- Choose a photo. Press “Choose a photo or video” or drop a picture on the page. Pasting from the clipboard works too.
- Listen. The biggest colourful area picks the key, brightness picks the mood, every main colour becomes a chord, and the striking points of the picture play the melody, left to right like notes on a staff.
- Make it yours. Pick another genre, change the tempo and mood, or press Edit to drag the points and choose chords for each colour. A harmony check keeps it sounding good.
- Save it. Save the music (WAV), the notes (MIDI), separate instrument tracks, a “music card” image, or a short video of the photo with its music.
🔒 Everything happens in your browser tab: nothing is uploaded, no account is needed.
Questions
How do I turn a photo into music?
Open Synesthesia, press “Choose a photo or video” (or drop a photo on the page) and press Play. The app reads the photo’s colours, its most striking points and its overall look, picks a matching genre and plays a music loop made for that picture. You can change the genre, tempo and mood, or edit the points and chords.
Are my photos or videos uploaded anywhere?
No. Everything runs inside your browser tab: your photos, videos and camera picture never leave your device, and the page is technically blocked from sending them anywhere. There is no account and nothing is stored.
Which music styles are there?
Seventeen, played with real recorded instruments: Classical Piano, Cinematic, Ambient, Shoegaze, Dream Pop, Indie Rock, Hard Rock, Pop, Synthwave, House, Jazz, Lo-fi Hip-Hop, Boom Bap, Trap, Electronic, Brazilian Phonk and Folk / Acoustic. The app suggests the style that fits the picture best and shows how well each one matches.
How does it decide what the music sounds like?
With simple, explainable rules instead of a black box: the biggest colourful area picks the key (the colour wheel is laid out on the circle of fifths), brightness picks the mood, each main colour becomes a chord, and the points of interest are read left to right like notes on a staff. The “Why it sounds like this” panel explains every choice for your picture.
Can I use the music in a music app?
Yes. Save the music as a WAV file, the notes as MIDI (for GarageBand, Ableton, FL Studio or MuseScore), or each instrument group as a separate track in a ZIP.
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