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AI Music Tutor that gives real-time feedback on your playing
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SoundGate Guitar - AI Music Tutor that gives real-time feedback on your playing

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SoundGate Guitar is an AI practice companion that actually listens to you play. Get instant visual feedback on an interactive fretboard with zero-lag note detection. The built-in AI tutor analyzes your playing to provide personalized feedback, custom practice routines, and answers to any guitar question.

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Hey Product Hunt! 👋

We're the team behind SoundGate Guitar - a practice companion that actually hears you play and responds in real time.

Most guitar apps follow the same formula: watch a video, try to play along, get a pass/fail score. That's not how you learn guitar. You learn by playing, making mistakes, and getting feedback in the moment - the way a real teacher would.

So we built SoundGate to be that practice companion:

It hears every note. Play any note or chord and the interactive fretboard lights up instantly - real-time detection, not a 2-second delay. You can actually see what you're playing as you play it.

Interactive fretboard, tabs, scales, exercises - all interactive. It's not just detection. There's a full exercise library with scoring based on your actual playing. Chords, strumming, fingerpicking, scales - from beginner to advanced.

Ask it anything. Stuck on a barre chord? Wondering what scale works over a progression? The built-in AI coach gives you specific, personalized answers - not generic YouTube links.

Real native app. SwiftUI on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Plug in a USB audio interface on your Mac and it just works. No Electron, no web views.

It's 100% free. Not freemium-free. Actually free. Every feature unlocked. We're in early access - we want feedback from real guitarists, not credit card numbers.

Whether you picked up a guitar yesterday or you've been playing for 20 years, we built this for you.

Would love to hear what you think - drop any questions below! 🎸

 Love the concept! 🔥Are you planning to expand SoundGate to support other instruments in the future?

Maker

 thanks so much! Right now, we're hyper-focused on making the guitar experience as perfect as possible and gathering feedback during this early access phase. Once we nail this we definitely want to explore other instruments. Is there a specific instrument you'd love to see us support?

 Loving the concept. My biggest gripe when learning the guitar was the apps only showed my how to play but never verified if i was playing correctly. I guess it's time to pick the guitar again

Maker

 Thanks Viren! That was exactly our biggest gripe too. Watching a video is great but without that real-time verification, it's so easy to second-guess yourself. Dust off that guitar and let SoundGate do the listening this time!

 Congrats on the launch. Real-time note detection is the feature that would make this feel different from most guitar apps, especially if the fretboard reacts fast enough to use while practicing instead of after the fact.

I also like that it covers chords, strumming, fingerpicking, and scales rather than only single-note exercises. For guitar, feedback has to work across messy real playing, not just clean app-friendly drills.

Maker

 Thanks Vahid! You completely get what we're going for. Real-time means real-time - zero delays on the fretboard so you can actually adjust while you practice. And yes, handling the messy reality of chords and fingerpicking was a non-negotiable for us. Would love for you to put it to the test!

 does it work with pakistani desi music like dhol?

Maker

 we love the energy of desi music, but our AI would probably short-circuit trying to find chords on a dhol🥁 It's strictly 6-string guitars for now.

my son has tried different apps for learning Guitar. This one is different and he liked it
Hunter

Music might be the most beautiful language we have...

Time to switch from code to strings for a while 🎸!

Maker

Love that! Time to give those typing fingers a different kind of workout. Thanks for being such an awesome partner for this launch

Maker

Thanks for hunting us, Zac! As SoundGate’s CTO, I spend a lot of time teaching code to listen to strings. Maybe it’s time I played them too 🎸 Really appreciate your support  !

Congrats 👏 on taking this live... solving real-time audio detection without delay is no small feat, Rooting for you guys today, exactly the motivation I needed to dust off my guitar this weekend.

Maker

Thank you  ! 🎸 It was no small feat, but we are so proud of how the real-time detection turned out. So glad to hear we could provide that weekend motivation - enjoy playing and let us know what you think!

 Will definitely do, wishing you all the best with the launch.

