
EchoJay
EchoJay is an AI mix feedback tool for music producers and mix engineers. It meters your track in real time with EBU R128 loudness, oversampled true peak, stereo width, and eight-band EQ curves, then sends those actual numbers to an AI that gives grounded, actionable advice for your genre, stem, and monitoring setup. It runs as a browser app and as a VST3, AU, or AAX plugin.
What is EchoJay?
EchoJay is an AI-powered mix feedback tool that combines professional-grade audio metering with a language model that reads those measurements and tells you what to do about them. The product exists to close a specific gap: general-purpose AI assistants can listen to a track and describe it, but they do not measure it. There is no LUFS reading, no true peak value, no crest factor, just impressions. EchoJay replaces impressions with hard numbers taken from your actual session, and then explains what those numbers mean for the genre you are working in.
The metering suite is the foundation. Loudness metering implements EBU R128 with K-weighted filtering and proper gating, reporting momentary, short-term, and integrated LUFS plus loudness range, using full track averages rather than snapshots. True peak detection runs at four times oversampling and sits alongside RMS, peak, crest factor, and DC offset, so headroom before a bounce is unambiguous. Stereo analysis covers real-time width, correlation, vectorscope, and mid-side balance, catching phase problems and mono compatibility issues before a listener hears them. An eight-band average spectrum is rendered as a smooth EQ curve, giving an at-a-glance view of tonal balance.
The AI layer is what makes those readings actionable. The model receives every meter value with each review and gives specific advice tailored to the selected genre, from hip-hop, drill, and trap to pop, R&B, house, rock, jazz, classical, lo-fi, afrobeat, phonk, and dozens more across thirty-plus supported genres. You can ask follow-up questions, request a plugin chain with exact settings, or go as deep as you want. Stem analysis shifts the focus depending on what you select: sibilance and presence for vocals, transient punch and low-end weight for drums, mono compatibility for bass. More than sixty channel types are supported, and channel detection flags a mismatch if the meter data does not match the selected channel type, so feedback is never wasted on the wrong signal.
Several release-oriented features extend the workflow. Reference tracks can be dropped in and analysed locally, storing LUFS, EQ curve, and stereo image so you can compare your mix against commercial releases. AI Compare puts your mixes and references side by side, including full albums of up to eight tracks, and returns a detailed breakdown covering consistency, loudness spread, and tonal balance. Revision tracking detects a V2 automatically, keeps the chat together, and reports exactly what changed. There is a personalised setup for your monitoring, room treatment, and plugin list, plus client mix notes so briefs are factored in, and an audio-reactive particle visualiser with multiple presets and colour themes.
EchoJay runs in two places. The web app processes audio in the browser with the Web Audio API, and Pro users can optionally store mixes for playback on any device. The plugin is the same engine inside your session, available as VST3, AU, or AAX on macOS and Windows, working on any channel or bus. Audio never leaves your machine in plugin mode; only meter values are sent to the AI.

EchoJay Core Features
EBU R128 loudness metering with momentary, short-term, and integrated LUFS plus loudness range
True peak detection at 4x oversampling alongside RMS, peak, crest factor, and DC offset
Stereo analysis with real-time width, correlation, vectorscope, and mid-side balance
AI mix feedback that reads every meter value and gives genre-aware, actionable advice
Stem analysis that shifts focus for vocals, drums, bass, or instruments
Reference track analysis, AI Compare for mixes, albums, and EPs, and eight-band EQ curve overlays
Personalised setup, plugin chains with exact settings, and client mix notes
VST3, AU, and AAX plugin for macOS and Windows, plus a browser app with 60+ channel types and 30+ genres
Who is EchoJay for?
EchoJay is aimed at music producers and mix engineers who work alone and want a second opinion they can trust. The founder's own story frames the audience precisely: people who never had a mentor, who finish a mix and have a nagging feeling that something is slightly off but no experienced ear in the room to confirm it. If you are self-taught, working in a home studio, and relying on reference tracks and forum threads to guess where your low end sits, EchoJay is designed for that exact situation. It suits mixing engineers who already understand LUFS and true peak and want those readings interpreted rather than just displayed. The reference comparison view, AI Compare, and album-level analysis are built for people preparing masters for release, checking loudness consistency across an EP, or verifying a mix translates before sending it to a client. Producers who work across many genres benefit from the genre-aware feedback, and anyone mixing vocals, drums, bass, or instrument groups can switch stem mode and get advice tuned to that bus. Working professionals with monitoring setups, outboard tastes, or specific plugin collections get extra value from the personalised setup, plugin chains, and client mix notes features, which let the feedback reflect the actual room and the brief rather than generic advice. Studio owners and educators may like the subscription tiers and the extra message credits. It is a poorer fit for complete beginners who do not yet know what LUFS means, since the tool explains the numbers but does not teach mixing from scratch. Nor does it replace a mastering engineer, and the about page says so directly: feedback is a guide, not gospel, and the best feedback still comes from people. Producers who want AI to write or generate music are also in the wrong place, because EchoJay analyses and advises, it does not compose.
EchoJay Use Cases
Get an expert second opinion on a mix before sending it to a client
Check LUFS and true peak headroom before bouncing a master
Compare your mix against a commercial reference track side by side
Fix low-end balance using measured band data instead of guesswork
Check mono compatibility and stereo phase before release
Verify loudness consistency across a full album or EP
Ask for a plugin chain with exact settings that only uses your own plugins
Track whether revision V2 actually improved on V1
EchoJay Pros and Cons
Pros
- Feedback is grounded in real meter values rather than a language model's impression of the audio
- Metering is professional grade, with EBU R128 gating and 4x oversampled true peak matching tools like Youlean and iZotope Insight
- Works both in the browser and as a VST3, AU, or AAX plugin, with audio never leaving your machine in plugin mode
- A generous free tier covers the full metering suite, with affordable credit packs that never expire
Cons
- AI feedback runs on a message quota, so heavy back-and-forth sessions burn through a plan quickly
- The help is analytical and advisory, so it will not teach the fundamentals of mixing to a complete beginner
- Windows plugin support is VST3 only, with no AAX and therefore no Pro Tools support yet
FAQ About EchoJay
EchoJay Pricing
Freemium: a free tier with the full metering suite and 15 AI messages per month, Pro at $9.99 per month with 200 messages, and Studio at $19.99 per month with 400 messages, with annual billing giving two months free and credit packs from $5.
Check official pricingFree
Full real-time metering suite, 15 AI messages per month, Compare Mixes view, and reference track analysis.
Pro
Everything in Free plus 200 AI messages, audio replay and storage, cross-device sync, and AI Compare with albums.
Studio
Everything in Pro plus 400 AI messages, personalised AI setup, client mix notes, and priority AI responses.
Credit packs
Add-on message credits: 100 messages for $5, 350 for $15, or 1000 for $40; credits never expire and are available on Pro and Studio.
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