# ToneDNA — Hear a tone. Play it.

> Hear a tone. Play it. (iPhone/iPad app by Hans Zanger.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tonedna/id6802801224 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Hans Zanger](https://appshunter.io/developer/1843705570)
- Category: Music, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 36 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-07
- Data updated: 2026-09-11
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tonedna/id6802801224/reviews.md

## What is ToneDNA?

Every guitarist knows the moment: a tone comes on and you have to know how it was made. ToneDNA listens to the recording and builds the answer - a complete, playable signal chain, matched to your guitar, in about a minute.

HOW IT WORKS

1. HEAR IT - Load a song, or capture audio playing on your device. Working from a full mix? ToneDNA can isolate the guitar first.

2. BUILD IT - The matcher auditions hundreds of rigs against the recording, derives a speaker cabinet from the sound itself, and fits every level to a capture of your own dry playing - so the rig is tuned to your guitar and your hands, not a generic profile.

3. PLAY IT - Plug in and play through the result live, with latency low enough to gig on.

WHAT GETS BUILT

- Amp voicings from clean American sparkle to modern high gain
- Drive, fuzz, boost and compressor pedals - stacked the way the matcher hears them on the record
- Delays with tape character, reverbs, chorus, flanger, phaser, tremolo and rotary
- A speaker cabinet derived from the recording itself
- Stereo width measured from the record's own ambience

Where a recording's rig is well documented, ToneDNA starts from the circuits the record actually used and fits every level from your playing - and the saved preset says so.

MAKE IT YOURS

Every block in the chain is open: tweak drive, swap the amp, pull a delay back, or remove what you don't need. Save the rig, tag it, and build set lists.

ON STAGE

Perform mode puts one song at a time in front of you - big type, next/previous, a tuner and a bypass, nothing to fumble. Step through your set from the screen or a MIDI controller, wired or Bluetooth.

TUNED TO YOUR GUITAR

A ten-second dry capture is all it takes, and your playing never leaves the device - the matching runs on your own hardware. Working from a full mix, the span you mark is sent up to isolate the guitar; it is held in memory only and never stored. Looking up a record's documented rig sends the song and artist, never audio.

WHAT IT COSTS

One Tone Scan builds one rig. Three are included to start, and more come in one-time packs - no subscriptions. Every rig you build is yours to keep, edit and play forever.

GOOD TO KNOW

- A USB audio interface is the way to play live through ToneDNA; the app is fully usable without one for building rigs and browsing them.
- iPhone, iPad and Mac.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 5 Tone Scans | $4.99 | one-time |
| 20 Tone Scans | $14.99 | one-time |
| 60 Tone Scans | $29.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-09-08

No release notes.

## More apps by Hans Zanger

- [The Leveler](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-leveler/id6753361726)
- [Tippet: Catch Map](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tippet-catch-map/id6793753425)

All apps by Hans Zanger: https://appshunter.io/developer/1843705570

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