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LALAL.AI brings its AI-powered stem separation into your DAW with its first plugin.

New LALAL.AI plug-in features splitting for vocals and six different instruments.

LALAL.AI is a browser-based, AI-powered stem separation platform launched in 2020 that has since expanded to encompass a range of tools that covers voice cloning and reverb removal, alongside desktop and mobile apps for stem separation.

Today, LALAL.AI launches its first plugin, bringing its stem separation technology into your DAW for the first time. It’s VST Plug-in Brings Stem Splitting Power to Popular Music Creation Software.

LALAL.AI says, “The plug-in uses LALAL.AI’s Lyra model, and is designed to run locally on nearly any hardware. Lyra delivers fast and effective stem separation, allowing unlimited experimentation and consistent high-quality inside the DAW. Its plugin is designed to “stop tab jumping and repetitive uploading” and help music-makers “stick to what they’re there for: making music”.

“Isolating vocals or making a purely instrumental track can happen as fluidly as a producer or artist does any other task inside their preferred software,” LALAL.AI co-founder Nik Pogorsky said.

“Professionals are already adopting tools like LALAL.AI because they solve key problems for them. We’ve simply put that tool right where they need it, in their workstation, so that they can get more creative without getting dragged out of their flow.”

The plug-in works in any DAW compatible with VST3 technology, including Ableton, FL Studio, Audacity, and many others.

LALAL.AI’s Stem Separator is compatible with macOS, Windows and Linux. It’s currently only available as a VST3 plugin but an AU version is in beta. The plugin is only available to subscribers of LALAL.AI’s Pro tier, which costs $15/month.

Find out more on LALAL.AI website.

Composer and developer Hannes d’Hoine shared this video demo of STRIKE Resonator, a free port of the Mutable Instruments Rings in Max For Live as an audio effect.

The device was developed in MaxMSP gen~, based on the original C++ source code by Emilie Gillet. It’s also available as a MIDI instrument.

Topics covered:

0:00 – M4L instrument: introduction

1:20 – some presets

4:10 – little jam

5:30 – sympathetic strings

6:25 – As an effects module/resonator

7:35 – instrument and effect combined

Following the open-source nature of the original, STRIKE is available as a free download under the MIT License.

Developer Jonas Eriksson has introduced Tape Fiasco – one of the most creative audio effect plugin.

Tape Fiasco combines together three time-based effects in a single plugin: a granular time-stretcher, a glitchy, rhythmic stutter effect and a tape-style varispeed function. Each of these modules can be used independently or chained up with the others via configurable signal routing. It is designed for real-time performance and sound design, offering tempo-synced operation, envelope follower modulation, and extensive parameter control for each effect section.

It’s Stretch effect records incoming audio into a buffer and plays it back using overlapping grains, offering control over playback speed, grain size, pitch, tempo and stereo spread, with options for randomization and reversing, so there’s a whole lot of flexibility here for creating granular soundscapes.

Tape Fiasco’s tempo-synced Stutter module captures slices of audio and repeats them rhythmically – it’s a classic effect that you’ll have heard before in glitch and IDM, but there’s a huge amount of control available over timing, pitch and dynamics, along with rhythmic and probability-based variation. There’s also a multimode filter built into the Stutter module with with formant and comb modes alongside the conventional resonant low- and high-pass.

Lastly we have the Varispeed effect, which simulates the sound of a tape machine varying in playback speed. Once again, there’s a lot more versatility on offer here than you might expect: tape-modelled wow/flutter, a DJ-style scratch effect, two flavours of distortion and a compressor thrown in for good measure.

All of that adds up to a powerful effects processor that can be utilized across multiple contexts, whether you’re adventuring into experimental sound design or just looking for a way to add a little sonic flavour to a vocal line or guitar riff.

Tape Fiasco is available in VST3/AU formats for macOS and VST3 for Windows, but it’s only been tested on Ableton Live 12.2 with macOS Sequoia 15.1.

Head over to Jonas Eriksson website to download Tape Fiasco.