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Highland Bagpipe Tuner & Metronome

Loch in your tone.

A precision tuner and practice metronome for Highland bagpipers. Quick to use. Deep when you need it.

Coming soon to the App Store
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Tuner

Real-time pitch, with detail when you want it.

Live deviation for chanter notes and drones, cent markers, averaged readings, and a per-note focus lock for steady comparison. Reference tones on tap when you'd rather tune by ear.

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Metronome

A click track that holds the line.

Look-ahead scheduling for steady timing, with subdivision patterns, swing, and a pendulum visual. Practice through the loud parts without losing the beat.

Presets

Configure once. Recall instantly.

Reference pitch, profile, threshold, temperament, drones — every tuning detail lives in a preset, accessible right from the tuner. One tap loads a full configuration. Switching between chanters is a preset change, not a settings expedition.

Share a preset by link to coordinate tuning across a pipe band: the pipe major sets the standard, every player tunes to it. Quick when you want it quick, deep when you need to dig in.

Apple Watch

The beat on your wrist.

A companion Apple Watch app delivers the metronome's beat through wrist haptics — a channel that isn't competing with your pipe. Useful at practice tempos where your eyes are on the music and your ears are full of drone. Not a substitute for the audible click at the upper end of the dial.