Palmtone

Two-Handed Gesture Synth

$7.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

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No touchscreen, no cables — just your hands in the air. Two independent instruments, one for each hand, controlled entirely by camera-tracked gesture. Palmtone turns your hands into instruments — no touchscreen, no controller, just your front camera watching you play. Hold up your phone and move your hand through the air. Position controls pitch, openness shapes the tone, wrist tilt and pinch drive filters and effects — all in real time, entirely on-device. TWO HANDS, TWO INSTRUMENTS Each hand is a fully independent voice with its own sound, scale, and effects chain. Play a bassline with one hand and a lead with the other, or let a Maj7/Min7 chord on one hand automatically pull the other into a matching Lydian or Dorian scale. 16 INSTRUMENTS From analog-style subtractive and FM synths to sampled violin, cello, piano, trumpet, and harp, plus plucked strings, supersaws, drums, and jazz chord voices. PATCHES Save your favorite two-hand setups and recall them instantly. Comes with a library of ready-to-play factory patches. RECORD YOUR PERFORMANCE Capture audio, or audio + video of yourself playing, and share it straight from the app. PLAY WITH YOUR OTHER GEAR Broadcast your gestures as MIDI to any app or hardware, or load Palmtone as an Audio Unit (AUv3) instrument inside your favorite host. Works completely offline. No account, no ads, no data collection — your camera never leaves your device.

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    Information

    Provider
    Martin Adler
    Size
    134 MB
    Category
    Music
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
    Languages
    English
    Age Rating
    4+
    Copyright
    © 2026 Martin Adler
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    • Supports

    • Family Sharing

      Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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