Stem Balance: Set the Faders Like a New Mix
See every stem of your mix as a fader against a target for its style and mood, drag it, and hear the new balance in the stem player before you touch your session.
Overview
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Stem balance (Suggested mix balance) sits under the stem player in Stem Insights, inside a mix analysis. It answers one question per stem: is this part sitting where this genre usually puts it?
What the mixer shows
- One fader per stem (vocals, drums, bass, guitar, other), placed at its loudness against the full mix: the stem LUFS minus the mix LUFS, over the whole track.
- A gold target zone of ±1.5 dB for the detected style, adjusted a little for the detected mood.
- A gold outline at the suggested position, and a chip with the move: In zone, or how many dB up or down.
Drag and listen
- Drag a fader, or use the arrow keys, and press the mixer play button: the faders set the stem player volumes right away.
- A fader moves only its own stem, with up to 6 dB of boost; the player has no separate volume sliders here.
- Every stem gets a fader as soon as the stems load, even while its level is still being measured.
- Reset faders puts every stem back where it was.
- Then move the matching bus or group in your session.
How targets work
- Each style has a starting target per stem: a lead vocal usually sits 1-3 dB under the mix, drums and bass 4-6 dB under.
- The mood adds a small offset, for example a romantic mood lifts the vocal and lowers the drums.
- Without a confident style, a neutral target is used.
- Moves come in 0.5 dB steps, up to 4 dB. Stems with too little signal get no move.
Plans
- Part of Stem Insights: Studio and above, or unlock it on a single mix with Credits. Pay as you go includes it.
- After a split in the Stems tool, the page suggests running a Mix Analysis on the full mix to get these moves.
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