How To Isolate Vocals & Instruments In FL Studio (Stem Separation Tutorial)

In this FL Studio beginner tutorial, I will show you how to isolate vocals and instruments and separate stems in FL Studio 21.2. Stem separation means splitting a song into its fundamental elements, like vocals, bass, drums, and instruments. FL Studio 21.2 introduces a new AI-based stem separation too, which can easily split any song into stems. This is great if you want to isolate vocals, or just remove vocals from a song and make an instrumental version in FL Studio. It's now easier than ever before.
This is a great feature to have if you're a music producer who wants to make a remix of a song, and you just need the vocals. You can then split the stems, and save only the vocal stem. Or perhaps you want to make a karaoke version of a song? In that case, just delete the vocal stem, but keep everything else, and you have a karaoke version / instrumental version of the song.
This works best when using a song with high audio quality, such as a wav file. Low bitrate mp3 and such is not ideal. The stem separation process is not non-destructive, so often times the separated stems can sound a bit muffled.
In this tutorial, I will show you some tricks and tips on how to enhance the final result after you have separated the stems in FL Studio. This will enhance the result and make it sound a bit crisper. Especially if you're making a karaoke version or instrumental version, and some of the instruments are phasing in and out a bit.
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00:00 Introduction
00:23 what are stems in music?
00:58 How to separate stems in FL Studio
02:22 How to make an instrumental or karaoke version of a song in FL Studio
03:03 How to enhance the stems in FL Studio
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[@Kolenment]

I just tried this and I am absolutely blown away. It worked so good! How have I not heard of this before??

[@aemythjensen]

I really like those tips for getting each stem to sound better to mitigate the few small negative effects of separating them. They did sound much better afterwards. Thanks!

[@FireWalkMusic]

You're welcome! Glad you liked it :)

[@jewelxiat]

I've never touched FL Studio until right this second, mate: this tutorial is incredible! You're so coherent and concise. I don't know nothing about anything but this video truly helped me out. Thank you so much!! I couldn't locate the button that plays the different stems but the fact that you left that in the video showed me how to do that. It's small things like that that truly make a tutorial like this phenomenal. Seriously, thank you, thank you! Now I'm on my way to make the mashups of my dreams! :D

[@FireWalkMusic]

Glad you found it helpful 😀

[@elpresido6653]

Excellent tutorials, thank you man

[@ElectroHouseProducer]

Wow so happy to see you back😊

[@FireWalkMusic]

Thanks! ❤️

[@vereor6304]

Oh my gosh, thank you so so much! I didn't even know Fl Studio could do this! That's pretty sick

[@rikkistarrett307]

Nice to see you back mate. I know things have been tough, I hope you're doing ok ❤

[@FireWalkMusic]

Thanks! Indeed. Finally got one out. Hopefully there will be more soon.

[@danielbowers1037]

I've just had to resubscribe to your channel. Very strange. So glad you're back. The best tutorials on KZbin

[@FireWalkMusic]

Thanks! Much appreciated :) It just unsubscribed on its own? That's strange. I've noticed that I've lost some subscribers lately.

[@danielbowers1037]

@@FireWalkMusic yes I've been watching your tutorials from the beginning more or less. I wondered why I hadn't seen anything new from you recently and had to search for your channel and to my surprise I wasn't subscribed 😞 I had to mention it.

[@dxboommusic]

VALUABLE SHARING BROTHER

[@okuratnywidz3196]

I'am very shock this really working ;D even have very good quality amazing thanks dude for this tutorial !

[@FireWalkMusic]

You're welcome 😀

[@okuratnywidz3196]

@@FireWalkMusic this is really very good tool for musician !

[@FireWalkMusic]

@@okuratnywidz3196 indeed!

[@okuratnywidz3196]

@@FireWalkMusic did you know maybe plugins about progression chords in fl studio ?

[@viraksophea9123]

Thanks so much

[@madomainz1475]

Thank you!

[@Lord_K_Original]

amazing

[@emiel333]

That’s an awesome feature!

[@FireWalkMusic]

Indeed! It can be very useful on various samples too. Especially now that there is also fl cloud. You could just drag in a sample, split it into stems and extract just the atmospheric elements from it for example.

