iDrumTune app for iPhone and iPad
4.0 (
5520 ratings )
Utilities
Music
Developer:
RT Sixty Ltd
Free
Current version:
02b, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 20 Apr 2012
App size: 1.45 Mb
IMPORTANT NOTE : this version of iDrumTune is for iPhone 4 users and those devices running iOS 9 or lower. If you have iPhone 5, 6 or 7 and iOS 10.2 then please install the brand new and improved iDrumTune Pro version from:
http://bit.ly/iDrumTunePro
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iDrumTune is the worlds most accurate and intelligent system for assisting and educating on drum tuning. LIKE A GUITAR TUNER - BUT FOR DRUMS !
"an invaluable aid not only for drummers but also studio engineers and producers"
Sound on Sound Magazine
"I cant recommend this app highly enough ... for the money, it is indispensable. Its simple, accurate, looks good, and the tuning information is worth the cost of the app alone."
www.mikedolbear.com
iDrumTune is the first and most intelligent system for analyzing drum sounds and assisting tuning. iDrumTune provides you with a measurement of the drumhead vibration frequency, much in the same way to an acoustic guitar tuner which measures the vibration frequency of a guitar string. In Pitch Tuning mode, simply hold the iPhone over the center of a drum, about 4-6 inches away, and strike the drum in the center.
The iDrumTune readout shows you the recorded sound waveform and gives the strongest frequency recorded. There is also a tuning indicator bar which shows the drumhead tuning relative to musical notes, so iDrumTune can be used to ensure that your drums are in key with each other or the song you are playing. A frequency spectrum view also allows more detailed analysis and helps with tuning the drum at the lug positions.
IDrumTune V02 now includes advanced tuning features including an intelligent filter function and Lug Tuning mode. The filter allows unwanted frequencies to be ignored by the analysis algorithm, whilst Lug Tuning mode offers the simplest and most innovative method for tuning an even frequency response at the lug positions on the drumhead.
Drum Tuning isn’t easy, and drums don’t respond exactly the same way every time you hit them. For that reason its valuable to know a little about the science of drum tuning. iDrumTune includes a comprehensive text on the science of drums and drum tuning in order to help you get the best of iDrumTune and to become an expert drum tuner!
Watch the iDrumTune tutorial videos at www.idrumtune.com
Read reviews of iDrumTune here:
mikedolbear.com: http://www.mikedolbear.com/story.asp?StoryID=3265
The Black Page:
http://www.theblackpage.net/review/idrum-tune
Pros and cons of iDrumTune app for iPhone and iPad
iDrumTune app good for
First off, I have never reviewed an app in my life, however I was compelled to review this one. I have been playing and tuning drums for the better part of 20 years. I have a good ear and usually dont have much trouble getting a great drum sound. However, after purchasing a new kit (my sixth) I could not get the floor tom to sound good. And for what I paid for the drums it should sound great. After messing with it for about an hour, I started googling solutions. Which brought me to the tune bot. Further googling lead me to iDrumTune. 10 minutes after using this App my floor tom SINGS. I used the multi lug tuning option and was able to quickly get all the lugs relative to the pitch of the head. I couldnt be happier and Im excited to try it on all my other drums!!! Buy this app if your a drummer!!!
Fantastic app, it works very well, has a lot of great features and is regularly updated. Very usefull, I recommend it !
This is an awesome App. It really helps a lot with tuning the drums. And i think it is better than buying an expensive drum tuning robot or something. Really good and for 0,89 €cnt you should give it a try!
The best App I have ever seen, includes very detailed instructions about the App and tuning in general. An awesome "toy" for the experienced drum tuner like myself, an inevitable tool for the inexperienced drum tuner. Easy to use and it really works without any problems. BUY and you will not regret it!
Even if you already know how to tune drums, like myself, this app is amazing for fine tuning and speeding up the tuning process in a big way.
Seriously, pay the price, try it and once you figure it out you will love it.
Im a relatively new drummer and tuning drums is a royal pain! This app gets you to where you need to be... Playing the drums. Great job! Forget the drum dial and save some money get this app!
Some bad moments
Just dont buy it, im really surprised That Apple CAN support such kind of software! They probably never test it...
I tried this just to see what .99 would get me. There is a major flaw here. I am able to tune by ear so its strange that this tuner shows the opposite Hz that it should for the drums. My small toms are in the 85.0 and 120 range and the larger toms have 163, and 223 for the floor tom. Go figure. Im not sure what this means but this tuner does not work or needs some major tweaking
In just a few days of using this app, on my iPod Touch, it has become an important tool. I use it to verify the tuning on my drums, so that the sound is consistent. Using iDrumTune is so much fun, I tune my drum kit daily!
You are at the mercy of the iphone mic. Mine apparently doesnt work well enough to use this app. I like the idea. Maybe if i used an external mic it may work. Couldnt get any consistent readings and it looked like it kept freezing. Had to back out and reopen several times. Hopefully an update would fix the issues.
It seems it needs an external mic to have accuracy. It jumps around and generally isnt extremely accurate. Could not handle tuning a snare or bass.
Tried tuning my toms. Readings were so inconsistent that it made using this app worthless.
