The Tuner; Advanced Tuner Functions - Fractal Audio AX8 Owner's Manual

10 THE TUNER

The AX8 has a built-in TUNER—essential for the performing
or recording musician. The tuner is easy to use and has high-
resolution automatic pitch detection, a calibration control,
offsets for modified tuning schemes, and the option to mute
audio while tuning. Press and hold
show or hide the tuner menu.
The tuner is assigned by default to the Press-and-Hold option
of the F3 footswitch. You can change this or remove it from
the footswitches altogether, but it can always be accessed
through the CONFIG page of the main menu, or in AX8-Edit.

ADVANCED TUNER FUNCTIONS

The actual tuner is on the first page of the tuner menu.
The CONFIG and OFFSETS page provide options for advanced tuner functions.
CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
PARAMETER
CAL
430.0 – 450.0 Hz
MUTE
OFF/INPUT/OUTPUT
USE OFFSETS
OFF/ON
OFFSET PARAMETERS
PARAMETER
E1, B2, G3, D4, A5, E6
+/-12.7 Hz
the TUNER footswitch to
Description
Calibrates the tuner by setting the frequency of A4 (in the octave above middle C).
Determines how the tuner mute works.
OFF: No mute. All signal is passed as usual when the tuner is engaged.
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OUTPUT: The signal is muted at the output. Tails for PRE FX are silenced.
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INPUT: The signal is muted at the noise gate. Tails for PRE FX ring out.
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Determines whether the OFFSET settings (see below) are applied or ignored.
Description
Offsets allow the tuner to be calibrated so individual notes diverge from standard
concert tuning by a defined amount. Use this for example, for Buzz Feiten tuning.
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