Doctor Drone
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Innovative Practice Tools brings you Dr. Drone, a simple, affordable and powerful practice tool. Dr. Drone gives you the freedom to create your own bass lines, chord sequences and drone tracks and set them to a metronome. It opens whole new avenues of practicing for professionals, pedagogues, ensembles and students. It will become your favorite tool for developing great intonation and stability.
- Want to prep for a specific piece? Enter a bass line to your favorite tune, or enter a melody using either note names, scale degrees or solfege syllables in an intuitive entry pad.
- Need more time to lock in each pitch? Vary the tempo between 40 and 500 BPM (because why not?), set each drone from 1 to 60 seconds, or select "Tap to Advance" Mode to tune along at your own pace. Heads up: "Tap to Advance" is compatible with your favorite Bluetooth pedal, or anything that can send arrow or enter key signals to your device!
- Trying to expand your range and stability? Dr. Drone will repeat sequences and can transpose them in a number of patterns (transpose the sequence around the Circle of 4ths, move up chromatically, etc.)
- Want to practice tuning within a chord? Add a Perfect 5th, Major 3rd or Minor 3rd to your drone (using just intonation) to practice fitting your sound right into the harmony.
- Want to tune to custom chords? Create your own voicings with up to 10 pitches in "Chord Entry" mode.
- Toggle between Just Temperament and Equal Temperament.
- Got some 'go-to' exercises or warm-ups? Save and organize your tunes along with their settings for repeated use.
- Need to practice for your next orchestra gig that requires A443, or your next baroque service that calls for A420? Easily adjust your Concert Pitch A to be ready for any intonation situation.
- And if you really want a challenge, Dr. Drone includes a feature that allows you to randomly silence beats for the ultimate test of time and pitch independence.
From classical to jazz and from pop to gospel, this app is perfect for serious musicians and music educators who want to have a steady and flexible reference drone. Its sleek design, friendly features, and video tutorials will have you using it like a pro in no time. Welcome to the 21st century of intonation practice with Dr. Drone!
What’s New
- Added "solfege mode". Functions the same as "scale degree mode", but... uses solfege syllables! Aural Skills students rejoice!
- Bug Fix: When repeating using a transposing pattern, the selected octave "range" is adhered to again!
Version 2.52
Version History
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Ratings and Reviews
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mor-on, 06.03.2022This isGreat for learning to hear and play in tune. It would be better, if I can change the length of the notes and chords on any given setup.
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chanel-no1, 16.12.2021Really useful and easy to useGreat app! This is practical and useful for ear training and singing exercises. Is it possible to provide movable solfege labels both ascending and descending. Thanks
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bassedcello, 30.11.2021Great app for tuning outside of a pieceSuper useful for practicing intonation in isolation. I unfortunately cannot find a way to set rhythms or at least different numbers of beats for each note or chord to create Show more
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lafidel, 25.11.2021Exceptional appThis app is a wonder and essential for musician. Unlike a tuner with Dr. Drone you concentrate on the aural aspect ; not the visual. Dr. Drone has become an Show more
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SF Horn, 09.11.2021Incredibly Helpful AppThis app is incredibly helpful for brass musicians. Now with just intonation. Great for warm up and practice drills.
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Presbiopia, 29.09.2021Great !!Thanks. You really nailed it with your new version. Couldn’t be better…unless you maybe added a random tone generator. That could help align your mind with your instrument.
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Force of Gravity, 31.08.2019Love this Drone App ! Many nice features!I use drones quite often - myself and in with students. While this drone does not produce wonderful, warm tones as some live sampled apps do, they are Show more
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NoteAmused, 01.06.2019Good, could be greatFirstly, I really like this app. If you added these features I would love it (and would use it much more): 1) show the new, transposed note names instead of the Show more
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Skyler L. H., 01.11.2018Great app one big bugApp does just about everything I want it to buy there is one big bug that really needs to be fixed. Every time my phone is interrupted by anything like Show more
Information
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Category
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Age Rating4+
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Price1.99 USD
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Size133.53 MB
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ProviderEddie Ludema
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