Guide Track
Build a song prototype quickly, then get to the recording and performing that matter.
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New ways to
think in sound.
Techné Media creates expressive tools that turn waves, color, geometry, and musical theory into instruments for discovery.
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Featured · macOS
HyperChord Pro
A fun and powerful tool for exploring and creating new music. Build layers of sonic richness, generate intricate patterns, and discover fresh variations without losing your musical intent.
Compose in color-coded modes, chords and scales. Create special notes within notes—supernotes.
Generate notes from waves, lines, shapes, spirals, text and more.
Record audio or share multitrack MIDI. Play along and record in key with the Jammer.
Featured · iPhone & iPad
Different Drummer
Innovative touch music software that uses the innate rhythmic power of waves to control pitch, rests, ties, dynamics, panning, and beat. A drum machine designed to surprise you.
View on the App Store $4.99
“This feature-packed gem takes you to new sonic and musical worlds very quickly.”App Store review
Featured · Pixound technology
Hear what
color sounds like.
Pixound converts color into musical information. Move through an image and discover the melody, harmony, and rhythm hidden inside what you see.
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Tools for making,
seeing, and listening.
Art Fountain
Generate intricate vector artwork ready to open and refine in your favorite editor.
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Biographer
Create and share personal stories as beautifully structured digital books.
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DNA
Dynamic, non-repeating art: an evolving visual medium built from systems and chance.
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We make software for the space between a system and a surprise.
Techné Media is an independent software studio exploring new relationships among music, mathematics, color, and form. Our tools invite serious production and playful experimentation in equal measure.