DroneLab

By individually tuning notes in the Chord tab, you can effectively produce any alternate tuning. You may need to use a chart that shows how many cents sharp or flat to tune each note for your situation.

There is no overall volume control within the app. Use the up/down buttons on the phone, or the slider in Control Center or the lock screen.

Yes! First connect to your desired AirPlay device, then launch DroneLab. You may find this Apple article helpful.

Currently you can only use the included sounds.

Yes! You are free to use the app to create and publish your own songs and soundtracks. There is no copyright restriction. You do not need to credit us, but we'd love it if you do!

The graph gives a fairly accurate depiction of the relationship between the various settings, and the rate at which the changes occur. However, it is not a precise real time representation. During export, the waves move faster, and in this case there is no relationship between wave speed and export speed.

Mostly not. All the sounds, other than the sound effects, are generated in real time using various synthesis types. The sound effects other than the cymbal and chimes are first created on a synthesizer and then included in the app as audio files. The cymbal and chimes were sampled and processed specifically for DroneLab.

All the sound generation, which mostly uses real-time synthesis, is built on the wonderful open-source AudioKit library

If you don't share/save the recording after it is done, it will be lost forever.

During recording, you can change any of the controls, including changing presets, and the result of all those changes will be recorded in the audio file. During export, the controls remain as they are at the time export starts.

On most devices, exporting will occur faster than real time, so if you need an audio file that is several minutes long, this will save time. Also, when exporting, more audio file format options are available, including sample rates up to 96KHz.

Some file previews, such as in Apple Messages, might not allow links to be followed. If you have this problem, first save the file to your phone with the Files app, and then open it from there.

When viewing this page on a device with DroneLab installed, you can click each of these links to import each preset:

• Surface Dweller
• Open Water
• Major Seven
• Heart Throb
• Minor Mood
• Near Stillness

These are new for version 1.3, and will not work in older versions:

• Sheltered Lagoon
• Morning Air
• Forest Lookout

You can save up to 24 Presets within the app. You can also export any number of them as files for later import.

Any iPhone (or iPod Touch) running iOS 15 or later is supported. That includes the original 2016 iPhone SE, the iPhone 6s, and all the more recent iPhones.

Any iPad running iPadOS 15 or later is compatible. That includes iPad Mini 4, iPad Air 2, iPad (5th generation), and iPad Pro.

Sorry, no, there is currently no Android version.

Yes! Starting with version 1.3, it will run as a "Made for iPad" app on Macs with Apple Silicon. (Requires macOS 12 Monterey or later.)

Sorry, no. But you can export audio files for import into your DAW.

No. Once you've downloaded the app, it will work without a connection.

Currently it is only available in English.

No. Use of the app is not tracked.

No, the app does not request, or access, your microphone, contacts, or location.