TunePad

Pick up code. Drop the beat.

TunePad is a free online platform for creating music with the Python programming language. Our step-by-step tutorials are perfect for beginners, and our advanced production tools power music making for experienced users.

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Music production with the power of code

Playful.

Powerful.

Lay down tracks with programmable musical instruments. Get started with our library of customizable samples, and you'll be making music in no time.

Designed for learners

Music.

Maker.

TunePad was designed with learners in mind. Our step-by-step tutorials are perfect for beginners new to coding or music or both! TunePad has been used by hundreds of students in schools, camps, and clubs from middle school to college. If you're an educator, get in touch for curriculum and pointers via support@tunepad.com

Here's what others have been making with TunePad
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Pitch.

Perfect.

Performance.

DAW

Our powerful Digital Audio Workstation tools enable you to arrange, edit, and master multiple tracks with ease. Add your imagination and creativity into the mix to make your code sing.

recorder

Collaborate.

Customize.

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  • Team up with collaborative, realtime editing.
  • Remix music and code shared by the community.
  • Sample or record custom sounds.
  • Take advantage of mixing and effects.
  • Live code music without stopping the beat.
Think like a programmer

Learn powerful concepts like loops, variables, and conditionals

Reuse and re-purpose your creations

Remix any project to explore and modify its inner workings

Drop the beat

Code your own music or choose from our library of pre-coded samples

Mix loops using dynamic effects to create reusable song elements

From our community. From us.

Introducing the KM students to the similarities between coding and music using TunePad has been a great success. Seeing the overlapping of technology, music and creativity is exactly what our future artists need. Mike Horn and his team brought excellent engagement and a well designed and professionally delivered syllabus that allowed the students to advance remarkably quickly even with such a short course.

Adam Grieg

Academic Coordinator
KM Music conservatory

Tunepad is a one of a kind user friendly software to show users the concept of music and code being together. Its visual relationship through midi representation keeps the kids more engaged as it's not just the lines of codes that they are seeing but they see visual changes immediately.

Vishal Ramakrishnan

Lecturer
University of West London (London College of music), Founder MUSR

Free.

For All.

TunePad was created at Northwestern University with funding from the National Science Foundation. We are committed to keeping TunePad free and open for everyone. If you find this platform valuable, please consider donating a small amount to support development, maintenance, and server costs. Email support@tunepad.com to learn more.