Matching Pitches Of Other Instruments; Adjusting The Guitar Tuning (Tuner Function) - Roland GR-33 Owner's Manual

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Chapter 1 Producing Sounds
3. Turn [V ALUEJ to select Gtrl-Gtr4.
The setting you select will be loaded.
• Witli tl1cfactory sctti11gs, this is set to "Girl."
If you wish to create a new input-sensitivity setup, press
[PARAMETER] to select "PICKUP SENS," and then
adjust the sensitivity settings for the current guitar's six
strings.
4.
After setting each string's sensitivity, press [PLAY] to
return to Play mode.
Create four different input-sensitivity setups for Gtrl-
Gtr4 to store the sensitivity settings for four different
guitars.
* Tlie last-selected sensitivity setup is the one c11rrently in effect.
Matching Pitches of Other
Instruments
The master tuning (basic pitch) set at the factory for the GR-
33's sounds and internal tuner is A= 440.0 Hz.
If you need to match the GR-33's tuning to the tuning of
another instrument-or if you want to change the master
tuning for any other reason-perform the following steps.
Changing the Master Tune Setting
1. Press [SYSTEM] to enter System mode.
2.
Press
[P
ARAMETERJ to select "MASTER TUNE."
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MASTEF.'. TUt·4E
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~3 Hz
3.
Tum [VALUE] to select the desired pitch. The pitch can
be changed to any frequency from 427.4 to 452.6 Hz.
4.
Press [PLAY] to return to Play mode.
*
The pitch of the syntliesi:er sow1d does not change when you
cha11ge the GR-33's Master Tune setting-the syn/Ir sound
continues to follow tlie tuning of the guitar. Therefore, after
adjusting the master tuning, you should 11se the Tuner
fimctio11 to re-t1111e your g11itar to the new basic pitch, a11d the
pitch of the synth sounds will play in the new t11ning.
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Adiusting the Guitar Tuning
(Tuner Function)
To accurately set a guitar's pitch, use the GR-33's built-in
tuner to tune the guitar. This tuner works exactly the same
way other ttmers on the market do.
Tuning the Guitar
1. While pressing
[51]
on the GK-2A, step on the first foot
pedal-[l] (TUNER) -or press [TUNER!.
The Tuner function is called up, and the following
appears in the display.
c,-
LlU
t
String Numbers 1 to 6
Tuner
440.0 Hz
[:· [':·[:·[:-[:·[:·0,c],:],:J-:lJ <]
2.
Play String 6 on the guitar.
The string number automatically switches to "6."
The note to which String
6
is currently tuned-notes are
tuned by semitones-is shown in the second position on
the display.
("D#''
in the figure shown below.)
E, -
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Cl
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t
Pitch name
Tuner
440.0 Hz
[>
[>[>[>l!li-[>D<]<J<J<J<J <J
("D#" - The marking in the third place denotes sharp)
3. Turn the string's tuning peg while playing String 6
until the screen shows the name of the note to which
you want to tune the string.
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T1.mer
44~Z1.(1
Hz
[> t>t[>[>[>D<J<J<J·::J-::J <J
4, Make fine adjustments to the string's tuning peg until
the mark illuminated in the display moves to the center
position and both side.
When the center indicator lights, String 6 is tw1ed
precisely to "E."

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