A 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.
For Ableton Live · 2026
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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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.
Simple pricing · pick a plan at launch
$0
A few full sessions a month — try it on a real track.
- The full mentor — no watered-down tier
- Hears your real audio and MIDI
- Reads your whole project
$19/mo
For a producer in the DAW most weeks.
- Everything in Free
- Room for regular, in-session coaching
- Priority as we scale up capacity
$49/mo
Effectively unlimited for a solo producer.
- Everything in Hobby
- Maximum monthly headroom
- Mentor on tap, all session long
Same mentor on every plan — higher tiers just give you more of it each month. Launch pricing; you'll pick a plan when your invite lands. No card needed to join.
We can't copy what we never receive
Your track is never uploaded — Overtone only ever sends a small summary of what you're working on, not your audio, not your project. There's nothing of yours on our side to store, train on, or copy.
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.