Upon initial release, the Stem Player was met with a generally mixed to positive reception. Physical specifications include 8GB of storage, USB-C connectivity, and support for Bluetooth. 4 touch-sensitive LED sliders cover the front of the device. The Stem Player is a beige, circular device, measuring 7 centimetres in diameter. It features controls for vocal isolation and volume control, real time loop and speed controls, tactile audio effects, audio track management, recording of mixes and recording playback. The Stem Player mainly features a service that splits chosen songs into stems that can then be freely customized and manipulated using the device's touch-sensitive sliders and buttons emulated versions of the service were widely circulated online in early 2022 following criticism of the Stem Player's expenses. ![]() It comes with a 1-year subscription to all current and upcoming J DILLA-related content on the Stem Player website, including previously unreleased instrumentals from the producer. Īs of April 8, 2023, a J DILLA skin for the Stem Player is available to pre-order for $30 USD. At the same time, Kano announced a new variant of the Stem Player developed in collaboration with Ghostface Killah that would not include Donda 2 or any other content from West. In January 2023, in light of West’s antisemitic remarks, Kano announced that their collaboration with West has ended, and that the Donda Stem Player would be discontinued after they sold through the remaining stock of 5,000 units. Īs of February 2022, sixteen tracks from Donda 2 are available for the player. The device began shipping to purchasers in October that year, pre-loaded with three tracks not available on streaming platforms, including " Life of the Party" and other remixes that appeared on the Donda album. On 25 August 2021, the Stem Player launched for pre-sale with the initial name of "Donda Stem Player". In a 2019 interview with journalist Zane Lowe for Apple Music, West confirmed he was working on developing a portable stem player. In January 2019, following an encounter within the company's booth at CES Technology Show in Las Vegas, West met company CEO Alex Klein and invited him over to his Calabasas home for breakfast. In February 2022, West made an announcement that he would begin releasing music exclusively to the device, commencing with his album Donda 2 that month. Users can add tracks to the device by uploading an audio file to the device through an official online web application. ![]() The device's service uses artificial intelligence to split tracks into four stems (sometimes isolated vocals, bass, and drums) with each track being able to be manipulated using a front slider. ![]() The Stem Player has four touch-sensitive haptic sliders that adjust individual stems for tracks, and six hardware buttons for volume and effects. The device was launched in August 2021 in conjunction with the release of West's 10th studio album Donda. The Stem Player is an audio remix device and music streaming platform developed by British technology company Kano Computing in collaboration with American artist Kanye West.
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