Imagine being able to easily extract the vocals from any song you create for a perfect karaoke version. Or pulling out just the drums to use in an entirely new beat. That’s exactly what you can do now with Suno's freshly updated stem feature—and according to Suno, it now sounds cleaner and clearer than ever before.
What exactly are "stems"?
Put simply: A finished song is actually made up of many individual tracks—vocals, drums, bass, guitar, and so on. These individual tracks are called "stems." You could already break songs down into these components with Suno, but on June 11, 2026, Suno significantly improved this feature: the separation is now said to be much clearer, cleaner, and free from distracting audio artifacts.
Three ways to break down your song
Suno currently offers three different methods, depending on your goals:
Simple separation: You select a single instrument or voice from your song, and Suno gives you two tracks back—the selected track and everything else combined. Perfect if, for example, you only need the vocal track.
Classic vocal separation: The original method, where vocals and instrumentals are completely separated from each other—ideal for classic karaoke versions.
Full splitting: Here, Suno breaks your entire song down into up to twelve individual categories—from vocals and drums to bass, guitar, piano, synths, strings, and even brass instruments and percussion.
How to use the feature for your own sound
Practically speaking, this means: once you've created a song in Suno, you can specifically pull a karaoke version without vocals, extract individual instruments for your own beats and samples, or build a complete remix by recombining specific tracks. If you've always wanted to know how your favorite original creation sounds without the bass, or need an a cappella for a mashup, the updated feature delivers much better, cleaner results than before.
What this means for your sound
This update reveals where Suno is heading: moving away from a simple "one-click, one-finished-song" tool toward a genuine production studio. For anyone looking to refine their AI songs further, remix them, or incorporate them into personal projects, Suno is becoming an increasingly versatile tool.
Conclusion: What this means for AI.OnAir listeners
Even if it looks like a small technical detail at first glance, clean stems are often the crucial difference between a half-baked experiment and a song that feels truly professional. For those of you experimenting with Suno, it is definitely worth trying out this updated feature. Who knows? Maybe your next stem experiment will produce the next track we play on AI.OnAir.
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Jetzt Song einreichenFrequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Stems are the individual tracks of a piece of music, such as vocals, drums, or bass guitar. Suno allows you to break a finished song down into these individual parts to edit or remix them separately.
Suno currently offers three methods: simple separation of a single element, classic separation into vocals and instrumentals for karaoke, and full splitting into up to twelve different instrument categories.
The update provides a much cleaner separation without annoying audio artifacts. This results in more professional audio tracks that are much better suited for remixes, mashups, or sampling in your own music projects.