iZotope Photon – AI Stem Separation & Audio Enhancement Software

iZotope Photon is a powerful AI-powered audio separation and enhancement tool designed for music producers, DJs, sound engineers, video editors and content creators. Combining intelligent stem separation with advanced noise removal and voice enhancement, Photon makes it easier to extract individual elements from finished recordings, clean up problematic audio and prepare professional-quality results without complicated editing.

Available as both a standalone application and an ARA2 plugin for compatible DAWs, iZotope Photon uses 12 custom-trained machine learning models to process audio locally on your computer's GPU. There are no cloud uploads, processing queues or usage cutoffs, giving you the freedom to work on your audio whenever you need to.

Why Choose iZotope Photon?

• AI-powered stem separation and audio enhancement in one application.
• 12 custom-trained machine learning models for music, dialogue and audio restoration.
• Separate finished songs into vocals, drums, bass and other instruments.
• Extract acapellas and instrumentals for DJ edits, remixes and music production.
• Isolate individual drum elements, including kick, snare, hi-hat, toms and cymbals.
• Separate recordings containing up to six individual speakers.
• Remove unwanted background noise, wind, traffic and room echo.
• Enhance speech clarity and balance inconsistent dialogue levels.
• GPU-accelerated processing runs locally without uploading audio.
• Standalone application and ARA2 plugin for compatible DAWs.
• Preview processing from anywhere within an audio recording.
• Model Manager provides access to new and improved processing models.

Separate Vocals, Instruments and Drums with AI

Whether you're preparing a remix, creating a DJ edit or working with a finished stereo recording, iZotope Photon gives you greater control over audio that would otherwise be difficult to change.

The Music 4 Stems model separates a complete song into vocals, drums, bass and other musical elements, allowing you to adjust their levels independently or export individual stems for further production. For situations where the quality of an isolated stem is particularly important, Music 4 Stems Ultra provides more precise separation.

Photon also includes Voice 2 Stems, a straightforward way to separate vocals from accompanying music. It's particularly useful for creating acapellas, instrumentals, karaoke tracks and alternative versions of existing recordings.

Extract Individual Drum Sounds

With the dedicated Drums 5 Stems model, iZotope Photon can separate drum recordings into kick, snare, hi-hat, toms and cymbals.

This opens up new possibilities when working with drum loops, sampled breaks or recordings where the original multitrack session is unavailable. Extract individual percussion elements, rebalance a drum performance or isolate sounds for use in your own productions.

For beatmakers, remixers and electronic music producers, it's a practical way to get more creative mileage from existing audio material.

Create Acapellas, Instrumentals and DJ Edits

iZotope Photon is particularly useful for DJs who want to create custom edits and remixes without access to the original studio stems.

Extract vocals for mashups, remove vocals to create instrumental versions or isolate bass and drum parts for creative rearrangements. The ability to rebalance individual elements also makes it easier to prepare alternative mixes for DJ sets and live performances.

Because processing takes place locally on your computer, there's no need to upload tracks to an online service or wait in a processing queue.

Remove Background Noise and Improve Audio Clarity

Alongside its music separation capabilities, iZotope Photon includes dedicated AI models for cleaning up unwanted noise and improving recorded audio.

Whether you're dealing with an echoey room, traffic noise, wind interference or a noisy indoor environment, Photon provides purpose-built processing models to tackle different recording conditions.

Instead of manually adjusting complicated restoration settings, simply select the model that best matches the recording, adjust the processing strength and preview the results.

Dedicated cleanup models include:

• Voice Restore: Enhances speech clarity while addressing noise, inconsistent levels, microphone tone and echo.
• Indoor (Fast): Reduces room noise and echo in indoor recordings.
• Indoor Noisy (Fast): Designed for challenging environments such as busy rooms and noisy indoor locations.
• Outdoor (Fast): Removes general background noise from outdoor recordings.
• Outdoor Traffic (Fast): Targets traffic and urban background noise.
• Outdoor Wind (Fast): Reduces wind interference in outdoor recordings.

Isolate Dialogue and Individual Speakers

For podcast producers, interview editors and video professionals, Photon offers intelligent dialogue separation tools that make difficult recordings easier to manage.

The Voice Separator model can isolate up to six individual speakers from a single recording, alongside room tone and background sound. This is particularly useful when several people have been recorded together and their voices need to be edited independently.

Photon also includes Cinema 4 Stems, which separates audio into voice, music, sound effects and other elements. This makes it easier to isolate dialogue, replace background music or rebalance sound within existing video content.

Fast, GPU-Accelerated Processing Without Cloud Uploads

Unlike online audio separation services, iZotope Photon processes your recordings directly on your computer using its GPU-accelerated machine learning engine.

Your audio remains on your machine, making Photon suitable for private recordings, unreleased music and confidential production material.

Processing can be previewed from any point in a recording, allowing you to hear the results, adjust the strength and compare different models before committing to an export.

Standalone Application and ARA2 Plugin Integration

iZotope Photon can be used as a standalone audio application or directly within a compatible digital audio workstation through its ARA2 plugin.

ARA2 integration gives Photon access to the full audio clip rather than relying on a conventional real-time processing buffer. This allows you to work with different separation and enhancement models directly within your DAW timeline.

Compatible hosts include Pro Tools, REAPER, Cubase, Sequoia and Samplitude, alongside other supported ARA2 applications.

The integrated Model Manager also makes it possible to download new and improved processing models as they become available without reinstalling the entire application.

Ideal For

• DJs and remixers: Creating acapellas, instrumentals, mashups and custom DJ edits.
• Music producers: Extracting stems, sampling drums and rebalancing finished recordings.
• Mixing engineers: Adjusting elements within stereo mixes when original multitrack files are unavailable.
• Podcasters: Improving dialogue clarity, reducing noise and separating individual speakers.
• Video editors: Cleaning up location recordings and isolating dialogue, music and effects.
• Musicians: Creating backing tracks, practising with isolated instruments and improving home recordings.

A Faster Way to Separate and Enhance Audio

Developed through a joint research effort between iZotope and Boris FX, Photon brings together intelligent stem separation, noise reduction and audio enhancement in one streamlined application.

Whether you're extracting vocals for a remix, cleaning up a podcast or recovering individual instruments from a finished track, iZotope Photon gives you powerful AI audio processing tools without unnecessary complexity.

Available from The Disc DJ Store, iZotope Photon is a versatile software solution for anyone who wants greater control over recorded audio.