Download and install the latest version of Filestar.
Right click on one or more Shn file(s) on your desktop and select Convert with Filestar.
Type extract drums from in the search box.
Press Extract.
Or let an AI agent do it: filestarcli -i file.shn -c "extract drums from" (how).
Let your AI agent extract drums from SHN
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents can do this on your computer with Filestar. Your files stay on your machine.
Install Filestar and add it to your agents:
npm install -g filestar
filestarcli agent install
Then ask your agent:
“Use Filestar to extract drums from SHN in my Downloads folder”
Or run it yourself:
filestarcli -i file.shn -c "extract drums from"
Runs on your computer, so your files stay on it. Works on Windows, macOS and Linux. 50 free conversions with the npm install, no account needed.
Can my AI agent extract drums from SHN?
Yes. Install the Filestar CLI with npm install -g filestar and your agent can run filestarcli -i file.shn -c "extract drums from" on your computer, so your files stay on it.
The SHN file format, short for Shorten Compressed Audio File, is a type of compressed audio file developed for efficiently archiving high-quality digital audio. Shorten was one of the early lossless compression methods for audio, meaning it allows the exact original audio data to be reconstructed from the compressed data, without any loss in quality.
