Keep time
A count-in and a click on the song's own beat, and a quick check of your speakers' delay so the notes land where you hear them.
One app, not five.
Learning a song used to mean a tab app, a slow-downer, a stem splitter, an amp sim and a tuner, all open at once. LumaFrets is all of them, working together.
- Tab playerNotes down a 3D highway, or the tab as a page.
- Slow-downer25–100% speed, pitch kept, loops and a trainer.
- Stem splitterSolo the guitar, or take it out.
- Amp and pedalsBuilt in, or your own VST3 and AU plugins.
- Tuner and clickTune to the song, count in, keep time.
Pro
Split any song into its parts.
LumaFrets separates your recording of the song into vocals, guitar, bass, drums, piano and the rest, on your own computer. Then it's yours to mix.
Hear the guitar on its own.
Solo the guitar and every bend, slide and palm mute is right there, without the band on top. Learn what's really played, not what you think you heard.
Or take the guitar out, and you're the guitarist.
Mute the guitar and the song becomes your backing track straight away: the real drums, bass and vocals, with a gap where you come in.
Plug in. The amp's already here.
Play along through an amp and pedals in the same app as the song, so your tone and the band come out of the same headphones. No DAW, no second app.
Amps, cabs and pedals, built in.
Five amps from clean to high gain, six cabinets and eight pedals: compressor, fuzz, overdrive, distortion, EQ, chorus, delay and reverb, in a chain you can see. Presets to start from, and your sound kept with each song. Free.
Or bring your own plugins. Pro
Already have an amp sim you love? Load your VST3 plugins (and Audio Units on a Mac): amp sims, delays, reverbs, in any order, each with its own window. Pro also plays your own amp captures and cabinet impulse responses.
All your songs in one place.
Every tab you open stays in your songs, with its audio, its sync and where you left it. Search, click, and you're playing.
Rather read the tab?
Switch to it as a page, with where you are in the song marked as it plays.
Tune to the song
A tuner that knows the tab's tuning, so you're in tune with the record, drop D and all.
See how you did
Turn on Score and LumaFrets listens to you play: every note hit or missed, your streak, and the run before to beat.
- Pay onceNo subscription, no account.
- Your own tabsGuitar Pro 3–7, MusicXML and TuxGuitar.
- With the real songA YouTube video or your own audio file.
- On your computerSongs are separated locally; nothing is uploaded.
- Mac, Windows and LinuxOne app, the same everywhere.
- Keeps itself up to dateNew features as they come.
Free to play. Pro when you want it.
Free
$0
A whole practice setup: the tab, the song, the speed and the amp.
- The note highway, and the tab as a page
- Play along with YouTube or your audio file
- Sync by ear, or tap along
- 25–100% speed, loops and the speed trainer
- Built-in amps, cabinets and 8 pedals
- Tuner, count-in, click and scoring
- Exercises
Pro
$39
One payment, yours to keep.
- Everything in Free
- Split songs into vocals, guitar, bass, drums, piano and the rest
- Solo the guitar, or take it out for a backing track
- Your own VST3 and Audio Unit plugins: amp sims, delays, reverbs
- Your own amp captures and impulse responses
- Downloads what it needs by itself
Not for you? Your money back within 30 days (refunds).
- 3D note highway
- Tab as a page
- Sync by ear
- Tap to sync
- YouTube
- Your audio files
- 25–100% speed
- Pitch kept
- Loops
- Song sections
- Speed trainer
- Count-in
- Click
- Scoring
- Exercises
- Tuner
- Themes
- Plays the tab by itself
- 5 amps
- 6 cabinets
- 8 pedals
- Amp presets
- Stems
- Solo & mute parts
- VST3 & AU plugins
- Captures & IRs
Questions & answers
Where do the tabs come from?
From you: any Guitar Pro, MusicXML or TuxGuitar file you have. LumaFrets doesn't sell or download tabs.
Does it work with bass?
Yes. Pick the bass part of the tab and the highway shows its strings. A guitar or bass part written only as notes gets its frets worked out.
Can it split a YouTube video into parts?
No: parts are separated from your own audio file of the song. Play along with it (Audio file…, or drop it into the window) and open Mix.
Do I need a DAW or an amp sim?
No. The amp, cabinets and pedals are built in and free. Plug your guitar into an audio interface, choose it under IN in the amp, and wear headphones. With Pro you can play through the VST3 and Audio Unit plugins you already have instead.
Is my music uploaded anywhere?
No. Syncing by ear and separating a song into its parts both happen on your computer.
How do I use my Pro licence?
After paying you get a licence key by email. In LumaFrets, open Pro, paste the key and click Activate. What Pro needs then downloads by itself. To move Pro to another computer, deactivate it in Settings first.
Does it work offline?
Yes, apart from YouTube videos. Pro checks your licence now and then when you're online, but never stops working because you're offline.
Which Mac download do I want?
Apple menu → About This Mac: if it says Chip, Apple M1 or later, choose Apple silicon; if it says Processor, Intel. Open the download and drag LumaFrets into Applications.
Windows says it protected my PC
SmartScreen warns about apps it hasn't seen much of yet. Click "More info", then "Run anyway".
How do I run it on Linux?
Make the AppImage runnable, then open it: chmod +x LumaFrets-*.AppImage, or tick "Allow executing file as program" in its properties.
Something went wrong. How do I tell you?
In LumaFrets, open Settings, go down to "Something not working?", say what happened and click Send. It sends us the app's log so we can see what went wrong. After a crash the app offers to send it itself.
Download
Version 0.2, still early. It keeps itself up to date.
Pick up your guitar.
Mac, Windows and Linux · Free to start · Pro is a one-time $39