I had switched to UVR 5 for a while and was getting very nice results for free. Then, just for kicks, I decided to give RipX a try.
Late to the party here, but WOW. RipX isn’t going to replace my DAW, but as a stem separation and remixing tool, I’m kind of blown away. The quality of the separation is great, but it’s the DAW-like UI with insane editing capabilities for the stems and the unique way it treats audio and MIDI as one that’s really winning me over.
I’ve tried it with 3rd party tracks and loops, my own songs, and even AI generated music, and it performs like a champ. Being able to graphically cleanup in-editor and even reassign fragments of one stem to another is pretty insane, but then to also assign new sounds, change musical phrases, add harmonies, fix timings, etc. all in a single color-coded stems-based UI … never seen anything like it.
On the plus side, even though I’ve been sleeping on this, my delay means that I’m jumping on the train of a product that’s had a chance to mature for a bit.
Side note, I have a pretty good GPU and have installed the recommended CUDA tools, so stem separation is very fast.
Raw fidelity with UVR 5 may or may not be better for certain use-cases, I haven’t done a side-by-side yet. However, I’m certain that having all of the editing and deep control built into RipX as an integrated system with a unified UI is giving me better overall end results.
Downside? It ain’t free, and unfortunately, many of the features I like are in the Pro version. But as a creative tool for the music I’m doing, it’s going to be worth it.
sigh