Tool · Music and sound

Ultimate Vocal Remover

A free desktop app that splits a song into parts, such as vocals and instruments, on your own computer. Open source; works best with a decent graphics card.

Go to Ultimate Vocal Remover’s website

At a glance

Open or closed: Fully open
Weights and code downloadable under a standard open licence
App code is MIT-licensed.
source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page
Licence: MIT License (Permissive (e.g. Apache 2.0, MIT))
Developers using its models elsewhere are asked to credit UVR.
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Can I sell what I make?: The terms don't say clearly
MIT licence covers the app code; nothing is said about using the separated audio commercially. Rights in the song you split stay with its owner.
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Cost: Free option: Free to download and use
Plans below.
How you use it: Desktop app, On your own computer
Installers for Windows 10+ and macOS Big Sur+ (Apple Silicon and Intel); Linux is manual install only.
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Skill needed: Some setup
GPU use needs an Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB minimum, 8GB VRAM recommended; CPU works more slowly.
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Made by: UVR team
Open-source project; no company or location stated.
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Status: Available
Latest release v5.6; no release date shown on the repo page; no discontinuation notice.
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What you can make with it

Music and sound, separate a song into parts (main use)

audio to audio

source · checked 12 Oct 2026 · checked on the maker's own page

Plans and prices

No paid plans listed.

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Models it uses

Demucs

Models it uses (not yet listed on Plainly)

MDX-Net, VR Architecture

Other options for “Music and sound, separate a song into parts”

AudioShake, Demucs, Eleven Music, Filmora, Google Flow Music, Google Flow Music (formerly MusicFX), Google Flow Music (formerly Riffusion), Kits AI, LALAL.AI, LANDR, Loudly, Moises, MyEdit, Soundful, Soundverse, Suno, Voice-Swap

About this entry

Facts last checked 12 Oct 2026 against the maker’s own pages (each fact links to its source). Entry status: draft. Plain-English summary written by Plainly.