eTuner app for iPhone and iPad

4.4 ( 4784 ratings )

Music Education
Developer: Ebranta Technologies Inc

1.99 USD

Current version: 2.6, last update: 1 year ago
First release : 25 Nov 2008
App size: 3.41 Mb

Before auditioning to be the next international singing idol, Simon says**: Check your pitch with eTuner!

For those with instrumental talent, eTuner has also been developed and tested to work automatically with a variety of wind, brass, and string instruments.

eTuner is an interactive chromatic tuning application for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. This application uses the quality audio and fine display capabilities of your device to determine and display musical pitch information as you play an instrument, hum, or sing a note.
In addition to instrument tuning, eTuner can also be used for scale studies and checking intonation as you play an instrument or sing.

eTuner features:
eTuner displays the name of the note that is closest to pitch being detected as well as the amount of variance between the detected pitch and the displayed note, relative to the next higher or lower pitch. Also displayed is an indication of whether the pitch is High, Low, or OK, in relation to the note name being displayed. Frequency and octave number are also optionally displayed. eTuner adjusts to display in either vertical or horizontal orientation.

The note display has been designed for easy interpretation when appearing anywhere within the musicians field of vision. eTuner allows the musician’s focus to remain primarily on the music stand, while reinforcing interpretation of peripheral vision cues.

eTuner displays all twelve pitches in an octave. The key settings feature allows the user to select which note names will be displayed when pitches of the selected key are detected. Selecting a minor key will also display note names for the harmonic and melodic ascending and descending scales. Notes that are not in the selected key are displayed as what is customary in the chromatic scale.

eTuner will display the "written note" for C, D, A, G, B flat, E flat, and F instruments. Select your instrument key from the preferences view.

The calibration setting provides the flexibility to adjust from the standard tuning of a=440Hz.

Simply tap the screen once to show the eTuner toolbar. Press the i button to view preferences.

**Unlike some critics, eTuner will will remain politely silent if tone quality is not sufficient to determine a pitch.

Pros and cons of eTuner app for iPhone and iPad

eTuner app good for

As a singer and voice teacher, having a focused, centered pitch is vital. This ap shows your pitch almost the moment you sing it and by showing if you are centered, sharp or flat, quickly trains you to maintain perfect pitch, improve intonation and breath control. I have been reccomending this ap to all the people I sing with and all my students!

Nearly perfect. Its fast, no-frills, and utilitarian. There is an option to disable screen dimming, but its a little wonky to access.

Just love this app. What a bargain. KORG sells for $29 and this does Bb.

Some bad moments

In order for this application to work with the 2nd generation Touch you must have the earphones with attached mic. A normal mic will not work either. So unless you want to spend the money for the upgraded earphones, this will not work with the Touch.

I sing a steady tone, and it fluctuates very easily. Not really useful for tuning, but it tells you what note youre playing approximately.

It registers the wrong key all the time. Otherwise itd be cool. But its not Dont get suckered and by this app

I am playing f on my trombone and it says it is an E3 or something and is f on the trombone f minor f major or f sharp major

It is accurate when playing a piano tone but for voice it jumps around from sharp to flat. This app will not help refine your sense of pitch.

This tuner is fine when I hit a fixed tuned instrument note, like a piano or my vibraphone etc. but I dont need it for that! I bought it solely to help hone my intonation on my new (brazilian cherry,) etherwave plus theremin. Unfortunately, the app does not move in accordance with my out of pathetic intonation problems accurately enough to provide useful feedback about my playing. Instead it jumps all around instead of smoothly tracking the inconsistencies in my playing. Because of the distraction, I noticed that if anything, when looking it my accuracy got worse, not better. It just doesnt provide the fine tuned feedback I am looking for. My Korg tuner does a much better job, but unfortunately, the readout is way too small to use for this purpose. Guess Ill just trust my ears instead for now.

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