Detune

Detune teaches electronic music production by ear: synth sound design and music theory through short interactive lessons and challenges on a real synthesizer. For iPhone.

and rhythms behind the tracks you love. All by ear.

Tap a key. Then change the waveform and drag the knob.

Interactive lessons and quick challenges, a few minutes at a time.

Narrated walkthroughs on a live synth. You turn the knobs and hear what changes.

Pick the brighter sound. Match a target patch. Place the notes. Hearts and streaks keep it moving.

Sound Synthesis runs in seven acts, from your first waveform to FM and hard sync, each ending with a checkpoint patch you build from scratch and keep. Music Theory covers scales, chords and rhythm, trained entirely by listening. Move between them whenever you like.

Detune runs its own wavetable engine. Two oscillators, a resonant filter, two envelopes,

Instead of watching someone else turn knobs in a YouTube video, you're actually turning them yourself and hearing exactly what changes.

I feel I've learnt more in the first few lessons than all the tutorial vids I've watched that skip things.

The barrier has always been skill. After starting with this app, I'm genuinely excited about what just five minutes a day could unlock.

Pro includes every module in every path, unlimited lessons and the full synth. Prices shown in US dollars; the App Store shows your local price.

Do I need to know music theory or how to read music? No.