Take the guitar chair
Mute the guitar and play the riffs over the real band. Solo it first to catch every bend, slide and voicing.
Origami · Coming soon for Mac
Your music, opened up.
Split your favorite songs into vocals, drums, bass, guitar and more. Mute your part and play along with the band, slow down the solo you have always wanted to learn, or take the pieces into your next remix.
Runs entirely on your Mac · No account, no uploads
Requires macOS 14+
Six layers · One song
Every song is a stack of ideas. Unfold it.
Origami peels a finished track apart into the parts that made it. Keep the groove, lose the vocal, borrow a bassline. Each layer is yours to rearrange.
- Remix starting points
Make an acapella, an instrumental or a drum-only loop in a couple of clicks.
- Practice with the band
Mute your instrument and play along with the rest of the song.
- Sample source material
Export clean layers to chop, flip and rebuild somewhere else.
DrumsLoop a break for your next beat
BassLearn the line at half speed
OtherPads, keys and textures
VocalsMuted: an instant instrumental
GuitarSolo it to find the voicing
PianoPull the chords for a flip
Play along
Your favorite songs. You in the band.
Practicing to the actual record beats any backing track. Split a song, mute your part, and play it with the musicians who made it. When a passage gets away from you, solo it, slow it down and loop it until it is yours.
Lock in with the drummer
Drop the bass out and hold down the low end yourself, with the kick and snare right there to groove against.
Sit in behind the kit
Mute the drums and play the groove under the band, or solo them to work out every fill.
Sing the lead
Pull the vocal out for a backing track in your own key, with the lyrics on screen to follow.
Find the chords
Solo the piano to hear the voicings, then mute it and play the part yourself.
Join the band
Horns, violin, ukulele: if it plays along with a record, it plays along with Origami.
Learn it slow. Play it at tempo.
Everything a practice session needs sits next to the mixer, so you can stay on your instrument instead of hunting through menus.
How practice works- Slow it down, keep the pitch
Set the speed anywhere from half speed to 150% without the song changing key, and work back up to the real tempo as it comes together.
- Loop the hard part
Drop an A/B loop around a solo, a fill or a chord change and run it as many times as it takes.
- Match your key and tuning
Shift the song up to 12 semitones either way, or set its tuning reference in Hz to match your instrument.
- Count in, keep time
Add a count-in before the loop starts and switch on the metronome to keep yourself honest.
- Hear how you sound
Record yourself over the track, then listen back next to the original.
01 / Split
Drop in a song. Get the band back.
Pick how far to unfold it: vocals and instrumental, four layers, or six with guitar and piano. Press Separate and every part lands on its own color-coded track.
02 / Play
Rebalance the whole song.
Mute the vocal for a karaoke take. Solo the drums to hear the pocket. Push the piano up, pan the guitar wide. Sketch a new arrangement before you open your DAW.
Bend time and pitch
Slow a fast run down to learn it, or shift the key to fit your voice or your next project.
Loop the moment
Set an A/B loop around the bar you want and let it repeat while you play, sing or sample.
Folded & unfolded
See your song as layers of paper.
Switch from the classic track view to a stack of sheets you can tilt and spin. Fold them together to feel the whole song, unfold them to see each part breathe. Click a sheet to mute it.
03 / Learn
Know the song before you play it.
Origami listens along with you and fills in the map: where the chorus starts, what the chords are, what the singer is saying. Less time hunting, more time playing.
Know what you are playing
Analyze a song to estimate its tempo, key, chords and sections. Edit anything you hear differently.
Follow the words
Transcribe the vocal into lyrics you can read along with, or tidy up for your own cover.
Mark your progress
Save practice sections, keep notes per song, add a count-in, and record yourself over the track.
04 / Keep
Your songs, ready when you are.
Every track you split stays in your library with its layers, settings and notes. Group songs into setlists for a gig, a lesson or a remix project.
Take the pieces with you
Export a WAV of your own mix, or copy the original stems into a folder for your DAW, DMC60 or Elastic Chop.
Chop stems with Elastic ChopComing soon
Bring your favorite songs to practice.
Origami is in development for Mac. Follow DorDSP News for the launch, or get in touch if you want to hear about it first.
- Splitting, analysis and lyrics all run on your Mac.
- No account to create and nothing to upload.
- Requires macOS 14 or newer.
Before you unfold your first song.
What does Origami do?
It splits a finished song into separate layers, called stems: vocals and instrumental, four sources (vocals, drums, bass, other), or six sources with guitar and piano too. You can then mute, solo, mix, loop and export each layer.
Does my music leave my Mac?
No. Splitting, analysis and transcription all happen on your Mac. There is no account to create and nothing is uploaded.
Can I use the stems in my DAW or sampler?
Yes. Export the original stems as WAV files into a new folder, or bounce your own mix with your levels, pan, pitch, speed and loop applied. Drop them into any DAW, or chop them in DMC60 or Elastic Chop.
Can I use it to practice guitar or another instrument?
Yes. Split the song, mute your instrument's layer and play along with the rest of the band. Solo the layer instead to hear exactly what the player did, slow it down to learn it, and loop the hard part until it sits under your fingers. It works the same for bass, drums, keys and vocals.
What files can I open?
Common audio files, and the soundtrack from video files. Drag one onto the window or press Command-O.
How accurate are the chords, key and sections?
They are estimates to get you started. Every chord, section and lyric line can be edited, so you can correct anything the analysis gets wrong.
Is six-source separation as clean as four?
Guitar and piano separation is experimental. Vocals, drums and bass are the most reliable layers.
When can I get it?
Origami is in development for Mac. Follow the News page or contact support@dordsp.com to hear when it launches.
Is there a Windows version?
Not planned yet. Origami requires macOS 14 or newer and is being tested on Apple Silicon.
