MIXING
AI Mixing
AI MIXING works on the tracks and buses: gain staging, balance, a chain for every voice by its part, beat and vocal bus, depth and FX. The master stays untouched.
AI Engineer · Built into the DAW
AI Mixing. AI Mastering. Mixing + Mastering.
The AI Engineer is part of the DAW. You choose AI Mix, AI Master or Mix + Master; it measures your tracks once, decides the whole job from that, applies it in fourteen steps and checks the result - in about a minute. Then you shape it.
Version 3.27.4 · Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit · macOS 11 or newer
The desktop version with additional features - download with your Engineer Factory access.
Included in every Engineer Factory access, in your browser and in the desktop DAW
Three modes
Choose what the AI Engineer works on
The same in all three: one measurement, a plan for the whole job, fourteen steps, a check - and a result you can shape.
MASTERING
AI Mastering
AI MASTERING works on the master alone: EQ, resonance control, dynamics, width, a breath of depth and the true-peak limiter - to the loudness target of the genre.
MIXING + MASTERING
Mixing + Mastering
MIXING + MASTERING does both in one run: the mix first, checked and corrected, then the master. About a minute for a song.
How it works
Measure once, decide, apply, check - and you shape the result
Choose an action
AI Mix, AI Master or Mix + Master - or a short instruction in English or German.
It measures
Every track, every bus and the master are rendered once and measured: level, spectrum, resonances, dynamics, stereo, how the level moves over the song.
It decides the whole job
Gain staging, balance, the chains, the buses, depth, FX and the master come from that one measurement - like an engineer, not a plug-in manager.
Fourteen steps
You watch the steps go by. Afterwards a short list per track and bus says what was done; the settings sit behind “Details”.
Shape the result
Soft, Moderate or Aggressive and a blend between them, quick controls for mix and master, the loudness target, A/B against the original. Undo for every step or the whole run.
As simple as it can be
A short list of what was done
Below the progress there is only what matters: per track and bus, the gain staging, the plug-ins and the sends - each plug-in opens with a click, its settings behind “Details”. No diagnosis cards, no percentages, no wall of numbers.
- Gain rides on the voices before the compressor, so the compressor only does the last few dB
- The voices sit in or slightly above the beat, by the window of the genre - measured again after the chains
- Doubles and backings are treated differently from the lead: less compression, more width, room for the lead
- Depth in layers: the lead in front, the hook a step back, backings wider and further back, a breath of the same room on the beat
Quality first
Shape the result without another run
Every setting the AI Engineer makes is planned at three intensities at once. That is what lets you blend between Soft, Moderate and Aggressive and move whole groups of settings with one quick control - and every move writes into the plug-ins, faders and sends themselves. Audio and picture never drift apart.
- Mix: EQ strength and shift, stereo image, compression, depth, air, delay, reverb, vocal presence, vocal width, vocal compression, beat / vocal balance
- Master: EQ, stereo image, compression, depth, air, saturation, tape, resonance control
- Maximizer: -7, -9, -11 or -14 LUFS, true peak on or off with a ceiling from -0.1 to -3 dBTP
- Original, AI Mix and AI Master are kept as versions - switch between them at any time
- The same song gets the same decisions on a second run
Mix Radar · Versions · History
See where it is stuck - and what you changed
Mix Radar measures your real mix and shows, live, the problems in it, each with a fix that suits it. Next to it you keep states of your mix, compare them and bring them back.
- Low end, masking, vocal clarity, dynamics, stereo image, headroom, clipping and resonances
- A fix for every problem, applied straight away
- Save and name mix versions, compare them in A/B and restore them
- “What changed” between two states, track by track
CopyFX · Vocal reference matching
Match your vocal to a reference
Found a vocal sound you love? Import the song or the vocal stem. CopyFX analyses the reference vocal, compares it with yours and builds a plug-in chain that brings your vocal closer to it.
Import a reference
A vocal stem or a full mix. From a full mix, the vocal is isolated automatically - with a confidence rating, so you know how reliable the result is.
See what shapes the sound
Tone, compression, de-essing, saturation, reverb, delay, stereo width and the vocal's place in the mix - all shown as clear estimates.