[@emiel333]

@@FireWalkMusic Totally agree! FL Cloud is also awesome. Image Line are doing great things.

[@babysunn2]

AWESOME 👍🏽👍🏽❗

[@FireWalkMusic]

Thanks! :)

[@aangvibez]

your voice sounds like the voice on How It's Made

[@Jerusha.b_creations]

Wow this works better at isolation than using Adobe Audition for karaoke. With adobe audition it messes with the quality of the instrumental but, now that I have FL I'm def using this instead for my karaokes :D

[@haithamkherroubi9146]

Many thanks ❤️🙏

[@FireWalkMusic]

You're welcome :)

[@ZipSnipe]

Its a nice feature but I have only had good results pulling vocals off and drums. And with vocals if there are like ooohs and aahs they don't pull off to easy or not at all. But I just pulled a vocal off a 25 year old mix and I was pretty impressed

[@FireWalkMusic]

It's a bit hit or miss, as with all these AI stem separation tools. It depends on a lot of factors, like the sonic content in the song, as well as the audio-quality of the song itself. Low-bitrate mp3 files will almost always produce significantly worse results than a lossless format, like wav. The vocals can sometimes overpower other elements in the background. In some tracks where you have a lot of people singing simultaneously, and they are very up front, then there isn't a lot of information left from the original instruments in the background, so they will tend to drop in and out quite a bit when the vocal is removed. Audio compression can also play a role. If a track is extremely compressed, with a very restricted dynamic range, the result will also tend to be worse. Extreme auto-tuning and vocooded vocals will also tend to mess this up. However, if it is a well-balanced mix with instruments and a vocal that does not clash much, the mix isn't too busy, and the audio quality is optimal then it can produce some excellent and very usable results. :)

[@klautstreif9973]

Thanks 🙏

[@FireWalkMusic]

You're welcome! :)

[@JRD876]

Awesome

[@FireWalkMusic]

Thanks! :)

[@ann.gg.]

God loves y’all!❤

[@gostek9071]

boss, king

[@FireWalkMusic]

Thanks!

[@georgeramzy6356]

Hello, is there a substitute for the waves R-Bass ?

[@TheMaverickgg]

Start botton don't work until I click other vst window's top bar It's biggest issue of work flow Please up load how to fix that ploblem ! Please There's none of info around youtube vid and forum

[@aguilaalvin4268]

what version of FL studio have the stems to extract each background music? tnx!

[@AstalkeZ4209]

Thanks for this i cant belive fl had this feature

[@FireWalkMusic]

You're welcome 😀

[@LaTeamRocketII]

Hello I just bought FL ! I have a big problem I have a song on one track and its instrumental version on the other. I would like to do a remix of both and record everything in one go, how can I be able to switch one track to another and ensure that only the selected track is heard? I hope I'm clear can someone help me ?

[@Birdkokane]

volume automation on the 2 tracks. is that what you need? and then consolidate the tracks into a new remix. that is how i read your question. drop a line in case of questions

[@k.u7643]

why can't I download stem extractor? because I have fl studio version 21.2

[@FireWalkMusic]

Did you download the latest version from the image-line server?

[@burq-]

Would you have an FL Studio affiliate link or coupon code that supports you or saves money?

[@FireWalkMusic]

Hi, unfortunately not. They stopped offering affiliate links a while back.

[@burq-]

ahhh.Thanks for all the great content over the years. Do you prefer FL for any specific reasons over say Logic pro?@@FireWalkMusic

[@rcs2003]

Nice feature but why the hell should we download it separately? And from where? It doesnt work on my computer at all. FL cant connect to internet regardless what I do, firewall settings, etc. Hope they fix it in the future. I have 21.2 btw

[@aemythjensen]

I have the same version (v21.2 build 3842) and I didn't have any problems. It downloaded it in about 5 seconds. To be fair though, I have a gigabit internet connection. What took a while was separating the song into stems.

[@FireWalkMusic]

I believe it's because the processing is partially happening in the cloud. When I split stems in FL it takes about 20 seconds. When I do it in Izotope RX, it happens locally on my computer only, and it will usually take 8-9 minutes to complete for a typical 3:30 minute song, so it is much slower. Verify that your image-line account settings are correct. If you can't make it work then I recommend that you contact image-line on the official forum, or submit a support ticket. They are usually pretty quick to reply.

