Taking a look back at 2022...
This year, our app and wearables were used in over 12 million music sessions to practice over 5 million hours of music. Converted into years, that's over 600 years worth of music that was made with our products! 🥰
When we started Soundbrenner a few years ago, we could only dream about bringing so much musicality to the world. Making music is a superpower, and helping so many people to obtain and refine this superpower is the opportunity of my lifetime! We can't thank you all enough.
What we shipped in 2022 for musicians
Most of the features below were suggestions made by musicians just like you. Go to suggestions.soundbrenner.com and submit your ideas and upvote what we should build next!
Here are just a couple of excerpts of what's new!
iOS
This year, we wanted to help you make it easier to build a practice habit and make each practice session more rewarding:
Practice reminders: In Settings → App settings → App notifications, you now have the option to create recurring practice reminders and set up motivational messages that hold you accountable!
Practice tracking: Keep count of how many hours you practice each week and set practice goals. Can you keep your practice streak going?
Brag with your musical accomplishments: Automatically generate a shareable image of your latest music session or your current practice streak.
Android
This year, we were finally able to rebuild our in-house Android team. This allowed us to give our Android users some well-deserved love and catch up with iOS!
Metronome library updates: Song and set list sharing! You can now even export and import cross-platform between iOS & Android devices.
Soundbrenner Learn: Master your rhythm with videos made by world-class instructors.
New color scheme and many polishes: We think details matter and this belief is finally starting to show in our Android app too. Expect many more improvements to come next year!
Both iOS & Android:
New modifier menu in metronome: Set up incremental tempo changes (accelerando!), train with muted beats and more!
New hardware
Genki Wave: We partnered with our friends from Genki to bring their Wave MIDI ring to soundbrenner.com. It allows you to add sound effects via hand gestures. It will open up a whole world of creativity. Check it out here!
2022 Core Limited Edition: We dropped a highly limited edition of our bestselling Core in space cadet blue, with special engravings and many extra goodies. Sadly it's already sold out but stay on the lookout for more to come in 2023!
Smartphone studio mic: We are all about removing friction and removing barriers to your musicality. With this new microphone we launched in 2022, you can record high-quality audio on any device, including your smartphone. It's perfect to create footage to upload on social media! Learn more about it here!
Outlook
2022 was awesome, but we will work hard to make 2023 even better. What would you like to see next? Don't forget to send us your ideas via suggestions.soundbrenner.com or email me via florian@soundbrenner.com.
Sincerely,
Florian
Founder & CEO of Soundbrenner
