Snare Lab

Snare Lab is the most complete snare drum toolkit ever built for iOS. Tune, identify, match, and dial in any sound — powered by AI.

The Identify tab contains four AI modes:

MATCH MY SNARE
Tell the app what you want to sound like — a song, artist, or era — and tell it what drum you have. Snare Lab returns a complete guide: exact tuning targets, head recommendations chosen for your specific shell, step-by-step dampening instructions with product names and placement, snare wire recommendations, and an honest assessment of what your drum can and can't do.

AI SNARE RECOMMENDER
Describe the sound you're after. Get a specific snare recommendation with tuning targets, head suggestions, and a full genre-matched setup.

AI PHOTO IDENTIFICATION
Point your camera at any snare drum. Snare Lab identifies the brand, model, shell material, and tonal character — then loads the right setup automatically.

AI AUDIO IDENTIFICATION
Play a hit into the mic. The app identifies the drum by sound and populates your tuning targets.

PROFESSIONAL TUNING — REBUILT IN 3.2
One tap, one reading. Tap lightly an inch in front of a lug and Snare Lab hears the hit, skips the stick click and reads the ring. Two matching taps save the lug and the next one lights up in star order — hands-free, no putting the stick down. Every lug is shown against your target or against the other lugs, with plain directions: tighten a little, loosen a lot. Batter and resonant keep their own readings, a center tap checks the drum's own pitch, and you see the gap between the two heads. Take a target from Setup or the AI tools, type your own Hz, or just even out the lugs with no target at all. Save a finished tuning and load it later to get the exact same sound back. Snares, toms (14 sizes) and kicks, 4 to 12 lugs.

HEAD RECOMMENDATIONS
Every genre selection generates specific batter and resonant head recommendations for studio and live use — Remo, Evans, and Aquarian options matched to your drum and context.

ONE-SHOT MIXER
25-snare professional sample library with full DSP chain: EQ, compression, reverb, delay, saturation, and transient shaping. Waveform trim with draggable handles. Export processed audio directly.

SNARE CASE
Save up to 10 named setups — genre, size, tuning targets, heads, and mixer state. Load any setup instantly.

ACCESSORIES & DAMPENING
Genre-specific recommendations for head overlays, Moongel placement, Snareweight, Revival Wires, brushes, rods, and mallets. Orchestral and marching handled separately.

QUICK REFERENCE WITH READ ALOUD
Full tuning reference for any drum type, readable at a glance or spoken aloud — keep your eyes on the kit while you work.

Built by Trevor Lawrence Jr. for drummers who take their sound seriously.