Drum Tuning Calculator ٤+

I used this with my tune-bot gig. With a lot of patience I was eventually able to tune my tom and the note matched. However, it would be very useful to tap on the calculated results and be able to hear what each drum would sound like. This would make it really easy to select desired pitches.

This app is a good idea for a companion to their tuner but like the tuner it's a good idea that lacks critical features. While you can "calculate" tunings and save them you can't adjust your tunings at all. If your toms are calculated at 280hz but you actually have to tune your lugs to 288hz to get the pitch you need you CAN'T change that anywhere. Also if you're a professional drummer with 7 drum kits and 27 snare drums you can't save them either. You can't name your saved kits either so you have to remember them as Save1, etc. I'm still left with using Excel on my phone to save all this stuff anyway so what's the point ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

The documentation is a great resource but you can get that on their site anyway. All in all, it's a pretty freaking useless app... but I guess it's a start. Just need to rush more development through to make it so we can actually use it.

I’m a musician who likes to play all of the material for my originals, including drums. I just got the tune-bot and I think it’s a very handy tool, but it’s confusing that the settings in the app are different than what you get in the documentation. I think there’s a real disconnect that they don’t sync up. For example, the recommendation in the documentation for the bass drum is way off from what is shown in the app. Same thing with the snare. So, as a novice drummer, who needs help in getting the tuning right, which one do I choose? App or documentation?