Odisei Play is an innovative music learning application developed by Odisei Music, creators of electronic wind instruments like the Travel Sax. Designed to revolutionize how musicians, particularly saxophonists, learn and practice, the app transforms serious instrumental practice into an engaging, interactive experience. It blends cutting-edge technology with pedagogical principles to offer a modern alternative to traditional music instruction. Acting as a "Guitar Hero" for wind instruments, Odisei Play provides a dynamic visual interface where users play along with scrolling notes, receiving instant, AI-powered feedback. This powerful tool aims to make learning more accessible, enjoyable, and effective, leveraging both acoustic instruments via microphone and seamless integration with Odisei Music's own hardware for a superior practice experience.
Odisei Music
Lead React Native Engineer
Ongoing (Launched 2023)
React Native
Traditional music practice can often feel isolated, repetitive, and lack immediate feedback, making it challenging for students to accurately assess their progress and stay motivated. For wind instruments, specifically, achieving precise pitch and rhythm without an instructor can be particularly difficult. The core challenge was to develop a digital platform that could provide real-time, objective feedback, make practice engaging through gamification, and integrate seamlessly with both acoustic and specialized electronic instruments to offer a comprehensive and effective learning solution.
To address these challenges, we engineered Odisei Play as a cross-platform mobile and web application using React Native. The solution involved developing a sophisticated real-time audio analysis engine capable of providing instant AI-driven feedback on pitch, timing, and rhythm. A highly performant and visually rich user interface was created, leveraging React Native Skia and Reanimated for smooth animations and graphics, presenting a gamified learning experience with scrolling musical notation. Furthermore, the application was designed for deep hardware integration, optimizing performance for Odisei Music's Travel Sax 2 via Bluetooth, ensuring a zero-latency, silent practice environment. Uniwind was utilized to streamline the styling and responsive design across various devices, bringing this ambitious vision to life with a strong focus on user experience and technical robustness.
Odisei Play successfully transforms the music learning landscape by offering an unprecedented blend of serious practice and engaging gamification. Musicians now have access to a powerful digital tutor that provides instant, objective feedback, significantly accelerating their learning curve and improving accuracy in pitch and rhythm. The app's integration with the Travel Sax 2 provides a unique, silent, and latency-free practice experience, making high-quality music education more accessible and less disruptive. While specific user metrics are proprietary, the platform provides a compelling value proposition for instrument learners, enhancing motivation and practice consistency through its innovative approach.







