Overtone Labs Tune Bot Gig Drum Tuner, Silver

I found it almost impossible to tune a kit by ear. This has massively improved my kit sound. Helpful online guides help find desired pitch and resonance. Very easy to use for toms. Snare takes a bit of getting used to but high frequency mode for reso side makes all the difference. Save your settings to make re-tuning between gigs quick and easy. This is biggest difference I’ve been able to make to my kit in nearly 30 years of playing. Highly recommended unless you like the weird overtones that come from tuning (badly) by ear…

Bought this as previously I could tune ok-ish, but not great, and time-pressures meant I don't have the time to dedicate getting my Mapex Saturn V to sound as good as it should. Simple-to-use; though I'd recommend following YouTube how-to videos, rather than the supplied manual. The suggested tuning (via the free Tune Bot app) got me pretty close, but where the Tune Bot really excels was in letting you fine-tune your kit. An example: Using the app, and the general consensus the Saturn's favour a low-tuning, I used the app to give me the tunings for my 4 toms at -1 pitch, with not-quite full resonance. Tuned the entire set pretty quickly and it sounded mostly fine, and definitely in tune with itself, but the 10" sounded off to my ear, despite registering clearly as the suggested C#. Jump back to the app, select the 10" drum with a fundamental note of C# but this time increased the resonance some. This lead to a looser batter head, and tighter reso, still on a C#, but a much nicer sounding tom (the heads were now a third, not fourth apart). I then repeated this for the 16" floor tom; kept the same note but shortened the resonance to get more thud. This could've been done without the Tune Bot, but it would've taken me ages. Added bonus is you can then save your settings you're happy with, and re-tune straight away, either pre-gig or with new heads. I personally don't bother saving them to the Tune Bot, as the I just use the app, but it's a neat idea. Also used it to tune my snares, to an A with perfect fourths, and they sound great. Lastly, I really neat trick is you can use a pitch-finder app to get the note off any drum-demo video you like, get a reading of what fundamental note that drum is giving, and then tune your drum to this precise note. There's a video on YouTube of a Mapex Saturn being demo'd for a Korean drum-shop. He plays each tom individually and they sound great, you can get the note using any app you like, then use the Tune Bot to help you tune to this note (in any variety of resonance/attack you prefer).

Whilst a little pricey it works perfectly and take the pain out of tuning a drum especially for a beginner.

Brilliant tool for helping to achieve accurately tune drums. The partner app (free to download) is also very good and is really useful for helping to identify tunings based on the size of drums you're working with. Tuning snares to around 400Hz can be a bit tricky, but works once you use the filter setting.

This is a very easy to use, the description does give an indication that it can measure drumhead tension as well as frequency, what it should say it can measure the frequency for each position, same result but it's a different way of tuning and one that can't be done as easily in situ (they may have altered description by now) Having said that it means you can tune to a specific frequency or note as well as measure the fundamental frequency of each drum, something that is not as straight forwards with a tension meter. If you need to very quickly check the tuning of the drum once setup, then suspect the tension measuring device might be quicker solution, having both types of devices is probably the best option, but if the choice is one, then probably this is the preferred choice. The device is well made and appears to have been reasonably well thought out. Would I buy it again - Yes

For many years I have been using a drum tuning app on my Iphone to monitor the tuning of my drums. Having recently purchased this tune-bot I can safely say that it is MUCH more accurate in achieving an even tuning. You will need to download the app to your smartphone, this has all the info regarding the recommended tuning for drums, tutorials on how to use the tune-bot. Its a very well designed and well made bit of gear, it comes with a foam lined plastic case - this will travel to every gig and every studio session.

I am not a drummer but used this to tune my grandson ‘s kit. The instructions on leaflet and online are confusing. Firstly the instructions talk about finding the to be tuned drum’s fundamental frequency. It doesn’t explain why or how you use this. Also it is not clear if changing the tension in either head alters this. It is reasonably clear about tuning either head to the selected pitch by tension alteration via the drum lugs. However unlike a guitar tuner the Tune-Bot needs to show the octave and whether it should be tuned up or down I.e to get the correct octave.

I Should have bought one ages ago.

I was surprised at how small and compact this is. It's easy to set up ..comes with a handy pouch. Helps my knee ..I use twice daily and I find it's helping with the pain .

Bel outil et facile d’utilisation

電子ドラムと生ドラムを隣り合わせに配置していて、双方の音程差異に違和感があったので、このチューナーを使ってチューニングを合わせました。生ドラムは、叩いているうちに音程が下がってきますから、表示数値を頼りにこまめなチューニングが出来るので重宝しています。

Productazo!!..Si no quieres ir a obscuras al tensar tus tambores este producto es un "must" en tu arsenal de herramientas, la verdad te hace la vida mucho más sencilla, requiere que leas el manual con detenimiento pero una vez entendido es muy fácil de utilizar, lo recomiendo ampliamente!!

O afinador tune-bot dispensa comentários, tem uma ótima precisão e leitura, mas atenção, exige um certo conhecimento de afinação básica para poder tirar o máximo proveito, se entender de frequências e notas musicais melhor ainda, só me arrependo de não ter comprado a mais tempo pois é sensacional.