Start wherever you are in the music.

1. Bring a question, an idea, or a recording

Type the thing you are stuck on. How do I stack these backing vocals. Why does my phone recording sound closer than my treated room. What makes a pluck sound dreamy. If you have audio that would settle the question, add it. If you do not, you still get an answer, and TonaliQ tells you when it is speaking in general terms because it has not heard your track.

2. Get a first listen you can check

When you upload, TonaliQ listens to the whole recording before it says anything. The first listen names what stood out and points to the sections where it happens, so you can play those moments yourself. It protects what already works. If a rough vocal take is the main problem, it says that early and plainly instead of burying it under compliments.

It also knows its limits. A stereo bounce cannot prove which plugin you used or how your session is routed. TonaliQ separates what it hears from what it guesses, and it labels the guess.

3. Talk it through

Feedback you cannot argue with is not much use. Tell TonaliQ the distortion was on purpose. Tell it you recorded the vocal quietly because the neighbors were home. Tell it you have to finish tonight. Those facts change the advice, and TonaliQ keeps them for the rest of the session. If it mishears an instrument or a section, correct it. The correction sticks.

4. Try a change only if you want to

When a change sounds worth testing, TonaliQ gives you one move first, the steps in your DAW if you want them, and a simple way to judge the result. Listen for the words staying clear. Listen for the chorus feeling bigger without getting louder. You can also decide the song is fine as it is. Knowing when to stop is part of the work.

5. Bring back the next version

Upload a revision and compare it with the earlier one at the same moment, at a matched level. If the two files sound nearly the same, TonaliQ says so instead of inventing a winner. Your judgment settles it. The conversation stays with the track, so next week you pick up where you left off.

The free Version Compare tool does the level matched listening in your browser with no account, if you want to try that part on its own.

What runs underneath

TonaliQ is built and tuned for this one job. It listens with tools made for the work: focused listening checks on the sections and moments you ask about, evidence gathered from your track before it answers, a builder for ordered effects chains, and coaching guidance it retrieves from a production knowledge library. When steps are involved, it follows verified workflows for FL Studio, Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, and Cubase, including common plugins. A general purpose chatbot gives you an answer from general knowledge. TonaliQ gives you an answer from your recording, checked with its tools, shaped by the goal you stated.