SYNTHSENSE
hear what you see.
Point your camera at the world and it plays. SynthSense turns the live image — its colors, light, texture and motion — into continuously evolving generative music. Digital synesthesia, in your pocket.
THE IMAGE IS THE SCORE
Not a soundboard — one living, continuously morphing piece. Everything is constrained to musical scales, a look-ahead clock and smoothed parameters, so it always sounds intentional, never random. The scene changes, the music breathes with it.
SEE IT IN ACTION
Real footage — every sound is generated live from the camera. Tap a side clip to bring it forward, or unmute the center one.
HOW IT WORKS
Color → key
The scene's dominant hue sets the root note, scale and the active instrument. 20 color-driven styles, switching as you move.
Light → mood
Brightness and warm/cool balance choose the musical mode and register — bright airy scenes lift, dark cool ones deepen.
Texture → plucks
Fine detail and busyness turn long ambient pads into articulate plucks and arpeggios. Calm stays calm.
Motion → rhythm
Movement drives drums and intensity — and when the scene has a steady beat, the music locks its tempo to it.
Depth & focus
On supported cameras, depth shapes the sense of space, and the subject your camera finds becomes the lead voice.
Real instruments
A multi-engine synth — morphing, FM and plucked-string voices — plus sampled instruments, all responding to the scene.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Everything happens on your device, in real time. No network, no cloud, no analytics. Your camera feed is never recorded, stored, or sent anywhere — it's analyzed on the fly and thrown away. Nothing ever leaves your device.
GET SYNTHSENSE
Launching soon on iPhone. Tap anywhere to pause; long-press for the live info panel. Just point it at something colorful and listen.