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Playhead

Mac app that turns sound descriptions into effect chains

Raised to date

$1.9M

of $1.9M offered across 1 Form D filing

Investors
7
Last filed
Apr 8, 2026

About

Playhead makes music production software that turns natural-language descriptions of a sound into audio effects. Artists describe the mix they hear in their head, and Playhead builds a custom signal chain, called a Treatment, from its own DSP library of compressors, reverbs, chorus, saturation and EQ. The app is in public beta on macOS at $16 per month, with a Windows version planned.

Unlike AI music generators, Playhead does not generate audio, train models on audio, or process audio with AI. It uses language only to assemble a conventional DSP effect chain that the artist can then tweak parameter by parameter.

Funding

  • EquityFiled Apr 8, 2026Form D
    $1.9M/ $1.9M

Product

Playhead

Music production software

A macOS app that interprets a plain-language description of a desired sound and builds an adjustable, saveable audio effect chain (a Treatment) from Playhead's own DSP library.

  • Natural-language interface for describing audio effects
  • Builds signal chains (Treatments) from an in-house DSP library
  • Adjustable from macro controls down to individual DSP parameters

Built for

Musicians, producers and audio creators

People on file