[@nalzjohn1001]

Magix ACID PRO had it before FL STUDIO did ,...

[@reynoldeuler9802]

Is there a way to decompoese a song to its notes?

[@FireWalkMusic]

Not exactly, but you could try separating it into different stems first, and then use this technique it on the bass, vocal and instrument stems to get the notes: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppWQoXaebbqdec0

[@JostSchwider]

👍 - also for the YT algo! 😊

[@FireWalkMusic]

Thanks 😀

[@akagweilo]

Anyone ever have issues with updating fl studio old projects dont load properly? Tracks in the playlist wont load says file not found etc... Im scared to update fl now because of this 😂

[@nellytomz]

whta vasion of fl do u use i use fl 20

[@FireWalkMusic]

It's written over the fruit in the thumbnail: Fl Studio 21.2 :)

[@dj_jx]

I don t have that option to extract..

[@FireWalkMusic]

You need to have at least FL Studio version 21.2 for it to work.

[@Prod.Christ]

what version do you gotta be on ?

[@FireWalkMusic]

It's in the thumbnail. FL Studio 21.2 :)

[@monstropropositus]

Are these plugins all fl 21 stocks

[@Chris887666]

nope

[@monstropropositus]

@@Chris887666 are they free ?

[@3n_4]

I cant find extract sample ;;-;

[@SAMWHO1]

Update fl studio

[@3n_4]

@@SAMWHO1 oh thanks

[@ilovebrendo1630]

I updated mine and mine is still not there 🤦🏾‍♂️ (turns out I did have a very old version I had two different fl studios and I was on the outdated one thanks for the help forgot I commented this before I figured it out)

[@Rickzottelbart579]

Same

[@PaulCassidyOrchestrations]

same@@ilovebrendo1630

[@PoshTajir]

What are your PC's Specs ?

[@FireWalkMusic]

It's an i9 12900k with 32 GB RAM. I actually have a video about building this music production computer here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6rXaWCpbJyWh9Usi=ryWpKjL18zfUpZ5Z

[@PoshTajir]

@@FireWalkMusic Thank you for your reply, and one question more, I want to purchase a laptop for music and video production, should I go with gaming laptop like asus rog or normal laptop with same specs as gaming laptop like asus zenbook ?

[@FireWalkMusic]

@@PoshTajir Gaming laptops are usually pricier because they have a pretty beefy and expensive graphics cards, and you don't really need that for music production. I would go for one with the best CPU. A 3000 series GPU will be more than good enough. You don't need the newest 4000 series for music production. There are some plugins now that can take advantage of GPU acceleration but it's not many, and even older GPU's will provide more than enough power for that.

[@Suchitttt]

I think some artist will tweak the stem to surpass the ad revenue to credit itself

[@9uapito]

can u not do it on fl 20?

[@FireWalkMusic]

No, this is not available on older versions of FL Studio

[@BtGram]

i have to pay money how tf nobody told him this

[@FireWalkMusic]

If you already own a copy of FL Studio, then you can upgrade for free to get access to this feature.

[@BtGram]

@@FireWalkMusic free nah it cost 200$ as what it said

[@FireWalkMusic]

@@BtGram This software has been developed and updated since 1998. Can you name one team of developers that has been making and developing software for free for that long? Most software like this is not free. It's an extensive piece of software. Like a complete studio in a box. If you go to a dedicated studio to get your audio needs covered, it will cost 10 times more than the price of this software. The developers all need to make a living, and they have to feed themselves and their families just like everyone else. I actually think this software is pretty cheap compared to the competition. Cubase for example is almost four times as expensive. Even my video editor is pricier than this. I recently purchased Topaz video AI and it too was pricier than this. And the commonality with those is that you typically also have to pay for updates. if I want to update my video software it will be $170 every year... Now imagine doing that since 1998... That would be $4420 just for updates over 26 years. FL Studio doesn't do that. They charge you once, and then you own the software for life, and every update is free from that moment forward. You get new plugins and features for free for life after that. That sounds like a pretty good deal to me. Not many developers offer a deal like that. :)