Notch Music · how it works

Your favorite songs, tuned to your tinnitus

Notch Music takes a song you already love and gently removes the one thin sliver of sound that sits at the pitch of your ringing — leaving you a version of the song that's yours to keep.

Your music never leaves your device. This is the part we're proudest of. Your song isn't uploaded to us or stored on some server. All of the work happens right on your own phone or computer, in the browser you're already using. Nothing is sent anywhere — your music stays with you the whole time.

The idea, in a sentence

Tinnitus usually settles on one particular pitch. Notch Music carves that exact pitch out of a song you choose, so you can listen to music you enjoy with the ringing's frequency quietly removed. It's the same gentle approach as our free Personalized Sound tool — just applied to your own music instead of a nature sound.

How it works

  1. Pick a song you love. Choose any music file from your own device — the same way you'd attach a photo to an email. It never gets uploaded; your device simply opens it.
  2. Find your pitch. A simple slider plays a soft tone. You slide it up or down until the tone sits right on top of the sound you hear. That's your tinnitus pitch. For the most accurate match, we recommend having an audiologist measure your tinnitus pitch — you can enter that exact number here for the best results.
  3. Notch it. In a few seconds, the tool removes a narrow band at that exact pitch. The song still sounds like the song — it's just missing a sliver most people never consciously notice.
  4. Keep it. Your new, notched version saves straight to your device. Play it anywhere, copy it to your phone, come back and notch as many songs as you like.

Yours for good

Notch Music is a one-time purchase — no subscription, nothing to renew. Once it's yours, it stays yours, and the songs you create are yours to keep and enjoy for as long as you like.

A few honest notes

You'll need a song you own as a file. Music you've bought or saved works perfectly. A track that only lives inside a streaming app like Spotify or Apple Music is locked by that app, so it can't be used here.

The right pitch matters most. The whole benefit depends on matching your tinnitus pitch as closely as you can — we help you check it, and it's worth taking your time to get it right.

It works on the device you already have. Any reasonably modern phone, tablet, or laptop handles a song in seconds. No special equipment, no app to install.

It's a gentle practice, not a cure. Notched listening helps some people and not others, and we'd never promise more than that. Think of it as one calm, optional part of your day — best used alongside the care of an audiologist or doctor, never instead of it. If a sound ever feels harsh, turn it down or stop.

Curious about the science behind it — the encouraging findings and the honest uncertainty? We lay it all out plainly in our evidence review. And you can try the free Personalized Sound tool right now to feel how notched listening works before you ever spend a cent.

Prefer to do it yourself? Here’s how to notch your own music, step by step — the free manual route and the easy one.

Notch Music is an optional practice within the Tinnitus Mental Fitness Model. It is not a medical treatment, device, or cure, and this page is not medical advice. Tinnitus has many causes and responds differently from person to person — please talk with an audiologist or physician about your own tinnitus and hearing before starting any sound-based practice.