About DronePlayer
DronePlayer is a fun, interactive practice assistant for improvising musicians. Playing over extended tonalities is a great way to develop your ears as well as your musical ideas. Long, sustained tones are generally known...
DronePlayer is a fun, interactive practice assistant for improvising musicians. Playing over extended tonalities is a great way to develop your ears as well as your musical ideas. Long, sustained tones are generally known as drones. Drones have proven themselves quite useful for practicing. Many people use them to assist with intonation. Some enjoy playing scales over them. I personally have found them useful for practicing improvisation and improving my ears. Muting one of the drone voices is a great way to play with just a fundamental pitch. You can then improvise over this and focus on hearing how what you are playing relates. Adding a second drone voice just adds to the fun.
Version History Upgraded audio system and minor bug fixes. 2.91 10/22/2025 Upgraded the audio engine and minor bug fixes. 2.9 06/22/2022 Improved the way the adjust knob works (now able to transpose a drone sequence up or down an octave). A few minor bug fixes as well. If you enjoy DronePlayer, please give us a review. Thank you! 2.7.1 06/19/2019 We added more sound options and fixed a few minor bugs. 2.7 06/18/2019 Minor improvements to the audio engine and smoothed out some of the synth patches. 2.6 11/20/2018 Drone Sequences are back! In the original version there was a somewhat hidden feature but now it is brought front and center. Drone sequences are configurable, step sequences of three-note drones. We hope you find inspiration and have fun practicing with this app. Happy practicing! 2.5 04/05/2018 Improvements to layout, including support for iPhone X. 2.2 11/02/2017 Stability fixes. Primarily improving handling of headphone connections. 2.1.1 07/31/2017 Much improved sonic abilities. The synths are much improved in this version. Minor improvements to the percussion tracks. 2.1 07/19/2017 We added a new drum set! More options available in the groove selector. Please stay tuned - we're working on improving the drone sounds as well. Update coming soon for that! 2.0.1 04/14/2017 Version 2.0 includes a brand new audio engine which now enables more flexibility and better audio quality! DronePlayer now supports a fine-grained metronome which can dynamically adjust the tempo (ranging from 60-240bpm) and also supports odd meters. We are shipping this release with a simple set of drone tones and percussion grooves. Look for improvements and expansions of those in upcoming updates. Thanks to all our loyal customers - we hope you enjoy this new release! 2.0 04/04/2017 Minor stability improvements. Improved UI. 1.4 08/21/2015 Now you can edit drone sequences! Flip to landscape orientation (aka Drone Sequence View) and tap Edit to adjust drone sequences. Here you can alter the tones for the drone sequence. Also includes improvements to online help content. 1.3 02/22/2012 You asked and we delivered! This version adds a continuous drone tone, several usability enhancements and a preview of the drone sequence editor! Usability enhancements include display of "lock" icons for tone and pitch knobs during playback as well as on-line help improvements. Additionally, we're included a technology preview of the drone sequence editor. Please continue to send us your feature requests and feedback! 1.2 10/12/2011 This version significantly improves the VintageKnob usability. Apologies if you were frustrated with the initial release. Please stay tuned for an upcoming adding an editing capability so you modify the drone sequences. Thanks! 1.1 07/28/2011 1.0 06/10/2011
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of DronePlayer since it was posted on our website on 2016-11-09 15:19:59.
The latest version is 2.91 and it was updated on 2026-06-24 21:13:46. See below the changes in each version.
DronePlayer version 2.91
Updated At: 2026-06-03
Changes: Version History Upgraded audio system and minor bug fixes. 2.91 10/22/2025 Upgraded the audio engine and minor bug fixes. 2.9 06/22/2022 Improved the way the adjust knob works (now able to transpose a drone sequence up or down an octave). A few minor bug fixes as well. If you enjoy DronePlayer, please give us a review. Thank you! 2.7.1 06/19/2019 We added more sound options and fixed a few minor bugs. 2.7 06/18/2019 Minor improvements to the audio engine and smoothed out some of the synth patches. 2.6 11/20/2018 Drone Sequences are back! In the original version there was a somewhat hidden feature but now it is brought front and center. Drone sequences are configurable, step sequences of three-note drones. We hope you find inspiration and have fun practicing with this app. Happy practicing! 2.5 04/05/2018 Improvements to layout, including support for iPhone X. 2.2 11/02/2017 Stability fixes. Primarily improving handling of headphone connections. 2.1.1 07/31/2017 Much improved sonic abilities. The synths are much improved in this version. Minor improvements to the percussion tracks. 2.1 07/19/2017 We added a new drum set! More options available in the groove selector. Please stay tuned - we're working on improving the drone sounds as well. Update coming soon for that! 2.0.1 04/14/2017 Version 2.0 includes a brand new audio engine which now enables more flexibility and better audio quality! DronePlayer now supports a fine-grained metronome which can dynamically adjust the tempo (ranging from 60-240bpm) and also supports odd meters. We are shipping this release with a simple set of drone tones and percussion grooves. Look for improvements and expansions of those in upcoming updates. Thanks to all our loyal customers - we hope you enjoy this new release! 2.0 04/04/2017 Minor stability improvements. Improved UI. 1.4 08/21/2015 Now you can edit drone sequences! Flip to landscape orientation (aka Drone Sequence View) and tap Edit to adjust drone sequences. Here you can alter the tones for the drone sequence. Also includes improvements to online help content. 1.3 02/22/2012 You asked and we delivered! This version adds a continuous drone tone, several usability enhancements and a preview of the drone sequence editor! Usability enhancements include display of "lock" icons for tone and pitch knobs during playback as well as on-line help improvements. Additionally, we're included a technology preview of the drone sequence editor. Please continue to send us your feature requests and feedback! 1.2 10/12/2011 This version significantly improves the VintageKnob usability. Apologies if you were frustrated with the initial release.
Please stay tuned for an upcoming adding an editing capability so you modify the drone sequences.
Thanks! 1.1 07/28/2011 1.0 06/10/2011
DronePlayer version 2.91
Updated At: 2025-10-22
Changes: Upgraded audio system and minor bug fixes.
DronePlayer version 2.9
Updated At: 2022-06-22
Changes: Jun 22, 2022 Version 2.9
Upgraded the audio engine and minor bug fixes.
DronePlayer version 2.7.1
Updated At: 2019-06-19
Changes: Jun 19, 2019 Version 2.7.1
Improved the way the adjust knob works (now able to transpose a drone sequence up or down an octave). A few minor bug fixes as well. If you enjoy DronePlayer, please give us a review. Thank you!
DronePlayer version 1.4
Updated At: 2011-06-11
DronePlayer version 2.7.1
Updated At: 1970-01-01
Changes: 2019. jún. 19. Version 2.7.1
Improved the way the adjust knob works (now able to transpose a drone sequence up or down an octave). A few minor bug fixes as well. If you enjoy DronePlayer, please give us a review. Thank you!
DronePlayer version 2.7.1
Updated At: 1970-01-01
Changes: 2019年6月19日 Version 2.7.1
Improved the way the adjust knob works (now able to transpose a drone sequence up or down an octave). A few minor bug fixes as well. If you enjoy DronePlayer, please give us a review. Thank you!
DronePlayer version 2.7.1
Updated At: 1970-01-01
Changes: 19 июня 2019 г. Version 2.7.1
Improved the way the adjust knob works (now able to transpose a drone sequence up or down an octave). A few minor bug fixes as well. If you enjoy DronePlayer, please give us a review. Thank you!
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