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IrCam The Snail - Audio analysis and tuning for iPhone
The Snail by IrcamLab
https://appsto.re/dk/SBn4gb.i
Thought this one might be of interest for someone around here. I will certainly give a spin.
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what is it for?
Saw a presentarion from NAMMw where it was used for tonal analysis of music, but I don't know much yet. Here's a post from Sonic State:
http://www.sonicstate.com/news/2017/02/15/the-snail-for-windows-and-ios/
It's a tuner, mainly for your guitar, but this one is universal, more to analyse the note of any sound.
Ircam is a great institution, they've produced top plugins, glad to see they're working also on IOS now !
I see, thanks!
The Snail
The Snail is a very high-precision frequency-domain analyzer that delivers an easy to understand representation of sounds based on the scales and notes aligned in spectrally active zones.
It offers a new way of tuning and analyzing an instrument in an extremely accurate way, displaying intonation and visualizing music and sounds in a way that can help anyone improve their listening and innotation!
Think of a film camera turning at 24 frames per second filming a bicycle wheel turning at 24 revolutions a second, the spokes will appear to be standing still. That means, for a Fourier analysis of frequency at 439Hz compared to a tuning reference of 440Hz, the demodulated phase will turn at 1Hz (as a slightly desynchronised stroboscope makes a rotating object have a slow movement). Think of audio signals ’beating’ as there is a interference between two sounds at slightly different frequencies.
Compared to standard spectrum analyzers based on Fourier-type analysis, the frequency accuracy is enhanced by a process based on the demodulated phase. This system is based on a recent patented technology, conceived at the laboratory of Science and Technology of Music and Sound IRCAM-CNRS-UPMC.
I bought The snail to tune my guitar. But I don’t understand how it works. Shouldn’t there be a E to tune too?
The documentation I found on their website is for the pc version and very poorly done.
Anybody knows how it works?
taken from gearslutz; There is a rotating hexagon that spins with respect to the phase of your string sound versus the tuning frequency (which automatically adjusts to whatever note you are tuning). You can use that for intonation by making the hexagon rotate (or ideally not move) in the same direction at the same speed for the fretted 12th fret versus the harmonic at that fret“”
btw would be cool to have more irCam stuff on ios...everything they do=top notch
Similar to Korg's cortosia?
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/korg-cortosia/id952982019
Looks a bit like Spectral Eye:
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/spectral-eye/id546934084
Similar to the free Helix tuner.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/helix-tuner/id1444576708
There is a problem with the app. On the screen shot included on the App Store when D is selected the grid goes to D. Mine does not even if I change it in the settings. Also somebody said in the comments it’s broken.
Wow, free with no IAPs... imagine that!
just got updated (silicon support) + on sale
$39 until July 6th