The slide
Every note slides into the next
Hold one key and tap another on the same row, and the note glides over like a finger sliding up a string. Hold a chord and move it, and every note slides at once.
GLIDE · Pocket synth
Put on any song. It tunes itself to match.
Hold one key and GLIDE listens through its own microphone, works out the song's key, and retunes every key under your fingers to fit. Then you just play along. No theory, no hunting for the right notes.
Rated 5.0 by players
$119.99$130.00Only 7 left in this batch
- Played and tested by hand before it ships
- No app, no account, no subscription
- Free firmware updates, forever
Listens to any songNo wrong notesEvery note slidesNo app, no subscriptionBuilt by handNo two sound alike
Try it right here
Hear the problem. Then hear it fixed.
The song below is in a key picked at random. The keys start in A minor, the way GLIDE does out of the box. Play along and some notes will fight the song. Then hit Listen, and play again.
- 1Put on a song
- 2Play along
- 3Listen, then play again
A MINOR PENT
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Start with Put on a song.
Keyboard works too: 1 to 0, q to p, a to ; are the strings, z to / is the jam row. Same letters as the real thing.
A sketch of GLIDE running in your browser. The key detection here is real and runs on the song's audio. The instrument does it with its own microphone, from whatever is playing in the room, and has ten sounds, a looper, tilt control, a built-in speaker and a headphone jack.
On the real thing
Any song. Hold one key.
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any speaker
Put something on
Your phone, a record, the radio, a friend on guitar. If you can hear it, GLIDE can.
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fn + k, hold
Let it listen
It goes quiet for a few seconds and works out the song's key, its mode and how fast it goes.
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locked
Play along
Every key now belongs to the song, and the echo falls into step with the beat. Same keys, same shapes.
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unsure?
It plays it safe
A song that could go either way gets fewer notes, not a wrong one. A quiet room changes nothing.
It hears major, minor, Dorian and Mixolydian, and the tempo
Player reports
People who never soloed, soloing.
I've been playing music for 15 odd years and soloing never once came naturally to me. I can play this thing with my eyes closed and I swear to you it still sounds good. An absolute game changer for approaching music for me.
Extremely easy to play. One of the best tools I have in my stack. Any moment I need something to fidget with, I'm picking up the synth.
Loved synths all my life, and as technology progresses I always see amazing things pop up. One of those things is GLIDE. It lets you jam hassle-free and enjoy music on the go, just like if you had a harmonica in your pocket.
And that's one feature
The party trick gets you in. The rest keeps you playing.
The looper
Loop yourself, then solo over it
One thumb button records what you play, loops it on the beat, and layers more on top. Switch sounds and the whole loop changes with you.
The tilt
Lean it to change the sound
The whole instrument is a controller. Tip it forward to morph between two sounds mid-note, side to side for vibrato. Your hands never leave the keys.
The sounds
Sounds nobody else has
Two are rolled the first time your unit powers on and exist nowhere else. One tap rolls a new one any time, from sixteen characters: pluck, bell, acid, organ, strings and more.
FAQ
What people ask about Auto Key.
Does it really work with any song?
Anything with a key and a beat. It listens for a few seconds and names the key and mode, major, minor, Dorian or Mixolydian, plus the tempo. If a song plays both sides of a note, it drops to a safer five-note scale so nothing clashes. If it can't hear anything clear, it says so and changes nothing.
I don't know any music theory. Does that matter?
Not even slightly. That's the point of it. Scale lock means every key is a note that belongs, so you can't land on a wrong one. Hold a key and tap another to slide. That's the whole technique.
Does it need an app, a phone or an account?
No. The microphone, speaker and battery are all built in. No app, no account, no WiFi, no subscription. Charge it over USB-C and play.
Can I plug in headphones?
Yes. There's a built-in speaker for playing along out loud and a 3.5 mm jack for headphones or an amp.
Who actually makes these?
One person. Every GLIDE is programmed, flashed, played and boxed by hand by its maker, Charles, in small numbered batches. He wrote the firmware too, and he answers questions himself on Discord.
Made by hand, in small batches
Put on your favourite song. Play along tonight.
A complete, tested instrument. Charge it, put a song on, hold one key.
- Keys56, four string rows
- Auto KeyHears key, mode and tempo
- Sounds10 slots + unlimited microSD
- PowerUSB-C, rechargeable
- OutputSpeaker + 3.5 mm headphone
- UpdatesFree, forever
$119.99$130.00Only 7 left in this batch
- Played and tested by hand before it ships
- No app, no account, no subscription
- Free firmware updates, forever
GLIDE$119.99 · tunes itself to any song