https://wearethemusicmakers.co/latest Music tech and AI in music: the news that matters, what we think about it, and a directory of the tools. en-us Thu, 05 Nov 2026 03:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/best/best-ear-training-apps https://wearethemusicmakers.co/best/best-ear-training-apps Producers need two kinds of ear training, and almost no single tool does both. SoundGym and Quiztones train frequencies and mix moves, Syntorial trains synth sound design, and musictheory.net, teoria and ToneDear train intervals, chords and dictation. Here is what each says it trains and what it says about price. Thu, 05 Nov 2026 03:30:00 GMT We are the music makers ear-trainingmixingbuyers-guide https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/do-you-need-music-theory-to-use-a-daw https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/do-you-need-music-theory-to-use-a-daw Do you need music theory to use a DAW? No. You can make complete songs without reading notation or naming chords, and in 2026 the DAW and its AI tools fill in much of what theory used to gate. Theory is still worth learning, a little at a time, because it makes you faster and helps you explain what you want. Here is what you can skip, what to learn first, and where AI fits. Sun, 01 Nov 2026 15:30:00 GMT We are the music makers daw-101music-theorybeginnersai-dawchordsear-training