Aether Learn vs Steady

Aether Learn teaches you how sound and synthesizers actually work, one hands-on lesson at a time. No jargon, no prerequisites. Every concept comes with a real synth engine you play with your finger, so you hear the idea the moment you read it. Start from the very beginning: what sound is, how frequency becomes pitch, and why a wave's shape decides its character. Then build up through the tools real producers use every day. WHAT YOU LEARN - Sound and frequency: vibration, pitch, amplitude, and the difference between loudness you measure and loudness you hear - Waveforms and harmonics: watch a bright wave get built from pure sine waves, one at a time, until it forms a full saw - Subtractive synthesis: shape tone with a low-pass filter, resonance, and the classic filter sweep - Envelopes: attack, hold, decay, sustain, release, and delay, shaping how a note lives over time - Modulation: LFOs, vibrato, tremolo, and the rhythmic filter wobble at the heart of bass music HOW IT WORKS Each lesson has three steps. Learn the idea in plain language, watch a short demo that moves the controls for you, then play with a real, audio-reactive instrument built into the app. You see the waveform, the harmonics, the filter curve, and the envelope respond in real time as you turn the knobs. Built for curiosity. Whether you have never touched a synth or you want to finally understand the gear you already own, Aether Learn gets you from zero to making sounds you understand. Best suited for absolute beginners who want solid foundations to carry into any DAW or software synthesizer when they start producing music.

Steady is a beautifully simple metronome, practice tracker and instrument tuner in one, designed to get out of your way so you can focus on playing. METRONOME • Precise, low-latency click from 20 to 400 BPM • Drag or tap the tempo ruler to set your speed • Time signatures, subdivisions and per-beat accents • Multiple click sounds with pitch and volume control • Trainers: mute random beats to build inner timing, or ramp the tempo up automatically PRACTICE TRACKER • Log sessions per instrument with one tap • Streaks, daily goals and weekly stats • 12 levels of progress from your first steps to 10,000 hours • Practice history and a heatmap of your consistency • Reminders so you never miss a day TUNER • Fast chromatic tuner with a clean, steady needle • Alternate tunings built in: Standard, Drop D, Open G, DADGAD and more • Create, name and save your own custom tunings • The note lights up with an optional sound and haptic the moment you land in tune LIBRARY • Save tempo presets and recall them in one tap • Organize songs into setlists DESIGNED WITH CARE • Calm monochrome interface with a single accent, light and dark • Full English and Ukrainian localization • Free forever: no ads, no subscriptions, no tracking, no account Steady keeps everything on your device. Nothing is collected, nothing leaves your phone. And you can back up all your data to a file, then restore it whenever you need.