u/Lorenzo_Auralise

Been thinking a lot lately about how most streaming platforms treat musicians as an afterthought when it comes to monetisation. You upload your work, it gets streamed millions of times, and you end up with a cheque that wouldn't cover a coffee.

I've been building an audio app called VoluMe that takes a different approach — it passively learns how each listener hears based on their natural volume habits, then adjusts the sound to suit them. No hearing test, no setup. The idea came from noticing how differently people actually experience audio, even on the same track.

For the monetisation side, I wanted musicians to actually benefit when someone values their work enough to download it. So VoluMe offers 10% royalties per paid download for any original tracks uploaded to the platform. It's not going to replace your Bandcamp income overnight, but it's a straightforward deal with no hidden conditions — free to upload, you earn when someone pays.

There's a free 30-day trial running right now if anyone wants to check how it sounds on their own tracks (no card needed — auralise.net). The tech is patent pending through the UK IPO, which took a while to get right.

I'm genuinely curious what the people here think about download-based royalties versus streaming payouts. Do you find your listeners are still willing to pay for downloads, or has that expectation mostly gone? And is 10% per paid download a model that would actually interest you, or does the download format feel outdated at this point?

Would love honest feedback, including if the whole concept sounds off to you.

Hi r/IMadeThis — I'm Lorenzo, founder of Auralise.net, and I wanted to share the first thing we've shipped.

It's called VoluMe. It's an audio player that adapts to how you specifically hear — not how an average listener hears, not how the engineer who mixed the track hears, but you.

The idea came from something that had bothered me for a long time: everyone's hearing is a little different, but every music app plays everything the same way for everyone. For some people, that means constantly feeling like something's just slightly off — like the music is a bit muffled, or certain sounds get lost — without really knowing why.

VoluMe works this out in the background as you listen. No tests to sit through. No manual setup. You open it, play something you love, and it starts adapting.

There's a free 30-day trial with no credit card required — you can try it at auralise.net

I'd genuinely love to know: after using it for a few times, did you actually notice a difference — and if not, do you think that's a problem with the product or with how I'm explaining what it does? Honest answers are more useful to me than nice ones.

Happy to answer any questions about how it works or why I built it this way.

Hi r/IMadeThis — I'm Lorenzo, founder of Auralise.net, and I wanted to share the first thing we've shipped.

It's called VoluMe. It's an audio player that adapts to how you specifically hear — not how an average listener hears, not how the engineer who mixed the track hears, but you.

The idea came from something that had bothered me for a long time: everyone's hearing is a little different, but every music app plays everything the same way for everyone. For some people, that means constantly feeling like something's just slightly off — like the music is a bit muffled, or certain sounds get lost — without really knowing why.

VoluMe works this out in the background as you listen. No tests to sit through. No manual setup. You open it, play something you love, and it starts adapting.

There's a free 30-day trial with no credit card required — you can try it at auralise.net

I'd genuinely love to know: after using it for a few times, did you actually notice a difference — and if not, do you think that's a problem with the product or with how I'm explaining what it does? Honest answers are more useful to me than nice ones.

Happy to answer any questions about how it works or why I built it this way.

Been thinking a lot lately about how most streaming platforms treat musicians as an afterthought when it comes to monetisation. You upload your work, it gets streamed millions of times, and you end up with a cheque that wouldn't cover a coffee.

I've been building an audio app called VoluMe that takes a different approach — it passively learns how each listener hears based on their natural volume habits, then adjusts the sound to suit them. No hearing test, no setup. The idea came from noticing how differently people actually experience audio, even on the same track.

For the monetisation side, I wanted musicians to actually benefit when someone values their work enough to download it. So VoluMe offers 10% royalties per paid download for any original tracks uploaded to the platform. It's not going to replace your Bandcamp income overnight, but it's a straightforward deal with no hidden conditions — free to upload, you earn when someone pays.

There's a free 30-day trial running right now if anyone wants to check how it sounds on their own tracks (no card needed — auralise.net). The tech is patent pending through the UK IPO, which took a while to get right.

I'm genuinely curious what the people here think about download-based royalties versus streaming payouts. Do you find your listeners are still willing to pay for downloads, or has that expectation mostly gone? And is 10% per paid download a model that would actually interest you, or does the download format feel outdated at this point?

Would love honest feedback, including if the whole concept sounds off to you.

Hi everyone. First time posting here.

I've spent the last few months building an audio app called VoluMe, and I wanted to share it with this community specifically because you're the people it was actually built for.

The core problem I kept seeing: most audio technology assumes everyone hears the same way. Turning the volume up helps up to a point, but it doesn't change the shape of the sound — which frequencies come through clearly and which don't. That's a different problem.

VoluMe tries to solve it without any hearing test or clinic visit. It watches how you naturally adjust the volume while you listen to music, and over time it builds a profile of what sounds good to you specifically. No audiogram. No sliders to configure. You just listen and it adapts.

It's free to try for 30 days, no card needed: volumeapp.pages.dev (use the access code AURALISE2026 at the gate)

I'm genuinely more interested in hearing what this community thinks works or doesn't than in getting signups. A few things I'd love feedback on:

- Does the idea of building a profile passively make sense to you, or would you rather just do a quick test once?

- Is there anything about how music sounds with hearing loss that you don't think an app like this could address?

Happy to answer any questions.

Thanks,

Lorenzo

Auralise.net