iDrumTune App Reviews

Im giving it a 5 star rating even tough its a four in my opinion because people give such awful hurtful one star reviews. The app itself is very acutete, as accurate as tuning drum goes! Tuning drums is complex and diverse. If you want spend money on a tuning drums device go buy a tunebot and stop giving this app and others alike bad reviews. Let me say that if youre getting inconsistent readings you are doing something wrong. Learn to properly tune drums/change drum heads first. This isnt gonna tune the drums form you but becomes an essential tool when it comes down to it. Learn how to use it properly.

Ever since you guys added the filter function, this app is gold! Ive used it to tune my entire set. Users need some basic experience with tuning, but your guys notes on it, and the new filter made this app really handy! My only additions would be a way to save frequencies for each drum, so you can come back to them later and a tuning calculator, like tune-bot has on their website.

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I had my doubts about how well this would work in real life, but Ive been very happily surprised. It gave me very accurate pitches at every lug on my toms and even read the bass drum accurately, which I really didnt expect. The way the lug measurement part of the program works, it gives you the baseline frequency of the first lug and then tells you how far above or below that pitch each succeeding lug is, and numbers each one as you go around the drum. The beauty is that it gives you a visual representation of when a pair of lugs is off, or which end of a pair needs to be adjusted. It still requires some interpretation, of course, and depending on how and where you hit the drum head you can get wildly differing pitches. But that has more to do with the complexity of drumhead overtones and vibrations than with the program. With a little practice and some care, I was able to get consistently usable readings every time. And the drums sound better than I have ever been able to achieve before. I just cant say enough good things about this app.

You got my money, I did not find it well spent. iPhone 4 and iOS 6 leads to different readouts on every hit of the same drum in the same place! Totally unusable, I will rereview after each update, but as of now this is a no go for me.

Outstanding! I was shocked at how well it worked, how easy it was and above all, how quickly you could tune a 5pc. kit.

This was pretty fantastic on paper, and in actual execution I couldt ask for more. There are several drum tuning apps out, ranging from $2-20, this is the simplest and most straight forward tool available, and it WORKS. The filter and lug tuning updates make it a MUST HAVE app for any drummer. This is technology at its finest. I LOVE IT. Drum tuning is NOT easy, and this helps immensely.

The last updates are starting to work for me. I think it’s good. Well priced, nice tool.

Hmmmm. I had the original app with mixed results. I thought with the filter function and more development time the app would be more accurate. Not sure what they are doing in the videos that make them tune the drum with good readings all the Time. First I had to use moon gel in the center to get lug readings. Otherwise I get same f0 . Not sure why they recommended to do this . Secondly, I keep getting very high readings on my 16" floor tom. After many strikes I may get the reading I would expect, for example B2. I was able to tune the 10 and 12 toms easy enough though even without the mongrel. The floor tom definitely has me baffled. I would love to get a response from idrumtune to educate me on e issues I have. I would love to alter my review and say its a great app

I think its feature set is attractive, and in the cases where iDrumTune works for you, you may love it. The program could not find the fundamental frequency for my conga when it was tuned up; it seemed I was above the high end of the frequency range. However, it worked nicely for my tumba but it would be entirely useless for a quinto. I’ll guess iDrumTune uses a fast Fourier transform for the spectral display. There is no reason why the frequency cutoff should be only 250 Hz! Developers, PLEASE address this! It cannot be that hard to change the (arbitrary?) frequency limit!

Just downloaded the full version of this app. Overall, Id say its worth the price. It does what it says, especially with the filter mode on. The app is useless without that. A few suggestions: - Make a way to save favorite turnings/create a "kit setup" - Add suggested tuning setups from the site to the app. - Change the interface. It works, but honestly its just kind of ugly. If you want more people to buy the app, make it look nicer.

This app has helped me to get my drums sounding fantastic. It doesnt tune them for you, but it is great at what it does, which is give a pitch readout when you tap the head near a lug. It goes easier if you mute the center of the head a bit with some gel or just a light touch of a finger. The Spectrum View is the thing that puts it ahead of its competition, because there are so many overtones on a ringing drum head. Even if the app cant pick out the main one, you can switch to the Spectrum View and see what all the spikes are. Doesnt replace having a good ear, but it sure helps augment and train.

I never knew I could have this much fun tuning drums. As a drummer tuning isnt something I typically look forward to. However this app is quickly changing my mind. Being able to quickly analyze my sound when changing heads, or quick tuning before a gig, has proven invaluable. Great job guys and keep up the good work.

While trying to tune to middle C for example. Hz samples are all over the place. 259Hz then to 309. Back and forth and all points in between. Cant trust. Waste of my money. Would give no stars if it was possible.

Just tuned my first drum and this app is awesome. I am a guitar player so I am use to tuning on a regular basis. Overall the app performed we but occasionally the overtones would get annoying because they would show and not the fundamental tone. Found I just needed to hit the drum a little harder and that helped. There is the filter which can help but I didnt need to use it yet. The only issue I ran into was that the frequency reference guide is on page 13 of the notes/help it would be nicer if it was page 1 or 2 for faster reference.

Yes the microphone is on.

If you half way know what your doing you can tune your drums very easily with this app. Great for getting all the lugs within .05 hertz of each other. My drums have never sounded as good as the do after using this app.

Frequency readout a jump 50 to 60 Hz while trying to tuner. Completely unreliable...waste of money.

I am a new drummer with new drums the Internet videos didnt help as much as I would like found this app and it is awesome. I would definitely recommend this to all... I showed this to my drum instructor and he downloaded it and liked it.

Love it!!! It wont get you perfectly tuned drums but it will get you close! After 3 years of drumming there is a tool for tuning drums! There is a bit of a learning curve to the app but its amazing what it can accomplish!!!