 free minutes

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MP3, WAV, M4A, and FLAC — up to 10 min / 100MB per file

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Listen first

Hear the body and the open strings

Solo the acoustic to hear body boom, open strings, and the pick or nail attack. Mute it to hear vocals and the rest of the band on other. The acoustic guitar separator preview matches the two files you download after upload.

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Workflow

How to use this mode

Three short steps run the acoustic guitar separator. Keep the mode selected. Upload a finished song. Solo the acoustic to isolate acoustic guitar, then mute it to hear the remainder. Download both files from the player.

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    Leave Acoustic Guitar selected

    The acoustic guitar separator stays selected for this upload. One job writes an acoustic stem and a remainder file. Leave the mode on Acoustic Guitar before you drop the song.

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    Add a folk or singer-songwriter mix

    Drop an MP3, WAV, M4A, or FLAC. Use this page to extract acoustic guitar from a finished mix. A full song gives the acoustic guitar separator the body and string noise it needs.

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    Slow the strum or the pick pattern

    Press solo to isolate acoustic guitar and loop the pattern. Mute the acoustic to hear the remainder. Download both files once the body and the strings sound right.

In this mode

Features

The acoustic guitar separator aims at steel-string and nylon guitar in a mix. Use it to extract acoustic guitar, to remove acoustic guitar from a vocal bed, and to learn acoustic parts by ear. An online acoustic guitar separator keeps the work in the browser.

  • Steel string stem

    The acoustic guitar separator writes a steel string stem for steel-string parts. Nylon lines share the same acoustic file. Body resonance and open strings stay on this stem.

  • Online acoustic guitar separator

    Preview acoustic and other in the browser. An online acoustic guitar separator needs no plugin. Solo the strum, mute the acoustic, then download the two files.

  • Remove acoustic guitar

    Mute the acoustic to remove acoustic guitar from a vocal bed. Vocals, drums, and extra parts stay on other. The remainder is ready for singing or a new guitar take.

Who it is for

Who can benefit

Folk players loop a strum from the steel string stem. Singer-songwriters mute the acoustic and sing over the remainder. Teachers hand out the acoustic file for homework.

Folk players

Learn a strum from the steel string stem. Hear the boom of the body and the ring of open strings. Copy the pattern from the isolated acoustic file.

Singer-songwriters

Mute the acoustic and sing over the remainder. The acoustic guitar separator gives you a vocal bed in one pass. Keep the acoustic file as a chart for the next take.

Classroom teachers

Hand a student the acoustic file for homework. Ask them to learn acoustic parts by ear from the stem. Keep the remainder as a play-along bed.

From users

What people say

I looped the strum. The acoustic guitar separator made the steel string stem clear enough to chart.
June L. · Folk player
I muted the acoustic and practiced singing. The remainder kept the band under my voice.
Omar Y. · Songwriter
Students copied the fingerpick from the stem. They used it to learn acoustic parts by ear.
Pat C. · Teacher
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Related modes

Open a nearby mode when the next job needs a different stem layout.

Frequently asked questions

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Open the stem splitter

This mode is preselected on upload. 10 free minutes — no credit card.