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DJ with stems on an iPad

The vocal from one record, the drums from another, the bass from your own 303 — live, in time, nothing uploaded.

1. Load two tracks

Open DJ mode. On each deck, LIBRARY → LOAD a track you own (Files, Dropbox, Beatport, SoundCloud). Sonyk detects the tempo and builds a beat grid; if a downbeat is off, EDIT → GRID and nudge it by ear.

2. Split them

Press SPLIT under each deck (Studio activates split-on-load). Four pads appear — DRUMS, BASS, VOCALS, OTHER — and go live around the playhead within seconds. Everything runs on the device.

3. Build the mashup

  1. Deck A: kill BASS and OTHER, keep VOCALS and DRUMS.
  2. Deck B: kill VOCALS. Start it — it lands on deck A’s 1.
  3. Ride the crossfader; the vocal sits on the new groove because both grids are true.

4. Add your own bass

Deck A can also be a pattern: add an Acid track, roll a bassline, and it plays on the same clock as the records. Keylock keeps the record in tune when you pitch it.

All four pads up is the original record, bit for bit — so you can bail out at any time.

Open Sonyk and try it Get it on the App Store

Questions

How long does separation take?

The pads at the playhead are usable within about two seconds; a full track finishes several times faster than real time on a recent iPad.