Audiola vs LALAL.AI

Audiola is a free desktop audio studio for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It separates songs into vocals, drums, bass, guitar, piano, and other stems with Demucs running locally, without cloud processing or uploads. The multitrack studio supports cutting, moving, fading, looping, undo history, snapping, and effects. Karaoke view shows lyrics and the original melody, scores singing, and can tune a recorded take toward that melody. Mastering tools provide EQ, compression, EBU R128 loudness targeting, live A/B comparison, and 14 profiles. Users can create local or ElevenLabs voice profiles, swap a clip’s voice, and generate speech from text; the maker advises using only owned or licensed voices. Tracks can be placed in a 7.1.4 spatial bed, which the maker says can be exported. Exports include WAV, MP3, and AAC-M4A. A contact form accepts questions and reports without an account.

LALAL.AI uses AI to separate vocals and instrument stems, clean voice recordings, change or clone voices, and reduce echo and reverb. Its available stem types include vocals, instrumental, drums, bass, electric and acoustic guitar, piano, synthesizer, strings, and wind instruments. The web vocal remover accepts audio and video formats, including MP3, WAV, FLAC, MP4, and MOV. Fast Queue prioritizes processing, while Relaxed Queue processes as server capacity allows; both provide the same separation quality. Usage minutes are calculated by multiplying file length by the number of selected stem types. The desktop app supports Windows, macOS, and Ubuntu Linux, with batch processing for up to 20 files; Pro subscribers can optionally process locally offline. The API and VST plugin offer other ways to use the tools. The free Starter plan includes 10 Relaxed Queue minutes, but does not allow full downloads. Lite costs $7.50 a month billed annually.