Suede Guitar Tuner & Studio by Suede AI
About Suede Guitar Tuner & Studio
Suede Guitar Tuner & Studio is a free, browser-based toolkit for guitarists: tuning, timing, setup measurement, rig planning, environment tracking, and a working notebook, in one place, local-first, with no account required. Use the online guitar tuner before practice, then keep time with the metronome. Suede AI publishes both this web app and a separate native iPhone app.
Online guitar tuner and web tools
- Tune: a chromatic tuner with a strobe display, a strum check that estimates open-string tuning from a short capture, and an intonation coach that compares each open string against its 12th-fret note. Choose Standard E, Drop D, D Standard, Drop C, Open D, or Open G in the tuning selector.
- Pulse: a metronome with subdivisions beyond the basics (eighths, triplets, 3-3-2, claves, paradiddles), tempo ramping, tap tempo, and the Lock-In trainer that listens to your playing and scores your timing against the click.
- Bench. Setup tools: a baseline that stores your action and relief measurements, a camera-based action height estimate from a side-on photo, the fret-sprout snag test, and a diagnostic that maps symptoms (buzz, high action, tuning drift) to probable causes. Guitar Doctor chat is there for the questions in between.
- Rig: presets for famous guitar tones, from The Edge to Eddie Van Halen. Each one names the amp and the pedals in order, with the playing trick that makes it work. Hear it on a demo loop without a guitar, or plug in and play through it live.
- Room: humidity and temperature logging per location, with a timeline that flags each reading as dry, stable, or humid. This is the app's guitar-health backbone; the humidity guide explains why it matters.
- Sessions: a journal for findings, song ideas (key, tempo, chords, tabs), photos, and short audio clips, plus your tuning history over time.
Guitar tuner app for iPhone
The native iPhone app focuses on tuning one string at a time, chords and scales, Pulse By Anthony J, Suede Sessions recording, and Ask chat. It does not include the web app's polyphonic check, Bench, Rig, Room tools, or Lock-In trainer.
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The design principles
Local-first. Your data (readings, journal entries, recordings, setup baselines) lives in your browser's storage (or app storage on iOS). Nothing requires an account, and audio never leaves the device.
AI where it earns its place. The AI features (bench diagnostic, Guitar Doctor) send only your text and rig description to the model, server-side. They are advisers, not gatekeepers; every tool works without them.
Measurable over mystical. Guitar care runs on numbers: cents, thousandths of an inch, percent relative humidity. The tools are built to capture those numbers so decisions stop being guesses. The guitar-care guides follow the same philosophy.
Frequently asked questions
Is it free?
Yes. The web app is free with no account. Open fretpulse.suedeai.ai and start tuning.
Does my audio ever leave my device?
No. The tuner, Lock-In listening, and Sessions recordings are processed and stored locally. The privacy policy details exactly what each AI feature sends (text and rig description only).
Does it work offline?
The core tools keep working offline once loaded, since the app installs as a PWA and caches itself. AI features need a connection, since the models run server-side.
Is there an iPhone app?
Yes. Suede Guitar Tuner & Studio for iPhone is a native app with a single-string chromatic tuner, chord and scale references, a metronome, session recording, and Ask chat. The web app has separate Bench, Rig, and Room tools; feature availability differs by platform.
Who makes Suede Guitar Tuner & Studio?
Suede Guitar Tuner & Studio is made by Suede AI. The existing web address continues to work.
Where do I report a bug?
Email hello@suedeai.ai. The support page lists what to include so the fix lands faster.