The Snail

The Snail is a very high-precision frequency-domain analyzer that delivers an intuitive representation of sounds based on the scales and notes aligned in spectrally active zones.

It is available as a Standalone application for Mac and Windows OS, and AAX, AU and VST3 plug-in.

This plug-in offers a new way of tuning and analyzing an instrument in an extremely accurate way. It displays the intonation and visualizes music and sounds in a way that can help anyone improve their listening and intonation!

The inner workings of Snail comprises of two modes and three different display views :

The Modes:

• Music Mode - is the most suitable to view your music with, if for instance it contains complex polyphonic content.

• Tuner Mode - is the preferred to help tune an instrument as it increases the resolution of the analysis.

The Display Views:

• Snail View - provides a representation of the fundamental frequencies and all related harmonics or overtones in real time.

Sound is displayed as 'blobs' along a spiralled view from the low frequencies in the center to higher frequencies (and their respective musical notes) up the spiral GUI.

• Zoomed Tuner View - displays the hexagonal shape which rotates and slows down as you zero down to green on the exact reference frequency.

This display is the closest view to a traditional tuner while being incredibly more precise.

• Sonogram View - offers a more standard representation of the sound spectrum over time (vertically), highlighting the prevailing frequencies.

This view provides more detail of the frequencies' energy for analysis.

Videos

The Snail Preview

00:02:54 by Plugiman Aug 10, 2021

Here is a short preview of "The Snail" by ircamLAB. It's a high-precision frequency-domain analyzer that delivers, in real-time, an intuitive representation of any sound that you feed into it.

(FR) - Ircam The Snail au NAMM 2017

00:06:17 by KR home-studio Jan 30, 2017

NAMM 2017 Frédérick Rousseau de l’Ircam nous présente dans la collection Ircam Lab, le Snail, un logiciel d’accordage et de visualisation musicale.

An audio tuner like you've never seen before at NAMM 2017

00:06:19 by Ask.Audio Jan 21, 2017

Ircam's TheSnail is something different. It goes way beyond what other audio and music tuner apps do. Here's an exclusive video interview with its creator at NAMM 2017.

The Snail Teaser

00:01:18 by IrcamLab Feb 9, 2016

Preview of "The Snail", the absolute tuner by IrcamlLab

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Oct 16, 2024

live1

Love the Snail

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Oct 4, 2024

hirezaudio

It takes a moment to figure out what you're looking at but it gives the most accurate tuning for my guitar.