UMEAN: Session Sound Decoder

A client sends you a text: "make it thump like those old Motown records, round and warm, not too busy." You know roughly what they mean. UMEAN tells you exactly, in the language of your chair. Pick what you play, paste what they sent, and UMEAN reads it back the way players and engineers talk to each other. SEVEN CHAIRS • Drums: sizes, heads, tuning, muffling, cymbals, sticks, where the notes sit • Percussion: which instruments, hand sounds, patterns, how it sits with the kit • Bass: the instrument, strings, muting, right hand, amp or DI, note length • Keys: the keyboard, the patch, drawbars, effects, voicings, register • Guitar: guitar, pickup, amp, pedals, the kind of part, doubling • Horns: the section, voicing, articulations, mutes, how tight • Strings: the forces, bowing, vibrato, voicing, close or hall FOR EVERY PHRASE THEY WROTE • What it means, in one line • Setup: the gear and…