Sonivault

In development for iPhone. Not yet on the App Store.

Learn music production by making the calls yourself.

103 lessons. 20 production skills. Train your ears, program rhythms, and make real production decisions. Get feedback that explains why.

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The Learn tab in Sonivault: a curriculum card showing 0 of 103 lessons and 0 of 20 paths complete, above learning paths grouped by skill, such as Drum Programming Foundations and Groove and Swing Foundations.
graded questions
134
listening questions with audio
30
practice drills
36
genres, in 18 families
161

How it works

Four tabs, one habit

Learn a concept, practise it, apply it in a genre, and keep an honest record of where you stand.

01 / Learn

Lessons that end in a question

Each path moves from foundations to diagnosis in five lessons. A lesson explains one idea in numbered steps, then hands you practice on exactly that idea. Lessons run from 3 to 45 minutes.

  • Paths run from Drum Programming and Harmony to EQ, Sidechain and Remix.
  • Questions you get wrong stay in Mistake Review until you answer them correctly.
  • Some lessons send you to your DAW with a short guided checklist instead.
A Sonivault lesson called Pattern Identity, with numbered explanation points about four-on-the-floor kicks and a Complete Lesson button.
A lesson from the Drum Programming path.

02 / Practice

Something worth doing today

The Practice tab suggests an exercise based on your self-ratings and what you've practised recently. If you'd rather follow a routine, a fixed seven-day rotation gives each day a focus.

  • Rotation days: reproduction, restriction, sound design, arrangement, mixing, free production and ear training.
  • A drill library to search, filter and save.
  • A built-in session timer with a checklist for each drill.
The Practice tab: a suggested drum programming exercise with a Practice this button, a Browse All Drills link, and the Weekly Rotation on day 2, Restriction, with a 20-minute timer.
Suggested practice and the weekly rotation.

03 / Genres

Five days inside one genre

Pick a genre, from Deep House to Drumfunk, and work through a five-day intensive. Each day is one focused session with a short checklist, built around that genre's tempo, sounds and reference points.

  • Day by day: rhythm, harmony and bass, sound design, arrangement, then finishing.
  • Steps link to the lesson that explains them, and bring you back to the same day.
  • Genre families run from House and Techno to Jazz, Folk and Experimental.
Day 1 of 5 of a Deep House intensive, titled Lock the Deep House groove: a 25 minute session with 1 of 5 steps completed and a Start 25-minute session button.
Day 1 of the Deep House intensive.

04 / Progress

Your rating and your results, kept apart

Once a week, rate each production skill from 1 to 10. Sonivault keeps that self-rating separate from the evidence your graded answers build up, so you can see where the two disagree.

  • Weakest skills listed first, with a weekly trend.
  • A history of graded attempts for each skill.
The Progress tab before any ratings: an average self-rating out of 10, a Score this week's skills button, and the 20 skills grouped into categories such as Rhythm, Harmony and Bass, and Mixing.
Progress before your first weekly rating.

Try one

A question from the Harmony path

A real beginner question, with the explanation Sonivault gives.

Harmony Beginner
A chord built from the notes C, E♭ and G. What quality is it?
Show the answer

Minor. C to E♭ is a minor third, and G completes the minor triad.

It works as it does in the app: Submit locks in your answer, and a wrong answer can be tried again.

Privacy

Your progress stays on your iPhone

  • No account or sign-in.
  • No network connections, and no analytics, advertising or tracking code.
  • Lessons, audio and exercises are built into the app, so it works offline.
  • Reset Progress in Settings erases your progress from the device.

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Availability

Coming to iPhone

Sonivault is in testing. It will need an iPhone running iOS 18 or later, and this page will link to the App Store on release.

Questions? Contact support