Sonari
Play music in the air with your hands and a Mac camera
The verdict
Sonari watches your hands through the Mac's camera and turns every movement into sound, with 17 ways to play that range from a theremin and a guitar to a drum pad and a mode you steer with your face. Nearly 10,000 instruments are built in, and it shows up as a MIDI input in Logic Pro or Ableton Live with no driver to install. It costs $99 once after a 14-day free trial.
Get it if
You make music on a Mac and want an expressive controller without buying hardware, or you just love playing with sound.
Skip it if
You want a toy for a few minutes of fun, because at $99 after the trial it is priced for people who will play it often.
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What it helps you do
- Play a melody by moving your hands
- Control your DAW's instruments without a keyboard
- Loop and layer parts as you perform
- Record a take and export it as MIDI
Plans and prices
Full app
$99$99 once as an in-app purchase after the 14-day free trial, no subscription
Sonari Remote
FreeFree iPhone companion that adds touch, motion, breath and a second camera view
What changed
Version 1.0.1
Fixes Quick Tour buttons that needed repeated clicks, improves trial and purchase activation and loading feedback, and prevents MIDI Monitor sidebar cropping in smaller windows.
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The details
- Runs on
- Mac
- Requires
- macOS 26.0 or later
- Version
- 1.0.1
- Size
- 26 MB
- Made by
- Shubhra Saha
- Free trial
- Try the paid version first
- Privacy
- Collects no data, per its App Store label
- No account
- Works without signing up
- Family Sharing
- 1 purchase for the family
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