Nova Tuner

Written for professionals, especially those in the field of Early Music, Nova Tuner is a fully featured, accurate, chromatic tuner with extensive temperament support.

A full demonstration of the app is on YouTube: https://youtu.be/egkAFaICdXY?si=peIM6QvGHLqXMqtD

Nova Tuner was written by professional fortepianist and harpsichordist, Thomas Foster.

MAIN FEATURES

• Sound Mode (reference pitch) and Auto Mode (detect pitch)
• Clean and simple interface
• About 30 built-in temperaments (see www.thomasfoster.org/novatuner for full list)
• Add/Create new temperaments.
• Duplicate and edit built-in temperaments
• Create profiles to quickly set pitch and temperament for frequently used settings.
• A4 pitch detector to quickly determine an instrument's pitch level.
• Quick selection of common pitch levels: 392, 415, 430, and 440 Hz (these are customizable).
• Four waveforms for audible note: Sawtooth, Square, Triangle, Sine.
• No data is collected, no internet connection is required.

INTERFACE

• All tuner information (pitch level, temperament, etc) clearly visible on main screen.
• Standard, simple iOS appearance and controls.
• Large and intuitive adjustment buttons (no fussy scroll wheels).
• Light and dark mode.
• Supports portrait and landscape orientations.
• Note names in English, German, and Neo-Latin (do, re, mi)

TEMPERAMENTS

• Temperaments can be transposed
• Add, duplicate and edit temperaments
• Favorite frequently used temperaments
• Filter by favorited and custom
• Search entire list of temperaments by name or information (creator, type, year, etc.)
• Hide unwanted temperaments so they don't appear in the list or search

SPECIFICATIONS Transposition range: -11 to +11 semitones Detection range: A0 to C8 Reference tone: C2 to B7 Tuning modes: Sound, Auto, Auto with Sound Back Calibration range: A4=300-500 Hz, 0.1 Hz increments