on your mac
the model lives next to logic.
stems runs stable audio 3 medium — stability ai’s open model, in its fast
8-step form — on your mac, through a small background brain. the plug-in asks; the brain
writes. no queue, no upload, no connection needed once it’s set up.
~7 gb
the model, once. your free stems account fetches it — or stems loop’s copy is reused.
~5 s
an 8-bar part on an m3 pro. one that follows your track, about 7.
0
bytes of your playing off the mac. generation never leaves it.
m1+
apple silicon on macos 14 or newer, with ~8 gb of disk free.