Working with Custom Mixes

DailyWorship gives you the individual stems (drums, bass, vocals, other) of any track you generate. From those stems, you can build your own custom mix — emphasising the parts that matter for your room, your team, or your moment.

What stem separation gives you#

When you request stem separation on a track, the audio is split into four parts:

• Drums — full kit, including kick, snare, hats, percussion
• Bass — bass guitar / bass synth
• Vocals — lead and harmony vocals
• Other — everything else: keys, guitars, pads, strings, fx

Each stem is delivered as a high-quality WAV file. They line up perfectly — load them into any audio editor (Logic, Pro Tools, Reaper, Ableton, Audacity, GarageBand) and they play in sync.

What "custom mix" means in DailyWorship#

DailyWorship currently provides stem files that you can mix in your own tools. The platform does not include an in-app stem-level mixer — there are no faders or balance sliders in the UI. To rebalance a song, the workflow is:

1. Request stem separation on the track (Track detail → Stem separation).
2. Download the WAVs.
3. Open them in your audio editor of choice.
4. Adjust levels, EQ, effects to taste.
5. Bounce a final mix.

In-browser stem rebalancing is on our roadmap; in the meantime, this download-and-DAW path is the supported flow.

Common mix recipes#

A few practical use cases for the stems:

Instrumental track for an instrumental moment

Mute the vocals stem, leave the rest. Bounce. You now have a backing track for an instrumental reflection or a sermon underscore.

Vocal-only track for a cappella moments

Mute everything except vocals. Useful for a sound-check warm-up or a vocal rehearsal click.

Click + drum reduction

Mute the drums stem, keep bass / vocals / other. Useful when you have a live drummer playing along — they can lock to the bass without competing with the original drum performance.

Stripped-down acoustic version

Mute drums and bass, keep vocals and "other." Often produces an intimate version of a song that's effective for communion or response.

Karaoke / click track for rehearsal

Mute vocals, bounce the rest as a karaoke version for a vocalist to sing over.

Best practices#

• Use WAV, not MP3, while you're working. Stem mixing benefits from the lossless format. Bounce to MP3 only for final distribution.
• Match levels carefully. When you mute one stem and bounce the rest, the perceived loudness drops. Use a loudness meter in your DAW and target around -14 LUFS for streaming, -16 LUFS for in-room playback.
• Don't over-process. The stems are clean. Heavy compression or EQ on already-mixed stems can introduce artifacts.

Re-uploading custom mixes#

You can re-upload your custom mix as a new track in DailyWorship if you want it in your library alongside the original. Right now this is a manual flow:

1. Bounce your custom mix to MP3 or WAV.
2. Use the Upload audio option in Studio.
3. The custom mix appears as a separate track in your library.

It won't be automatically linked back to the original generated track — that linking is a feature we're tracking for a future release.

Related Articles:

• Downloading Stems
• Using Stems for Rehearsals
• Exporting for Your Team