How it works

It learns, it checks, and you stay in charge

CueGate studies how great records are made, tests what it finds, and puts it to work on your own Mac. Here's the journey from a good idea to your project.

  1. 1

    It learns

    From published production lessons, artist interviews, instrument manuals and measurements of finished records.

  2. 2

    It checks

    One opinion is never enough. Ideas are compared with what's already known and tested against more than one independent source.

  3. 3

    It organises

    What passes is written in our own words, sorted by genre and artist style, and kept with where it came from.

  4. 4

    It helps you

    On your Mac, with your library, your plugins and your sounds. You decide what gets used.

It keeps learning

New lessons are read every day, across the genres CueGate covers, from tech house and UK garage to hip hop and pop. Music moves quickly, so the knowledge can't stand still.

How we keep the advice honest

What it means for you

If you produce

CueGate plans alongside you and builds in your DAW with your own instruments, plugins and samples. It doesn't generate the audio, and it teaches an artist's approach as a recipe for your own version, never a copy.

If you DJ

It tidies your library, gets you ready for the gig and helps you learn from what you've played. Every change is yours to approve and can be undone.

What stays yours

Your music, your library data, your play history and your taste stay on your Mac. We don't upload them, sell them or look at them. Read the privacy page for exactly what leaves your Mac, and when.

CueGate is in private beta, so some of this is still being built and tested.

Apply for the beta