Launching Dialogue and Music/Effects Separation on Live
AudioShake Live now supports dialogue, music, and effects separation, giving users a reliable way to isolate spoken dialogue while preserving the original music and sound effects in a track or video. This update makes it easier to clean, localize, and repurpose content without compromising audio quality or creative intent.
For post-production, localization, and accessibility workflows, separating dialogue from complex background audio has always been a challenge. Music, ambient noise, and dialogue sound effects often overlap, making manual cleanup time-consuming and inconsistent. AudioShake’s new DME separation models address this by delivering clearer dialogue tracks with minimal bleed from music or effects.
What Is Dialogue, Music & Effects (DME) Separation?
Dialogue, music, and effects separation refers to the process of isolating spoken dialogue while retaining background music and effects as a separate stem. Unlike basic vocal extraction, DME separation is designed for professional media workflows where music preservation and sound continuity matter.
This approach is especially valuable for:
- Dubbing and localization
- Captioning and accessibility
- Broadcast compliance
- Content reuse across regions and platforms
Cleaner Dialogue with AudioShake’s New DME Models
The rollout of these new separations also marks the launch of brand new DME models across our API and web platforms. The new models bring heightened clarity to each stem and a cleaner overall separation between the sounds of foreground dialogue and background music and sound effects.
“These new models create even cleaner, more robust dialogue tracks with a near complete absence of music, crowd noise, and other sound effects.” - Cheng-i Wang, Research Engineer at AudioShake.
Whether you need to separate dialogue from music for localization or reduce background interference for captions, the improved models support consistent, high-quality results at scale.
Trusted Across Film, TV, and Localization
AudioShake’s dialogue and music separation technology has already been used in real-world projects, including dubbing Doctor Who into German. Through the AudioShake API, these capabilities are integrated into localization, captioning, and content creation workflows with partners such as cielo24, Dubverse, OOONA, Papercup, and Yella Umbrella.
“I am certain the AudioShake cleanup tool will help our users who frequently have to deal with noisy audio. We aim to provide our customers with the option to use any tool that facilitates their production work. AudioShake is the latest in the series of API integrations we are investing in to ensure the OOONA ecosystem truly has it all.” – Wayne Garb, OOONA co-founder and CEO
AudioShake continues to demonstrate its latest DME technologies across film, television, and digital content production, showcasing how dialogue, music, and effects separation supports modern post-production, localization, and accessibility workflows.
Explore dialogue, music, and effects separation in AudioShake Live or AudioShake Indie and see how cleaner dialogue fits into your production workflow.