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About this app

Luthier Lab is a suite of (free) sophisticated software tools for luthiers. The tools can be used to aid in the designing and building of stringed instruments.

How do we make money from Luthier Lab? We don't. See About Us for more info.

For more details, please see:

  • our website (http://www.luthierlab.com)
  • Getting Started Guide (http://www.luthierlab.com/doc/getting-started-guide.html)
  • User's Guide (http://www.luthierlab.com/doc/users-guide.html)

Design Tools
Shape
  • Design shape of a guitar in terms of lines and arcs
Arches
  • Specify the arching for arch top guitars
  • Supports exporting to CAD tool (STL format)
  • Allows different arches for top and back
Bracing Patterns
  • Provides a library of common bracing patterns
  • Supports creation of custom bracing patterns
  • Allows different bracing patterns for top and back
Fretboard
  • Calculates the fret positions and saddle compensation
  • Allows dual scale

Analysis Tools
Tone Generator
  • Supports various wave forms
  • Can generate constant tone or sweep tone
Spectrum Analyzer
  • Captures a sample of the sound from your instrument
  • Graphs the frequency spectrum of that sound sample
  • The spectrum graph can be annotated to mark peak frequencies
  • Each sample is stored for later reference
Chladni Patterns
  • Used in conjunction with the Tone Generator
  • Stores photos of your Chladni patterns
  • Photos are stored in albums labeled with the tone generator frequency
  • Can create multiple albums associated with different phases of your analysis process

Design & Project Libraries
Design - The form of an instrument, for example OM or Drednaught
  • Provides a library of common designs
  • Supports creation of custom designs
  • The Design Library manages multiple designs
  • Designs can be shared with other Luthier Lab users via import/export
Project - The data for a single instrument (a design, collected analysis data, notes)
  • The Project Library manages multiple projects
  • Projects can be shared with other Luthier Lab users via import/export
Updated on
Jun 29, 2023

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
App activity, App info and performance, and Device or other IDs
This app may collect these data types
Photos and videos, Audio and 3 others
Data isn’t encrypted
Data can’t be deleted

What's new

4.2.0
Added
Tone Generator: sweep duration can be specified
Spectrum Analyzer: audio samples can be trimmed
Fixed
Various bugs

4.1.0
Added
Shape, Arches, Bracing Patterns, Fretboard: 'zoom to fit' option
Shape: 'Share/Print (PDF)' option
Shape: 'Undo/Redo' buttons
Fixed
Shape: various bugs involving constraints
Various bugs