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Doctor Drone

4.65 • 14 Ratings

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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
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4.65
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14 Ratings
  • mor-on, 06.03.2022
    This is
    Great 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.
  • chanel-no1, 16.12.2021
    Really useful and easy to use
    Great 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
  • bassedcello, 30.11.2021
    Great app for tuning outside of a piece
    Super 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 a drone that moves with you in context. Show more
  • lafidel, 25.11.2021
    Exceptional app
    This 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 essential tool for my warm up routine - scales patterns, long tones, Well worth you time! Show more
  • SF Horn, 09.11.2021
    Incredibly Helpful App
    This app is incredibly helpful for brass musicians. Now with just intonation. Great for warm up and practice drills.
  • Presbiopia, 29.09.2021
    Great !!
    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.
  • Force of Gravity, 31.08.2019
    Love 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 adequate and the app is very versatile....the sequencing section is a fantastic addition! One thing that I’d love to see added to sequencing features is the ability to play a series of drone notes harmonized diatonically (in addition to playing parallel perfect 5ths, Major thirds, etc). I’m not sure how much trouble that would be but it would make a very nice app much stronger! Overall, the app has been nice addition to the tools that I like to use! Glad that I found this one! Show more
  • NoteAmused, 01.06.2019
    Good, could be great
    Firstly, 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 original notes when using the transpose function 2) add a switch in the startup section to open the last used tune instead of having to navigate through folders to reopen it. 3) allow background playback (when switching to other apps, or on screen-lock) Otherwise, still a really nice tool. Thank you! Show more
  • Skyler L. H., 01.11.2018
    Great app one big bug
    App 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 a phone call or alarm, the drone will not start up again. I will click the start button and there will be no sound. I have to restart the app to make it work again. Really annoying for an app this good to have a terrible bug like this. Show more

Information

  • Category
  • Age Rating
    4+
  • Price
    1.99 USD
  • Size
    133.53 MB
  • Provider
    Eddie Ludema
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