We are overjoyed (and slightly overwhelmed!) to learn that Songzap by RT60 is shortlisted as a NAMM TEC Awards Finalist. To us, this is like the GRAMMY‘s of audio and music software development, so it’s something we’re very excited about and grateful for.

Songzap is shortlisted in the category Audio Apps & Hardware/Peripherals for Smartphones and Tablets; the other finalists are Avid/Sibelius, Roland, Yamaha, Steinberg/Cubase and Samply, so we’re in good company with some pioneering organisations that we have respected, used and looked up to for many years.

We built Songzap to help musicians who feel alienated by current music recording software packages (because they are overly complicated and tech-focused) and for songwriters who fear being replaced by AI – so we built a tool that helps artists themselves use AI in their creative process. We are passionate about helping this group of musicians worldwide, and we have lots of enhancements, improvements and further innovations in the pipeline. The TEC Award shortlisting is a lovely milestone along our journey and one that informs us that we are on a positive direction, inspiring us to do more.

Songzap2 has been shortlisted as Best Music Software in the respected 2025 Sound On Sound Awards. You can vote for us at the link below!

“the guys at RT60 have clearly thought hard about how best AI can serve creators rather than replace them — the way in which the automatic AI accompaniment reacts to the user’s own performance is nothing short of alchemy!”

Sound On Sound Magazine

“a 4-track for the modern age! …premium mode opens access to EQ and compression sliders in a second window, something I never imagined I’d see on a smartphone […] This app does what it sets out to do very well, and in an intuitive manner”

TapeOp Magazine

In 2023, RT60 won Innovate UK’s Creative Catalyst Fund for the development of Songzap V2, a programme set up by UK Research and Innovation to provide support for high potential businesses in the creative sector.

The first version of Songzap was launched in 2022, created by RT60’s directors Professor Rob Toulson and Dr Michail Exarchos with a clear vision to help musicians create, develop and learn. The app is aimed exclusively at musicians and songwriters, rather than music producers, providing powerful creativity-enhancing features, minimising interface complexity and offering support via comprehensive online learning environments.

“We’ve seen many new technologies recently that enable music to be ‘unmixed’, automatically mastered or generated artificially from a simple text input. While these are clever innovations, they don’t add significantly to the creative landscape and moreover facilitate a ‘race to the bottom’, where non-musicians are empowered at the expense of those who have learnt creative skills and capabilities. Now that we better understand AI for music, there’s an opportunity to develop far-reaching tools that will help real musicians to be more creative, collaborate better, learn more effectively, and ultimately bring back innovation and individual songcraft to the music that we hear everyday.”