RPM - Turntable Speed Accuracy 4+
Real time Wow Flutter checker
Philip Broder
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
The World RPM Turntable Performance Database now has over 10,000 submissions, download rpm for free now and witness your revolution.
The best Turntable RPM accuracy test mobile app available.
See the RPM speed variations, know as wow/flutter, of your turntable in real time graphics like you've never seen before, continuous display makes it easy to make adjustments as necessary if your turntable allows it.
Test the RPM speed and wow/flutter accuracy of your turntable, whether 16, 33 1/3, 45, or 78.
And now with the Worldwide RPM Turntable Accuracy Database you can research what other RPM users are finding out about their turntable's accuracy and what they think of them.
● RPM is proud to be recommended by Rega Research Ltd, makers of some of the best turntables in the world.
● Great review by Techmoan on Youtube
● Used in high end TT reviews in Stereophile magazine
See the wow/flutter accuracy as the max % deviation from the average rpm of the turntable, as well as graphically in the chart.
Save all your rpm test sessions to the history log for review or sharing later.
RPM uses the gyroscope in your iPhone to determine the rotation speed of your turntable, automatically determines which speed setting you're on, and reports how accurate it is.
Simply place your iPhone on your turntable, close to the centre but doesn't have to be over the centre spindle. As the iPhone rotates the display will remain stationary from your perspective for easy reading.
The UNIQUE feature of RPM is that it shows a scrolling graph of the rpm accuracy variation over time, this shows wow/flutter effects, especially those associated with the turntable not being level, belt wear, etc. You can even detect the small drag caused by the stylus resting in the grooves of the record.
The most recent amazing new innovative feature is to visualise wow and flutter variations plotted around the vinyl centre to show a heat map of exactly where in the turntable rotation inaccuracies occur.
There are many ways of testing the average RPM of your turntable, some turntables even have this built in, however there is no other practical way of showing the wow/flutter variation over time than RPM.
The history graph parameters can be customised to:
- Set the moving average sample size.
- Accuracy at which to turn the rpm circle sold green.
- Set a duration after which the display updates will freeze so they can continue to be read after the turntable is stopped.
The RPM realtime display is reliant on the iPhones gyroscope accuracy, if you suspect yours isn't quite right then you can now use Calibration Mode to auto test and then apply any necessary correction in real time.
This auto calibration uses the compass to count the turntable revolutions, if you have an older iPhone (not iPhone 6S or newer) then this may be unreliable, in this case you can still add your own multiplier if you have done an independent calibration.
Extensive testing means we're now confident that using RPM can help you setup your turntable to be within 0.1% of its target RPM, assuming your turntable can be adjusted and is itself stable within that tolerance of course.
The World RPM Turntable Performance Database now has over 10,000 submissions from RPM users worldwide to build the ultimate resource for researching the most accurate turntables out there. Upgrade to join in and upload your own turntable data, go to Settings and make sure you have the Freeze time set then do an RPM session as normal. At the end of the time you will be asked to name your session after which you will have the option to also upload it to the World DB. You can always upload from History later too.
Upgrade to enable unlimited measurements, continuous display, all settings, all speeds, no ads.
What’s New
Version 5.10
Improved messaging and optimisations.
Ratings and Reviews
Works well
Used this to diagnose and help check a fix on my turntable- easy to use and very helpful. Must admit I bought it by accident (watch that) but I don’t begrudge it for a well implemented tool. My turntable isn’t listed (Edwards Audio TT1) but that doesn’t really matter to me - just for contributing to the database.
The trial time and limit to 10 usages is too short
I wanted to checkout this app but needed to ensure it was good enough to calibrate my new design DC power supply as I had been hearing about some accuracy issues. But it timed out too quickly to get a reliable speed check as the turntable had not stabilised. After trying a few times. The app bricked as it had been restarted 10 times. Most of these were trying to find a good way the fit my very slippery Xs. £10 is a lot of money to pay for an app on spec. I understand the need to make money from effort but there needs to be a trade off from those that will pay if it is of use and those that want to use something for free. I am not buying it and continue using a strobe
Developer Response ,
Thank you for your feedback, it is a tricky balance, I am pushing a new version soon which does give more time and uses in trial mode, plus reduce ads! Hopefully those that find the app useful will still upgrade.
Very disappointed - Totally inaccurate
I thought this would be a great speed checker, but with my iPhone X it’s always wrong.
I have a strobe and a speed test record to set my HiEnd turntable up with. When I checked with this app it showed a speed of 33.5, rechecked with the test record and strobe and the TT speed was spot on.
I double checked it on my new Technics 1500c quartz locked direct drive turntable, which lives in my office. Again the app displayed the wrong speed. Checked with the strobe and test record which confirmed that this TT was spinning at exactly the correct speed.
So in conclusion this app is totally inaccurate, which as speed accuracy is it only function makes it completely pointless. . .
Developer Response ,
Hi Charlie,
Thanks for the feedback, please contact me on philipbroder (@) gmail.com so we can over this in more detail to make sure you get the best out of RPM.
Briefly, iPhone gyroscopes are generally very accurate, and rpm is only as accurate as the built in gyroscope. In your case with trusted strobe and test records then I would say this suggests there is an issue with your gyroscope. This is exactly why there is a calibration setting so you can correct the gyro so that future use of rpm is corrected in real time. For the numbers you mention you would use a calibration factor of 0.994 (33.3/33.5)
Also, please be aware of RPMs other big feature which is the real time wow/flutter graph, while precise rpm is of course important it's the wow/flutter variation that is more audible to the ear, rpm is the only app which displays as an aid to helping you correct this.
One final thing, please ensure that your iPhone is placed absolutely flat directly over the centre of the platter, if the spindle cannot be removed then use centre of a tape reel or similar to support it.
I hope that helps, please get in touch.
Cheers,
Phil
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Information
- Provider
- Philip Broder
- Size
- 43.3 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 11.1 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 11.1 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2015 Philip Broder
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Upgrades + remove ads. £14.99