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Stems & sound design / Field note · Field note · prepared 16 September 2026

AudioShake licenses separation tech, not consumer access

AudioShake's own site frames stem separation as a licensed B2B service for labels, publishers, and platforms, not a direct-to-consumer tool.

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The audio task

A label holding a catalogue recording with no surviving multitrack session wants to pitch a track for a sync placement, remix it for a reissue, or send it for dubbing into another language while keeping the original score intact. Each of those jobs needs the recording split back into instrument and vocal layers first, at a scale a single studio engineer working track by track cannot match.

What the documents show

AudioShake's own homepage presents the company as a licensor of separation technology rather than a consumer app, offering an 'Indie' platform for individual artists and labels, a 'Live' web app for teams and studios, and a REST API and SDK for developers, alongside custom data services. The homepage names use cases including mixing and mastering, localization and captioning, sync licensing, interactive audio, lyric transcription, audio analysis, and copyright compliance, and it lists Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, Disney Music Group, ESPN, BET, Warner Bros. Studios, Peermusic, and Concord Music among its clients. The FAQ page describes the same tiered structure in more operational terms: AudioShake Live for industry professionals, AudioShake Indie for independent artists and labels, and integrations embedded inside third-party sync, localization, and dubbing tools such as Chordal, OOONA, Yella Umbrella, Dubverse, and cielo24. Neither page discloses pricing, per-track turnaround, or the specific consent process behind any named catalogue example.

Rights status

Both pages describe a B2B licensing relationship, not a claim of ownership over processed recordings; AudioShake presents itself as a technology vendor that labels, publishers, and partner platforms engage directly, rather than a service any listener can send a third party's recording to. Neither page states that any specific catalogue was processed without the rightsholder's involvement, and this description does not assert that either; the named client relationships are AudioShake's own description of who it works with, not independent confirmation of individual processing agreements. This reflects the site as retrieved on 16 September 2026.

What to check before you use it

This is an editorial checklist. A label or platform considering AudioShake should confirm which access tier, Indie, Live, or API, matches its volume and whether output stems come with any further usage terms attached. Before citing a named use case from the site as precedent, confirm directly with AudioShake or the rightsholder what consent or licensing sat behind that specific job, since the marketing page does not spell that out. Confirm how delivered stems may be re-licensed downstream, since separation technology and catalogue rights are two different chains of permission.

  • Which AudioShake access tier actually matches the intended volume and use case?
  • What consent or licensing process applies to this specific catalogue, beyond what the marketing page states?
  • What usage rights, if any, attach to the delivered stems for resale, sync, or further licensing?

AudioShake's own materials describe a licensed, business-to-business separation service built around named industry clients, not a tool a member of the public can use to process someone else's catalogue; the rights question sits with whatever agreement a label or platform signs, not with the separation technology itself.

Sources & reading trail

AudioShake | AI Audio Separation & Stem Creation ↗

AudioShake's own homepage describes its Indie, Live, API, and data-services tiers, its named use cases, and its client list, framing the business as B2B licensing.

Source published: Not established · Retrieved: 16 September 2026

FAQ | AudioShake ↗

AudioShake's FAQ page details how its Live, Indie, and embedded-partner access tiers operate and names the third-party sync, localization, and dubbing platforms it integrates with.

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.