Does the app support 4-string bass or ukulele, or is the engine currently tuned strictly for 6-string guitar? Congrats on the launch.. after seeking a product like SoundGate for a long time that's truly based on music, this is really great 🙌

Maker

 thank you so much, Priya! Currently, we're all-in on the 6-string guitar to make sure the real-time engine is absolutely perfect. Once we nail that bass and uke are next in line! 🚀

 That's awesome, all the best 🙌

Maker

   Thanks so much, Priya! We built the foundation with expansion in mind, and feedback like yours helps us prioritize what comes next. Which would you want us to support first: bass or ukulele? 🙌

   I'd love to see bass support first, Any plans for Android? When can we expect it..

Find it pretty useful. At some point in my life, I wanna learn to play any instrument. And if AI can teach me, this could be my option to try it. Do you also have any background in the music industry that you decided to create this?

Maker

 thanks so much! It's never too late to start, and we'd love to help you when you're ready. To answer your question, yes I've actually been playing guitar since childhood and most of our team are guitar players as well. Because we play, we knew exactly what was missing from other apps, that real-time feedback you only get from a real teacher. Let us know when you decide to pick up your first guitar! 🎸"

 I like this background story! :)

Congrats on the launch! 👏 Just dropping by to say hi as a fellow guitarist.

I’ve tried a few similar products before (e.g. Yousician), so I’m curious what makes SoundGate stand out in such a competitive space.

In particular, is your differentiation around areas like:

  • Polyphonic (multiple-note) detection?

  • Expression/technique detection (e.g. bends, vibrato, slides, palm muting)?

Those have always seemed like some of the hardest technical challenges for AI guitar coaches, so I’d love to hear what you’ve improved.

Maker

 hey! Great to connect with a fellow guitarist here. 👋 You nailed the exact hard problems! While we are incredibly proud of our zero-lag polyphonic detection (strum a chord and the fretboard lights up instantly without delay), one of our biggest differentiator from gamified apps is actually our built-in AI Tutor. Instead of just playing along to a scrolling highway and getting a score, SoundGate acts like a real teacher. You can actually converse with the AI coach, ask why a chord transition sounds muddy, and get personalized routines. As for expression detection (bends, slides, etc.), we are actively working on perfecting those models next! 🎸"

Maker

 Great question! Some of the advanced techniques and musical analysis you mentioned are still on our roadmap, so the app may feel a bit limited in those areas today. We’re shipping updates frequently, and our goal is to gradually integrate all major guitar techniques into the learning experience. Thanks for the thoughtful question! 🎸

Real-time feedback is the part that hooks me here. Most guitar apps just grade you after the fact, so catching a bum note the instant I play it feels way more like an actual teacher sitting next to me.

Maker

 spot on. We were so tired of getting to the end of a practice session only to get a generic pass/fail score after the fact. Learning actually happens by making mistakes and getting feedback right in that exact moment, just like a real teacher would give you. Enjoy having your new AI guitar teacher right there with you on the fretboard! 🎸"

Congrats on the launch!! The fact that it hears you play and responds in realtime is the cherry on top, I love how it recognises the note/chord you've just played and instantly shows on screen. I see it can also be your 'step-by-step- companion, are we talking beginner beginner? Let's say I don't know how to play guitar whatsoever - can I start today?

Maker

 Thank you, Jonathan! 🙌 100% yes - you can start from absolute zero today. Our exercise library ranges from 'never held a guitar' all the way to advanced. The best part for beginners is that if you ever get confused, you can just ask the built-in AI tutor to explain it to you, just like a real teacher sitting next to you. Let us know how your first session goes!

Maker

 Our learning path is evolving to adapt even better to every skill level with each update. 🎸

congrats on the launch! this looks like the perfect excuse for me to finally start learning guitar :)

are you planning to add support for more musical instruments?

 no more excuses :))

Maker

 no more excuses, Sipan! 😉 We'd be honored to be your first guitar teacher. Grab a guitar and let's go!

Maker

 Definitely! We have experience across many instruments and are exploring where to go next. Most likely, it’ll be an instrument that pairs well with guitar so people can jam together. 🎸

after this, I'm getting my first guitar.

congrats on the launch <3

 once you get your guitar, share your first song with SoundGate community later))

Maker

 go get that guitar and let the shredding begin! Don't hesitate to ask the AI coach for help setting it up on day one. 🚀"

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