The car test,
now with faders.

AB:X is a stem mixer and mix comparison tool for iPhone. Coming soon.

AB:X lead-vocal EQ
Four bands on every stem

Adjust levels and EQ while listening on whatever system you want.

Levels and EQ are 90% of mixing. Bring stems to your phone, make changes through your car speakers, a Bluetooth speaker or headphones, then return to your DAW with audio and mix notes.

Bounce your stems.

Bounce every stem from the same start point, get the folder onto your iPhone and open it in AB:X.

Stems / WAVSame start ↓
191725
01 Kick
02 Snaps
03 Claps
04 Percussion
05 Bass
06 Keys
07 Organ
08 FX
09 Ld Voc
10 Harm Voc
11 BGV
12 Voc FX
↳01 Kick.wav
02 Snaps.wav
03 Claps.wav+ the remaining stems

Make the changes.

Change levels and EQ while it plays. Hit Compare to hear the original stems or a saved Version.

The Keys stem opens from the Mixer. A bell EQ band cuts the midrange, then its frequency and Q are adjusted. The muted demonstration repeats from the Mixer.

Take it back to your DAW.

Export the mix or the processed stems, plus notes on what you changed. Drop the audio into your session, or redo the moves by hand from the notes.

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Mix.wavExported audio
WAV
AB:XMix notes

Two stems changed.

Adjustments from Source

01 Kick
Volume +2.6 dB
09 Ld Voc
Band 3 · Bell
2.8 kHz −4.0 dB
Only changed stems are listed.

Mix up to 64 stems.

Bring in up to 64 stems from your DAW. Faders run −40 to +20 dB. Solo or mute anything to hear what it’s adding.

Group stems to move their level and EQ together. Each one keeps its own settings too.

The AB:X stem mixer playing a 12-stem song, every stem on screen: names, level meters, SOLO and MUTE, with the transport below.

Move your stems
in Lattice.

Lattice puts every stem on one map, low to high across and quiet to loud going up. It moves the same faders and EQ as the Mixer.

AB:X finds where each sound’s energy sits. Tilt EQ pivots there to trade lows for highs, and Bell EQ boosts or cuts around it. So low and high always mean low and high for that sound.

The AB:X Lattice, with Ld Voc selected on the frequency and loudness map.
Arrows added.

Up and down changes volume.

It’s the stem’s fader. Drag up to turn it up, down to turn it down.

Sideways adjusts Tilt EQ.

Drag right for more highs and less lows, left for the opposite. The map shows how far it can go.

Drag the selected stem’s tab up or down to boost or cut a Bell EQ at that same spot. Tilt and Bell take two of the stem’s four EQ bands.

Read about Lattice

Four EQ bands
on every stem.

Drag a band on the graph, over the stem’s own spectrum.

Groups get a four-band EQ of their own, on top of each stem’s.

AB:X lead-vocal EQ: four bands on the graph over the stem’s spectrum, with band three selected at 2.8 kHz and −4.0 dB.
The lead vocal’s name, level meter, SOLO and MUTE.

Stem controls

The stem’s name, meter, solo and mute stay above the EQ.

The stem’s BYPASS and RESET keys, its makeup and its level.

Bypass

Tap BYPASS to switch the stem’s EQ and level off. Hold it to switch them off just while you hold.

An EQ node cutting the lead vocal around 2.8 kHz, over the stem’s spectrum.

EQ graph

Drag a band on the graph. Here, a 4 dB cut at 2.8 kHz.

Band three: bell filter, Q dial, 2.8 kHz, −4.0 dB.

Band settings

The filter type, Q, frequency and gain are right under the graph.

Filter types
Every band can be a bell, a shelf or a tilt. The outer two can also cut, and the middle two can be a band pass.
Master EQ
It can pull your mix 30, 60 or 100% of the way to a reference’s tonal balance. There’s a limiter after it. Master EQ in the manual

Compare with a saved mix
or a reference.

Compare flips between your mix and either the original stems (Source) or a saved Version. REF plays a reference track.

A Version saves the stems, EQ, levels and groups. Compare against one, or load it and keep going from there.

Your mix playing, with MIX in the transport.

Your mix, shown as MIX

Keep listening with your phone locked.

AB:X keeps playing with your iPhone locked, just like a normal music player. Compare from the lock screen, your AirPods or your car’s compatible steering-wheel media buttons.

Previous
Toggle your selected reference on or off.
Next
Flip between your mix and the comparison mix. If a reference is playing, return to the mix you were hearing.

Export audio
and mix notes.

Bounce the whole mix or just the loop as 24-bit WAV or AAC. Add a PDF with every stem and group setting, the EQ curves and a history of what you changed.

Leave a note while it plays and AB:X pins it to that spot in the song. The notes go in the PDF, so you can find the spot later in your DAW.

Mix Notes.pdf
Page 1 of an example AB:X PDF: the wordmark, Mix notes heading, full-mix export range 0:00 to 3:00, Vocal fader +1.0 dB, and recorded source history.
Page 1 of 3 Open example PDF
Example pages from AB:X’s PDF export

Get AB:X when it launches.

Coming to iPhone in December 2026. Free to download.

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