Remove the drums from a song.
Then play them yourself.
Upload a song and DrumShed separates the drums from the band, finds the tempo and the downbeats, and lays a grid over the take. What you get is not a file — it is a player where the drums are a fader, the click follows the recording, and the hard bars loop.
Separation, built for the practice room
Drums on a fader
Not gone — controllable. Zero for the drumless version, full for the drums alone, anything between to lean on the original.
The drum part, isolated
Solo the drums to hear what was played: the hat pattern under the vocal, the ghost notes, the fill you could never quite make out.
Tempo and downbeats mapped
The separation comes with a grid: bars, beats, and a click that follows the take’s own tempo — drift included.
Slow it, same pitch
Half speed to full without the key moving. Work the part out slow, then bring it up.
Loop and drill
Bars 9 to 16 go into a session next to your drills. Loop them. The reps count.
Private
Your uploads are never shared, listed, or searchable, and they go when your account does.
Upload, separate, sit in
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Pick a track, or upload a song
Nearly 200 built-in backing tracks by genre and tempo, drums already out — or an MP3, M4A, WAV or FLAC up to 15 minutes: a rehearsal take, a demo, the track you’re learning. Files only, never a streaming link.
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DrumShed takes the drums out
The drums are separated from the band, the tempo and downbeats are found, and a grid is laid over the take bar by bar.
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Sit in
Play along with the band and no drums, solo the drums to learn the part, slow it to half speed at the same pitch, and loop the bars you need.
Why the separation lives in a player, not a download
A stem on its own is a dead end for a drummer: you still have to find the tempo, still have to loop the section by hand, still have to keep the click somewhere else. DrumShed separates the drums and maps the take in the same step, so the drumless version arrives already on a grid — with a click that follows it, bar ranges you can loop, and a place in your sessions and your history.
That is also why it is metered and private. The separation runs on our servers for your own practice, from audio you have the rights to use; it is not a service for producing stems, and the stems never leave the player.
Play it your way
What you can upload, and who can hear it
- Audio files you have the rights to use for your own practice — your band’s recordings, demos, rehearsal takes, lesson material. MP3, M4A, WAV or FLAC, up to 15 minutes. We don’t accept links from streaming services.
- Private by construction. Uploads are never shared, listed, or searchable, and they’re deleted with your account.
- Three songs a month are free. All Access includes 150 song & sheet-music uploads a month (beta), and the separated stems stay for the life of the upload.
How we handle infringement notices is in our Copyright Policy.
Common questions
How do I remove the drums from a song?
Upload the song to DrumShed as an audio file. The drums are separated from the rest of the mix on our servers, and you get the band without the drums and the drums without the band on separate faders inside the player, with the tempo and downbeats mapped so a click can follow the take. It is built for practicing to the result, not for downloading stems.
Can I download the separated drums or the drumless mix?
No. The separation lives inside the player so you can practice with it — play along, solo the drums, slow it down, loop a section, put it in a session. DrumShed is a practice tool, not a stem exporter.
How clean is the separation?
Clean enough to practice to, which is the bar it is built for: the drums come out far enough that you can hold the time yourself, and the isolated drums are clear enough to hear the part. Dense mixes and heavily processed drums separate less cleanly than a rehearsal take.
Do I need my own songs?
No. Songs › Built-in has nearly 200 royalty-free backing tracks spanning sixteen genres — rock, funk, jazz, gospel, Latin, metal and more — each with the drums already separated and a click on its grid. Filter by genre, pick a tempo, play. Uploading is for when it has to be a particular song.
Does it change the pitch when I slow a song down?
No. Speed runs from half speed to full at the same pitch, so a song at 0.6× still sits in its key — you are hearing the band slower, not lower.
How does the click know where the beats are?
When you upload, DrumShed finds the tempo and the downbeats of the take and lays a grid over it bar by bar. The click follows that grid — including tempo drift in a live recording — and you can nudge it earlier or later until it sits right to your ear.
Can I put a song inside a practice session?
Yes. Add a whole song or a bar range — say bars 9 to 16 — as a session item next to your drills, loop it, and it counts toward your practice time and streak like any drill.
Is it free?
Three songs a month are included on every account. All Access includes 150 song & sheet-music uploads a month (beta). The separation runs on our servers, which is why it is metered.
Every drummer needs
a home base.
Take the drums out. Put yours in.