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Rhythm practice · Updated 2 October 2026

Isolate the drums from a song
and hear every groove and fill.

Isolate the drums from a song in the stem splitter, solo them, and save the drum track as its own WAV for practice.

With the drums on their own, it’s much easier to work out what’s really going on: the hi-hat pattern under the verse, the snare accents, the exact fill into the chorus. Use the recording your band is actually learning, especially if it’s a live version where the fills and the ending differ from the album.

Split the song and solo the drums

  1. Choose your song. Open the stem splitter and select Choose a song, or drop the file onto the page.
  2. Wait for the mixer. You’ll get four tracks: Vocals, Drums, Bass and Other. Without a plan you hear the first minute. A Day Pass or Pro splits the whole song.
  3. Press S on the Drums track. Everything else drops out. Press play, then click or drag on any waveform to jump around the song.
  4. Listen to the parts you’re learning. Follow the verse groove, the fill into the chorus and the ending. Jot down the time of anything you want to drill.
  5. Download the drums. Click the download arrow on the Drums track to save them as a WAV, or choose All four stems (ZIP) if you want the other parts too. Downloads need a Day Pass or Pro.

Get the groove before the fill

Listen to the basic beat a few times before you go after the busiest bar. Count the pulse, then place the kick, snare and cymbals against it. The real question isn’t how fast the fill is. It’s where each hit lands in the bar.

Then hear it with the band. Press S on Bass as well to hear the whole rhythm section, and listen for how a fill sets up the singer’s entrance or a big change. To play along, press Reset mix and then M on Drums: you’ve got the song without the drums. With a plan, Download your mix saves it exactly as you hear it.

Cut out the fill you’re working on

Open the drums WAV in the audio cutter. Use Start (seconds) and End (seconds) to grab the fill with a bar either side. Keep Fade each edge (seconds) at 0 so the first hit isn’t softened.

Save it with Download WAV. To slow it down, open the clip in the pitch changer, leave Pitch (semitones) at 0 and lower Speed (%). Keep the full-speed clip too, so you can check yourself against the real tempo.

Name your practice files so you can find them

Name each clip after what it is, like “verse groove” or “fill into chorus,” and add the speed to any slowed version, like “fill-into-chorus-80.” Finish every session by playing along with the full song at its real tempo. The isolated drums help you nail the details; the band is what you’re playing with.

Split your song

Hear the first minute of your own file. A Day Pass or Pro processes the whole thing.