demixing

Unmixing blended substances

Demixing is the separation of previously mixed substances into distinct components.

In chemistry, it describes liquids that were once miscible separating into layers.

In audio engineering, demixing extracts individual elements—vocals, drums, bass—from a combined recording: AI demixing tools can isolate the guitar track from any song.

The process reverses mixing.

audio

stems

Plant's main axes

  • vocalsSung musical parts
  • drumsStruck membrane instruments
  • bassDeep pitch or fish

instruments · isolation · extraction · tracks · source · unmixing · remastering · karaoke · acapella · multitrack

industrial

centrifugation

Spinning to separate densities

clarification · fractionation · extraction · distillation · membrane · cyclone · gravity · mechanical · continuous · batch

thermodynamic

phase

Distinct period in sequence

miscibility · critical · metastable · unstable · equilibrium · quench · coarsening · domains · fluctuation · composition

colloidal

emulsion

Blended immiscible liquids

coalescence · flocculation · aggregation · sedimentation · creaming · destabilization · droplet · interface · surfactant · stability

Opposites
process direction

demixingmixing

Combining into one mass

blending · combining · merging · intermixing · homogenizing

system state

demixinghomogenization

Making things the same

miscibility · solubilization · dispersion · uniformity · coalescence

homogeneity vs. heterogeneity (result)

demixinghomogenization

Making things the same

emulsification · dissolution · solubilization · dispersion · diffusion

Family

mix, mixed, mixture, mixer, mixing, unmixed, intermix, remix, admixture

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