An instrument by Useful Made

An instrument you
play in the air.

Wavebender turns your iPhone into a touchless theremin. Move your hands to shape pitch and volume — nothing to hold, nothing to touch.

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Made for iPhone · Version 1.0 · Plays as audio or MIDI/MPE

Wavebender — playing the touchless theremin in the air

Play music in the air.

Move your hands to control pitch and volume — no touch needed.

Shape vibrato naturally.

Raise your hand for a deeper wobble, or wiggle around the note like a real theremin.

Stay in tune while bending notes.

Scale snap keeps gestures musical, from smooth slides to dramatic sweeps.

Near-zero lag with prediction.

Wavebender predicts your hand motion, so the sound follows the instant you move.

Send it to your studio.

Use Wavebender as a virtual MIDI/MPE source for the rest of your setup.

Wavebender's playing stage: a left hand shaping volume around C4 and a right hand shaping pitch at C5, with waveform, key and scale selectors across the top. Wavebender's stage with a hand wiggling around the note A#4 to add vibrato. Wavebender's Feel controls — Reverb, Snap, Smooth, Predict and Glissando knobs, with an octave range of B2 to G6. Wavebender settings showing MIDI out, which sends MPE to connected MIDI devices.
REVERB
SNAP
SMOOTH
PREDICT
GLISSANDO

Everything in Wavebender

Built for real playing.

  • Touchless theremin

    One hand for pitch, one for volume. Play in the air with nothing to hold and nothing to touch.

  • Scales & scale snap

    Choose a key and scale; snap keeps every gesture in tune, from smooth slides to dramatic sweeps.

  • Natural vibrato

    Raise your hand for a deeper wobble, or wiggle around the note like a real theremin.

  • Near-zero latency

    Motion prediction tracks your hands so the sound follows the instant you move.

  • MIDI / MPE out

    Use Wavebender as a virtual MIDI/MPE instrument and play your synths and your studio.

  • Private by design

    Camera frames stay on your device. Only your sound presets and calibration are saved, locally.

Play music in the air.

Free your hands. Download Wavebender and start playing in a minute.

Download on the App Store

Made for iPhone · Version 1.0. Camera frames never leave your device — only your presets and calibration are saved, locally.