AudioShake Launches Effects Separation to Unlock Post-Production Audio

Audio is one of the most powerful components of filmmaking—but also one of the hardest to work with. If the audio isn’t multi-tracked–or if there’s bleed from one track into another–then you’re often stuck. For post-production teams, that can mean lost creative opportunities, slow localization workflows, and expensive re-recordings.

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AudioShake’s new Effects Separation model changes that. AudioShake’s latest AI model can isolate all the background and environmental sounds—commonly referred to as production effects, or PFX—from a fully mixed audio track. This includes every sound that adds realism and depth to a scene: footsteps, doors closing, crowd noise, engine hums, and even atmospheric sounds like rain or wind.

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By separating these effects from dialogue and music, editors and sound teams gain full control over the layers of a mix—unlocking new creative, technical, and operational possibilities.

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What Is Effects Separation?

Effects separation is the process of isolating background sounds—such as footsteps, ambient noise, and sound effects—from dialogue and music in a mixed audio track. It gives editors and post-production teams greater control to edit, localize, or repurpose existing content that was previously inaccessible.

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How AudioShake’s Effects Separation Model Works

AudioShake’s AI analyzes a fully mixed track and intelligently identifies then isolates the effects layer—all non-dialogue, non-music sounds that provide realism, action, and texture to a scene. These include:

• Foley and ambient sounds: footsteps, clothing rustle, doors closing, objects clinking
• Environmental elements: wind, rain, traffic, crowd chatter, and room tone
• Action and performance effects: explosions, impacts, or vehicle noise
• Animal or background sounds: dogs barking, birds chirping, mechanical hums

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The result is a clean, standalone effects track that can be edited independently of dialogue and music—making it easy to replace, remix, or enhance individual layers as needed.

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Why Effects Separation Matters

In today’s fast-moving production environment, teams need to be able to adapt their content for new markets, formats, and audiences—without re-recording or starting from scratch. Effects Separation helps studios, post houses, and independent creators do just that.

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With clean dialogue, music, and effects stems, teams can easily remix, repurpose, and localize content, or make small adjustments that would otherwise require costly reshoots or manual sound reconstruction.

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What You Can Do with Effects Separation

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1. Localize content seamlessly

For teams translating content into new languages, Effects separation allows dialogue to be removed and re-dubbed while keeping the original sound design intact. It also enables the replacement of copyrighted music with region-cleared or newly licensed tracks—so creators can prepare content for international distribution quickly and compliantly.

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2. Revive and modernize archival content

Many film and media libraries contain years of fully mixed footage with no access to original stems. Effects Separation opens those archives back up—allowing editors to create editable versions with separate dialogue, music, and effects stems. This makes it easier to remaster, remix, or reformat legacy content for modern platforms.

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3. Preserve authentic on-set sound

In fast-moving or high-action scenes, it’s often impossible to capture clean dialogue and effects simultaneously. Effects Separation allows post-production teams to retain the organic, on-set sounds—like a car door slam, crowd reaction, or rustle of movement—while isolating or cleaning the dialogue layer separately.

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A Smarter Way to Work with Sound

By giving editors precise control over every layer of a mix, AudioShake’s Effects Separation bridges the gap between creativity and efficiency. It turns complex, mixed audio into editable building blocks—so production teams can localize faster, repurpose content at scale, and preserve the sound quality that audiences connect with most.

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Whether you’re refreshing a decades-old catalog or preparing a new campaign for global release, Effects Separation makes it easier than ever to get the sound just right.

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Key Takeaways

• Effects separation isolates background and Foley sounds from dialogue and music.
• Editors can rebuild, localize, or restore media content more efficiently.
• The model supports film, TV, streaming, and archival workflows.
• Effects separation is available via AudioShake Live and AudioShake API

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