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Algoriddim's Neural Mix runs on licensed AudioShake tech

In 2020, djay's Neural Mix paired Algoriddim's real-time engine with AudioShake's separation technology, running on-device via Apple's chip.

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The audio task

A mobile DJ wants to isolate a vocal or pull the instrumental out of a track mid-set on a phone or tablet, with no laptop, no internet dependency, and no delay while the separation runs. That requires the source separation to happen on the device itself, in real time, rather than as a server round trip.

What the documents show

Algoriddim's own Neural Mix page states that its engineering team worked with AudioShake 'to embed AudioShake's award-winning source separation technology into djay Pro 5,' isolating 'beats, instruments, and vocals' from streamed and local tracks. The page places the feature on its own product timeline as '2020 Algoriddim NeuralMix,' alongside earlier analog- and digital-era entries, and it credits the on-device processing to 'the power of Apple's Bionic chip.' AudioShake's own site independently lists Algoriddim among the companies shown on its customer wall, corroborating the partnership from the other side. Algoriddim's page also states its integration delivers 'crisp vocals, perfectly separated instruments, and snappy drums,' which is the vendor's characterization of its own feature, not an independently measured benchmark, and neither document discusses how separation quality varies by genre or mix density.

Rights status

Neither document addresses rights in the track being separated. Neural Mix operates on audio already in a user's local library or an already-licensed streaming catalogue inside djay; isolating its vocal or instrumental layer for a live blend does not, according to either page, create any new right to extract, redistribute, or resell that separated audio outside the performance. This description reflects both pages as retrieved on 16 September 2026.

What to check before you use it

This is an editorial checklist. Confirm which djay tier actually ships Neural Mix and whether it needs a specific chip generation or OS version, since on-device processing depends on hardware Algoriddim names explicitly. Treat marketing language about separation quality as the vendor's claim and audition it on the specific tracks planned for a set rather than assuming even results across genres. Confirm that streamed tracks used with Neural Mix remain within whatever streaming or performance licence already covers the set, since the feature does not alter that licence.

  • Does the device meet Algoriddim's stated hardware requirement for real-time, on-device separation?
  • Is the separation quality being relied on for a specific track type actually checked beforehand, rather than assumed from marketing language?
  • Does the licence covering the streamed or local track already permit this kind of live remixing?

Neural Mix answers an on-device performance question, built on a named licensing relationship between two companies rather than an in-house model, and both companies' own materials describe a 2020 product integration, not a change in who owns or may redistribute the tracks it processes.

Sources & reading trail

Neural Mix Pro | Algoriddim ↗

Algoriddim's own page states Neural Mix embeds AudioShake's source-separation technology into djay Pro, places the feature on a 2020 timeline entry, and attributes on-device processing to Apple's chip.

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AudioShake | AI Audio Separation & Stem Creation ↗

AudioShake's own homepage lists Algoriddim among its customers, corroborating the technology-licensing partnership described on Algoriddim's page.

Source published: Not established · Retrieved: 16 September 2026

Documentation, licences and platform policies establish the note; the what-to-check reading is Music Tech Field Notes editorial analysis. This retrospective draft does not imply the site published on the event date.