AudioShake

Overview

AudioShake is an audio-processing platform for separating music and finished mixes, editing lyrics, and recovering speech from noisy recordings. It suits musicians, media teams, and developers building audio products who need more than a basic vocal remover. Its broader toolset is useful, but the service is not a general-purpose speech transcription option.

Key features

AudioShake Studio can split music into vocal and instrumental stems, with further separation for drums, bass, piano, guitar, winds, strings, and other parts. It also separates finished mixes into dialogue, music, and effects. That range supports both music production and media post-production; people who only need to remove vocals may find the wider toolkit unnecessary. Studio accepts WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP3, AAC, M4A, MP4, and MOV files up to 2 GB.

The browser-based Lyric Editor transcribes lyrics, aligns them with the recording, and lets users edit and realign the words. Multi-Speaker separates overlapping voices into individually labelled tracks. Speech Recovery denoises and de-reverbs recordings to improve intelligibility. These are useful tools for particular audio workflows, but the lyric focus has a clear boundary: AudioShake does not provide general speech transcription.

Developers can use REST API processing with batch and streaming workflows and webhooks. The Local Inference SDK is offered for iOS, macOS, Android, Windows, and Linux. Organizations can deploy inference in their own cloud or run it fully offline, keeping audio within their perimeter. AudioShake says its technology is available through Chordal, OOONA, Yella Umbrella, Dubverse, and cielo24. Its site displays a SOC 2 compliance badge on the Data Services page; its privacy policy says it does not sell users’ personal information and describes security measures and access restrictions.

Pricing

The free plan costs nothing and starts with 200 credits. It allows MP3 exports, files up to 10 minutes, stem separation, and lyric editing. That is a practical way to try core workflows, but the credit allotment, shorter file cap, and MP3-only export make it less suitable for sustained or higher-quality production work.

Starter costs $20 a month, billed monthly, with yearly billing available in Studio. It includes 500 credits every month, all tools, WAV, FLAC, and MP3 exports, and files up to two hours. It is the more modest paid option for individuals who need the full toolset but can work within a smaller monthly allowance.

Pro costs $40 a month, billed monthly, with yearly billing available in Studio. Its 1,500 monthly credits come with the same tool access, export formats, and two-hour file limit as Starter. The higher allowance is the reason to choose it over Starter; the listed plan details do not add different tools or larger files.

Enterprise has custom pricing and adds SSO support, custom SLA, team workspaces, and early access to new models. It is aimed at organizations needing team-oriented access and deployment terms rather than an individual subscription.

Platforms

AudioShake is available on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, and the web, as well as through an API and self-hosted deployment. The Local Inference SDK specifically supports iOS, macOS, Android, Windows, and Linux. The mix of browser access, developer processing, and private deployment gives teams more implementation choices than a web-only service.

Who it's for

AudioShake is a strong match for musicians and producers who need multiple stems, media teams separating dialogue, music, and effects, and developers building karaoke, remix, practice, or other audio-experience apps. Its documentation also identifies AI companies and media companies as intended users. Choose another service if the main need is general speech transcription; lyric transcription is not a substitute for it.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Music stems and dialogue, music, and effects separation cover both production and post-production workflows.
• Pro: Lyric alignment, overlapping-speaker separation, and speech recovery extend the toolkit beyond music separation.
• Pro: REST API, batch and streaming workflows, webhooks, on-device SDKs, and private deployment give developers and organizations several integration paths.
• Con: It does not offer general speech transcription, so teams transcribing ordinary speech need another tool.
• Con: The free plan is limited to 200 starting credits, MP3 export, and files up to 10 minutes; longer files and broader exports require a paid plan.

Alternatives

For a free or lower-cost starting point, LALAL.AI has an always-free Starter plan with 10 minutes in a relaxed queue, a 200 MB per-file upload limit, and free result previews; full downloads are unavailable on that plan. Moises is worth considering for its free allowance of five uploads a month, files up to five minutes, and limited stem-separation options, particularly for someone who wants to try a simpler stem workflow before paying.

Pymss is a free, open-source option that runs locally. Fadr offers a free Basic plan with vocals, melodies, drums, and bass, plus MP3 downloads, MIDI detection, and a Remix Maker; it may suit users who want those capabilities in one free plan. MVSEP has an unregistered free tier with 50 daily separations and 100+ AI models, but files are capped at 10 minutes and 100 MB, with one concurrent job, low queue priority, and a captcha.

StemDeck is free forever with no account, quota, uploads, or subscription, though it allows one job at a time. Ultimate Vocal Remover is free, open source, and available for Linux, macOS, and Windows. InSplitter is a web option with a free plan that includes files up to 50 MB, standard stem quality, batch processing, and API access. Readers comparing a wider set of tools can browse Stem Separation Software or AI Voice Isolators.

Verdict

AudioShake is best for music and media professionals, and developers, who need focused separation and lyric tools alongside options for API, on-device, or private processing. Its range of workflows is the main reason to choose it; its limited free plan and lack of general speech transcription are good reasons to look elsewhere if those are the priorities.