AI Music Identification, Real-Time Removal, and Automated Cue Sheets

Automatically detect and remove copyrighted music before it ever goes to air. AudioShake's Music Clearance System can identify music, remove it from live or post-production content,a and automatically generate cue sheest in one pipeline. AudioShake helps eliminate the risk of fines, takedowns, and muted streams by removing infringing music—while preserving original dialogue and background sound effects.

If you're looking for clean voice isolation, we also have our dedicated Dialogue Isolation model.

Film Credits: Jaywalker Music

What is AudioShake’s Music Clearance System?

The AudioShake Music Clearance System is an end-to-end AI copyright compliance pipeline that detects music in any media file, identifies what’s licensed, removes copyrighted music from finished recordings when needed, and generates the cue sheet documentation that rights administration and PRO reporting workflows depend on.

FAST channels, streaming archives, and social distribution have expontentially expanded content and reach, and where it needs to be cleared, making copyright compliance a major drag on monetization. Manual workflows don’t hold up across thousands of hours of catalog, and they can’t run on a live feed at all.

Music detection & identification

Automated cue sheet generation

Identify, remove, and document music in one go

AudioShake Music Clearance System can remove copyright from music in finished recordings, strip it from live broadcasts before it ever goes to air, and produce the documentation rights administration requires.

LICENSING

Detection & Identification

Isolate the music in any media file, identify what’s there, and when it is present in a piece of content. The system returns artist, song title, album, label, release date, and ISRC for each music segment. Teams review the results and adjust as needed before exporting or removing anything.

RIGHTS

Cue Sheet Generation

Detects music usage in finished content and generates structured cue sheets. Reduces manual reporting work for broadcast compliance and music licensing workflows.

Sample output

Musical Composition	Performer(s)	Time In / Time Out	Record Labels	Confidence
Streamline Intro	kashc	00:00:00/00:00:10 (00:00:10)	kashc/	0.996
Wingsuits	Marcus Rivers	00:00:10/00:01:30 (00:01:20)	Streamline Studios, LLC/	0.996
Close Friends Anthem	Riley Chen	00:01:50/00:02:40 (00:00:50)	Wavelength Records/	0.996
Huck Calls	Marcus Rivers	00:05:10/00:05:50 (00:00:40)	Streamline Studios, LLC/	0.996

Commercial Music Removal

Live broadcast capable

Strip copyrighted music from live broadcasts, sports feeds, and streams before content goes to air, in real time, on-device via the SDK. Or remove it in batch via the API across finished audio and video for catalog and post-production work. The same separation models run in both modes. Dialogue, effects, and ambient sound stay intact.

Film Credits: Jaywalker Music

Commercial Music Removal

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Where teams use our Music Clearance System

FILM and TV Catalogs

Bringing legacy catalogs back into distribution

Archival series with expired or limited music rights can’t reach new distribution windows without expensive re-licensing. The system identifies and removes original music while preserving dialogue, laughter, and sound effects, so new cues can be composed and integrated without rebuilding the original mix.

HOW JAYWALKER FILMS REPLACED 200+ EXPIRED TRACKS ON LEGACY TV CATALOGS →

SPORTS BROADCAST & ARCHIVES

When stadium music ends up in your broadcast

Stadium music, walk-up tracks, and PA bleed enter live broadcasts as copyrighted material, and expired licenses lock archival content out of redistribution. AudioShake removes copyrighted music from live feeds and highlights, preserves commentary and crowd energy, and accelerates turnaround across television, streaming, and social.

HOW ESPN USES audioshake across live, archival, and digital content →

SOCIAL, ugc, and creator content

Content containing copyrighted music gets blocked, demonetized, or taken down. The system identifies the music, removes it where needed, and generates the cue sheet, producing localized, sponsor-ready, or copyright-compliant versions without losing the energy that defines the content.

CRUNCHLABS & mark rober expand youtube content to new languages →

localization

When licensed music can’t travel across territories

The system isolates and removes the music stem so localization teams can replace the score for territory-specific releases. Combined with cue sheet generation, replacement workflows stay documented end to end.

right admin & pro reporting

When cue sheets don't match what's in the content

Cue sheets are how PROs know which compositions to pay royalties on and how broadcasters prove compliance. Generating cue sheets automatically alongside detection and removal, rather than reconstructing them by hand, reduces the errors that delay royalty payments and create disputes between rights holders, distributors, and PROs.

How to use Music Clearance

Upload audio to AudioShake

Upload your full video or audio to AudioShake Live or directly integrate AudioShake's SDK for music clearance in live broadacst settings.

Run audio through Music Clearance

AudioShake identifies copyrighted music with full metadata, removes it from the mix where needed, and generates the cue sheet automatically. All in the same workflow.

Export cleared audio and cue sheet

Output is broadcast-ready audio plus a PRO-ready cue sheet, prepared for catalog distribution, FAST channel licensing, broadcast delivery, or royalty reporting.

WEB PLATFORM

Upload and process recordings directly

AudioShake Live is an intuitive, drag-and-drop web platform designed for companies, film studios, and media production teams to create high-quality stems on demand.

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API AND SDK

Integrate Music Clearence into your workflow

Connect Music Clearance to your pipeline via the AudioShake API. AudioShake's SDK supports real-time processing for live environments (iOS/macOS, Windows, Android, and Linux).

DEVELOPER DOCS

FAQ

How does music removal help with DMCA compliance and copyright protection?

Music captured incidentally in live events, venue footage, sports clips, and social content routinely triggers copyright claims, muted audio, and distribution blocks. AudioShake's system identifies the music present — including song identity and rights holder metadata — and removes it before or during distribution, allowing teams to publish or redistribute content without infringing on music rights they don't hold. This supports DMCA compliance workflows for broadcasters, sports leagues, and creator platforms at scale.

Can the SDK remove music from live broadcasts without affecting dialogue or crowd noise?

Yes. AudioShake's separation model isolates music as a discrete audio element, leaving dialogue, crowd noise, commentary, and ambient sound intact in the output. This makes it well-suited for live sports broadcasts, events, and streaming workflows where crowd atmosphere and commentary are part of the content's value.

How does AudioShake detect and remove copyrighted music in real time?

AudioShake's music detection model scans audio or video content, identifies where music is present, and returns song-level metadata including track title, artist, and rights holder information. The music removal model then separates and eliminates the detected music from the audio, producing a clean output with all other elements — dialogue, ambient sound, and effects — fully preserved. The two models work together as AudioShake's Copyright Compliance system and are available via SDK for real-time and on-device workflows.

Can AudioShake remove commercial music for licensing and copyright compliance?

AudioShake's Commercial Music Removal model detects and strips licensed or copyrighted music from finished recordings before distribution — preventing copyright claims, platform takedowns, and licensing disputes. It processes fully mixed audio and video files without requiring original session material.