Unique “Drumtrainer” iPhone App launched with Benny Greb and Rick Latham Signature Editions.

By Vincent Jansen, April 08 2010

'Drumtrainer' offers a series of iPhone/iPod Touch applications that replaces a classical drum book and introduces a whole new way to learn how to play the drums. Slide your finger over the music bar to compose literally millions of different drum pattern combinations, select your tempo, pre-listen and PLAY ALONG.

Currently, 3 different 'Drumtrainers' are available in the iTunes App Store. 1 Classic Edition and 2 amazing Signature Editions featering Benny Greb and Rick Latham.

Benny Greb's Drumtrainer 'Backbeat - 16th Note'
The first version of Benny Greb's Drumtrainer shows one music bar with 4 different drum patterns. If you tap on one of the patterns, you can change the hi-hat, snare, ghost-notes or bass drum patterns by sliding your finger over the screen. By doing this, you can make literally every possible combination of a basic Backbeat, pre-listen to it and play along. Watch a demo video on YouTube.

Rick Latham's Drumtrainer 'Advanced Funk Studies'
With his Drumtrainer, Rick Latham celebrates the 30th anniversary of his famous drum method book 'Advanced Funk Studies'. Also here, you see a music bar with 4 columns. Each column contains more than 50 different funk patterns from the legendary book. Sliding your finger over each column will give you more than 5 million different funk pattern combination (when in the book, only 74 funk patterns are listed). Watch a demo video on YouTube.

Drumtrainer Classic
This very first edition of the Drumtrainer iPhone App is the perfect tool for beginners. With a mix of basic drum beats and fills, you can combine millions of different drum exercises. All drum patterns are selected by Wim Vanderwesten, a famous Belgian drummer and full-time drum teacher. Watch a demo video on YouTube.

Build-in metrone
Each Drumtrainer comes with a build-in metronome, so you can pre-listen each combination on your favorite tempo and play along. This feature makes Drumtrainer unique compared with all other iPhone drum training tools.

Pricing and updates
You can find the Drumtrainer Signature Editions in the iPhone App Store for only $7,99 / € 5,99. The classical version of the Drumtrainer is yours for only $5,99 / € 4,99.

And yes, we are talking with other famous drummers to get more versions of the Drumtrainer availably soon. Keep yourself posted at www.drum-trainer.com or contact us if you have some suggestions.