A fader per instrument
“No drums” and “only guitar” are one click away — but they’re just fader positions. Mute, solo, or set your own balance, live, while the song plays. Your mix is remembered per song.
Take the bass out.
Play it yourself.
AudioBased splits any song on your computer into six instruments — vocals, drums, bass, guitar, piano and the rest — and gives you a fader for each one. Rehearse against the band, at your own speed.
In development · macOS and Linux first · Works offline
Built for rehearsal, not for remixing
Slow down, same pitch
Play anywhere from 50% to 100% speed without the song changing key. Loop the hard bar with two buttons: mark A, mark B.
Metronome and count-in
The tempo is detected from the drums, and you can fine-tune it by ear. The count-in lands beat one of the song exactly on the click.
Set it and walk away
Queue a whole setlist for separation and come back to a rehearsal that’s ready. Nothing waits for you, and playback never waits for separation.
Your files stay put
AudioBased never copies your music. Open a folder, drag files in, and it’s a player right away — MP3, FLAC, WAV, AAC, Opus and more.
Native and offline
No account, no upload, no cloud. Separation runs on your machine, and the app works the same with the Wi-Fi off — which is how most rehearsal rooms are.
How it works
- Open a folder or drop songs onto the window. They play right away.
- Separate one song or the whole list. About half the song’s length on a modern laptop.
- Rehearse. Pull down your instrument and play along.
Pricing
The player is free forever. Pay once when you want more songs ready to rehearse.
Free
$0
- The full player: playlists, shuffle, repeat, .m3u
- Mixer, speed, A–B loop, metronome, count-in
- Up to 5 songs with separated instruments at a time
- One song separated at a time
Full
Soon · one-time
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited separated songs
- Separate a whole setlist in one go
- Saved setlists
- Free updates for the 1.x series
Download
AudioBased is in active development and not available yet. The first release comes to macOS and Linux, with Windows after.
macOScoming soon
Linuxcoming soon
Windowslater
FAQ
Does it need the internet?
No. Everything — playback, separation, tempo detection — runs on your computer.
How good is the separation?
AudioBased uses a state-of-the-art six-instrument model. Vocals, drums and bass come out very clean; piano and “other” depend a lot on the song. It’s made for rehearsing against, not for releasing remixes.
How much disk space does it use?
About 8 MB per minute of music for the six instruments. The original file is never copied, and you can delete a song’s instruments at any time without losing your mix.
What happens if I move or rename my files?
AudioBased recognizes a song by its content, not its name, so it finds it again. And a song that’s already separated keeps playing even if the original is gone.