Cassie
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Are there any tuning apps for iPad? I want one that you don't have to sit and press the button every time to make sure it's on key. I don't have a gift card to pay for one. Mahalo.
Huge istrobosoft fan here. I've got the upgraded tuner tools and the harmonics tuning and they are excellent diagnostic tools as well.
Huge istrobosoft fan here. I've got the upgraded tuner tools and the harmonics tuning and they are excellent diagnostic tools as well.
I use GuitarToolkit which is not free but if you Google "free iOS ukulele your tuner" you will find several available. This one looks promising but I have not tried it:I'm afraid I don't have cash like I said before. Is there a smaller version?
Just out of curiosity, how are you using the harmonics tuning? Once upon a time I worked for a steel drum builder who used one of the pricey Peterson hardware units with overtone analysis to get all the overtones tuned in on the steel drums. What other kinds of uses would that tool have?
I'm afraid I don't have cash like I said before. Is there a smaller version?
It's been great to diagnose bad strings. I teach uke and have to maintain about 60 instruments. A string won't ring in the upper harmonics when it starts to deaden out due to wear. Same thing for a string that may have a bad winding.
I'm finding it pretty revealing top of the overall resonance of an instrument. A quality instrument gets you nice even harmonics that all lock in, a lesser quality instrument has less ring up top or the intonation is very uneven from the 1st-5th harmonic.
Being able to see how in tune each harmonic is, vs just using the fundamental, can dial you in further if you're into that kind of thing. You'll find that though the fundamental may be in tune, the 3rd harmonic may be the loudest partial and is slightly out of tune, so you tune that string to its 3rd harmonic and you get it locked in a little better.
I use instuner for iOS, it's totally FREE, works on iPad and iPhone, and has several modes, and most importantly works VERY well.
see it here on the app store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/instuner-free-chromatic-tuner/id603425027?mt=8
I use instuner for iOS, it's totally FREE, works on iPad and iPhone, and has several modes, and most importantly works VERY well.
see it here on the app store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/instuner-free-chromatic-tuner/id603425027?mt=8
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