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How to Build a Discord Bot that Splits Audio Stems with Python (2026)

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Discord has 500 million users. Most bots stream music from YouTube. This one splits it into stems — vocals, drums, bass, and instrumentals — and drops download links straight into your DMs. Here's the full walkthrough: slash command, file upload, async API job, polling loop, and a result embed that would make your server's musicians happy. What You'll Learn ✅ How to create a /split slash command with discord.py 2.x app_commands ✅ How to accept audio file uploads through Discord interactions ✅ How to call the StemSplit REST API and poll for async job completion ✅ How to DM the user individual stem download links when the job finishes ✅ How to handle file size limits, API errors, and Discord's 3-second interaction timeout ✅ A working docker-compose.yml to deploy it anywhere Prerequisites pip install "discord.py>=2.4" requests python-dotenv Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode You need three things: A Discord bot token — create a bot at discord.com/developers/applications , enable the MESSAGE CONTENT…

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