OvertoneA second pair of ears, on your channel
It hears the real audio and MIDI on your track — not a description of it, not a preset — and names what's wrong and why, in plain English.
You're done producing alone.
A mentor inside Ableton that sees your whole project — every track, every device, every knob value. It hears the actual audio and MIDI on your channel, then talks you through this track — what's wrong, why, and what to try next.
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Runs locally — your audio never leaves your machine.
What you get · two surfaces, one product
The device · in Ableton Live
OVERTONEsound coach
ConnectedListen
Ready — press Listen to capture 8 bars
Drop it on a track, press Listen. It captures the real audio and MIDI on your channel — and can read your whole live set.
The companion · it hears the track, mentors you
Verdict · 20 SEQ LEAD
Strong idea — the top end is fighting the lead.
Findings 3
Pinned at 3.8 kHz · harshThe lead's presence range is spiky and fatiguing
A narrow resonant peak is doing the "loud" work — it's why the hook feels tiring rather than exciting.
Standard−3 dB bell at 3.8 kHz, Q≈3.
Pro moveParallel-saturate the lead, not the master.
WildcardReverse-reverb the hook's tail into the next bar.
Mentor
It knows your key, scale and groove, and remembers what you already tried — because it was in the room.
Ask the Mentor anything about this track…
What it does
Three ways forward. Always a Wildcard.
A mentor never hands you one fix: the Standard move, the Pro move, and a Wildcard you'd never have tried — for when the obvious answer is the reason you're bored.
It remembers the session
Key, scale and groove on demand, plus a running conversation that knows what you already tried — because it was in the room last session too.
It reads the whole project
Every track, every device in the chain, every knob value — Overtone walks your entire live set, so the mentor gets the full picture of your actual setup, not a rough sketch of it.
Pricing
Founding ratesYou're early — these rates are for the first producers in. Start free, no card required.
$0
The whole product, free — the real mentor on your real tracks. No trial timer, no card.
- Every feature unlocked — nothing held back
- Hears your real audio and MIDI
- Reads your whole project
$19/mo
For when the mentor becomes part of how you finish tracks.
- Everything in Free
- Enough coaching for a regular studio week
- First in line as we add capacity
$49/mo
For deep weeks — about as much as one producer can use.
- Everything in Hobby
- The most monthly headroom we offer
- Mentor on tap, every session
Same mentor on every plan — paid tiers just give you more room each month, never a smarter coach. Stay on Free as long as you like; upgrade only when you outgrow it. No card to start — upgrade or cancel anytime.
We can't copy what we never receive
Your audio is never uploaded — Overtone only ever sends small text summaries of what you're working on, never your audio files, never your project. There's nothing on our side to train on or copy your sound from.
In the room
why does my drop feel weaker than the build?
Your build keeps adding energy, but the drop doesn't change anything — same width, same brightness. Cut the build's reverb tail hard on the downbeat and widen the drop's lead. The contrast is the payoff, not the volume. Here are three ways in:
StandardSidechain the pad to the kick — a gentle 2 dB duck.
Pro moveParallel-saturate the lead, not the master.
WildcardReverse-reverb the hook's tail into the next bar.
Your friends say it sounds great. Tutorials say what they'd say to anyone. Overtone sits in the room, hears your track, looks at every plugin you've set — and tells you the truth: too much of this, not enough of that. You make the music — it just never leaves the chair next to you.