Get a matching chain
CopyFX shows the match in percent and builds a chain with your own plug-ins where they fit, otherwise with the built-in ones - and tells you which.
Dial it in
The strength slider sets how far to go. Preview with A/B, apply it as one step you can undo, then analyse again.
- A feature-vocal mode that matches a feature vocal to your lead
- Everything is saved with your project
The most precise results come from a vocal stem. From a full mix, reverb and stereo width in particular are harder to estimate.
AI Beat Creator
A beat from style, tempo, key and mood - or one part at a time
Choose Trap, Drill, Boom Bap, R&B, House, Afro, Lo-Fi and more, set tempo, key, mood, energy and complexity, and press Inspire Me: the Beat Creator writes a whole beat whose parts belong together - the 808 against the kick, the hats in the style's feel, chords and melody in one progression. Or generate one part with four suggestions, play them, use one. Edit every step and note, hear it through the DAW's own instruments, and create it as tracks with one click - and one undo.
- Twelve styles with real differences: tempo range, hat division, rolls, swing, cast of parts
- Inspire Me for a whole beat, Generate for four suggestions per part, Variation and Regenerate per part
- Step grid with velocity and rolls for drums, a piano roll that stays in key for melodic parts
- Your own samples: + Add to Library measures category, one-shot or loop, tempo, key and character
- Create in DAW: a Beat folder with one track per part, its sampler or synth and its MIDI clip - tempo and key set for an empty project
Examples
What you can type into the instruction field
Besides the four actions, the AI Engineer understands short instructions in English and German.
- Make the vocal warmer
- Why is the mix muddy?
- Fix the masking between the bass and the kick
- Build me a vocal chain
- Make the master louder without destroying the dynamics
- Give the drums more punch
Reference track
Compare your mix with a reference
Load a reference track and switch between it and your mix at matched level - so you compare the sound, not the volume. Several reference songs form one shared target.
- A/B comparison at matched level
- AI mastering with the reference as its sound target: loudness, tonal balance, dynamics and stereo image
Plug-in control
Works with the plug-ins you use
The AI Engineer adjusts built-in and third-party plug-ins - and is open about its limits:
Built-in plug-ins are set precisely.
Selected third-party VST3s are controlled directly through their own parameters.
All other VST3s are handled in a general way. If the AI Engineer cannot control a plug-in, it tells you.
- It uses the plug-ins already on the track and adds built-in ones where needed.
- A new plug-in lands at the place in the chain where it belongs.
- It recognises lead, feature, double, harmony, ad-lib and backing vocals by the track name.
Command bar: Ctrl+K
Press Ctrl+K to reach any command. Keyboard shortcuts cover the whole application.
The whole chain in view
It knows your chain before it changes it
The AI Engineer sees each track's complete plug-in chain: the order, the settings, bypass, side-chains and which plug-ins are missing.
- Prefers adjusting an existing plug-in over adding a new one
- Can reorder plug-ins and set up side-chains
- Nothing is added by habit - what the measurement does not ask for is left out
- Lists every change: track, plug-in, position, parameter, old and new value
- Undo per step or for the whole session
| Track | Plug-in | # | Parameter | Old | New |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Vocal | EF Equalizer | 1 | Band 4 Frequency | 800 Hz | 3.60 kHz |
| Lead Vocal | EF Equalizer | 1 | Band 4 Gain | 0.0 dB | +2.6 dB |
You stay in control
What it never does
No hidden changes
Every change is in the change history, and the processing map shows where it worked. Mix Memory only offers - it never applies anything by itself.
Only the DAW's own functions
The AI Engineer works through the DAW's built-in functions and never runs arbitrary code.
Your audio stays with you
The analysis runs locally: in the desktop DAW on your computer, in the browser inside your browser. Nothing is uploaded for the analysis; only what you save to your cloud goes there. The desktop DAW's speech recognition runs entirely on your computer.
Completely optional
The DAW works fully without the AI Engineer.
Engineer Factory · Access
Included in every access
AI Mixing, AI Mastering and Mixing + Mastering are not an extra tier or an add-on: they are part of the DAW and included in every access, monthly, yearly and Lifetime alike, in your browser as in the desktop DAW.