About the builder
Hey, I'm Ian, the person behind SplitSound.
The hobby that turned into a headache
Being a tech guy, you wouldn't expect that I'm also a nature lover. Out on wild expeditions, I love documenting my adventures with my drone and camera.
As I was trying to edit these videos, the audio was always a pain. The drone noise was ever-present, making the videos annoying to listen to and, honestly, quite unusable.
Wanting to fix it, I tried many things.
- Manually editing in Audition (Adobe audio editing software) just made the sounds canned and hollow.
- Downloading plugins and paying for memberships.
- Every web app I tried seemed focused on instrumentals and vocals.
Separating specific sounds was impossible.
The thing that actually worked
After days and days of looking, I almost walked away from the whole problem. As a last resort, I looked at a bunch of separation AI models and some of them were promising.
So I spent real time testing, training, and comparing those models. ONE WAS FINALLY GOOD! But running it like a hobbyist was brutal.
Point is, it was too hard to use for a normal person. That's when I realized there was a real gap in the market for a simple, easy-to-use, affordable separation tool.
So… SplitSound
SplitSound is my answer to that gap: the model quality I wanted, wrapped in something you can actually use without becoming a part-time engineer. I didn't start with investments, I started annoyed, then curious, then stubborn enough to wire it all up into a real product.
So yeah, I'm the first customer. If it doesn't pass my own standards, it doesn't ship.
It's live. That doesn't mean I'm done with it. I still want the next update to feel like a real step up from what you see today.
Thanks for joining along!