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  • Page 1 Manual V 1.50 Tuning-Set CTS-32-C...
  • Page 3 Jack for external microphone Opening for inbuilt microphone Jack for thermosensor Jack for active box USB jack for PC Jack for charger Device on - off switch LED is illuminated, when charger is connected...
  • Page 4 Operating scheme for Tuning Set CTS-32-C <4> Tuning program Function Actual...
  • Page 7 The note indication ------------ g# - 6 --------- c - 6 --------- c - 5 --------- c - 4 --------- c - 3 --------- c - 2 --------- a - 1 (Concert pitch) --------- c - 1 --------- B --------- ---- BB --------- A ---- G#...
  • Page 8 Operation Guide Tuning Set CTS-32-C (V 1.50) Index Start-up of the tuning device ....................3 Power supply ........................3 Replacing the battery ......................3 The recording........................3 1.3.1 Auxiliary power for the microphone ................3 Operation of the device ......................4 The tuning program ......................
  • Page 9 2.3.3.9 Semitone steps ....................... 13 2.3.3.10 Length reference ....................13 2.3.3.11 Write protection ...................... 14 2.3.4 Storage of a particular stretching of an already tuned instrument ........ 14 2.3.5 How to produce a piano stretching by instrument analysis (Pianyzer) ......15 2.3.6 How to produce a piano stretching by entering of support values (Piano Editor) ..

  • Page 10: Power Supply

    1 Start-up of the tuning device 1.1 Power supply The Tuning Set CTS-32-L is equipped with 4 chargeable NiMH battery (1.2 Volt > 2000 mAh). The operating period with one battery charge lasts approx. 10 hours. Once the batteries are low, the stroke "LOW BAT"...

  • Page 11: Operation Of The Device

    Jumper position for normal micro- phones without auxiliary power. Jumper position for microphone MIKE-R und MIKE-E (with auxiliary power) Jumper 2 Operation of the device The device is started up through the shift switch on the right-hand side. For approx. 1 second, the program version appears in the display, followed by the below image: <2>...

  • Page 12: Bar Display

    For all other instrument programs (except „STANDARD____[0]“) the tuning program cannot be accessed directly from the instrument selection mode. For these programs several functions must first be adjusted. The operating details for this will follow in the chapter 2.2 2.1 The tuning program ...

  • Page 13: Tone Adjustment

    cent: in cent (one cent corresponds to one hundredth of a half-tone step) beat: in hertz as difference of beats between target frequency and true frequency ftru: in hertz as absolute frequency ftgt: display of target frequency in hertz theoretical pipe length (mm) pipe length correction value (mm) h/16 16th part of a semitone step...
  • Page 14 2.1.6.1 PITCH (concert pitch) The concert pitch is the principal reference tone for all other tones of a particular tuning task. It is linked to the tone a’ and is adjustable from 220 to 880 Hz in steps of 0.01Hz. If both Value buttons are pressed simultaneously, the concert pitch is automatically adjusted to the tone played at that moment.
  • Page 15 2.1.7 How to save the settings If you leave the tuning program with "Escape" the following settings will be saved and assigned to the active instrument program: Mode of the numerical display, Concert pitch (pitch), Mode of bar display (bargr), Amplification (ampl), Resolution of bar display (resol), Torzeit (gate).
  • Page 16 2.2.1 Using the installed instrument programs Whenever the unit is switched on, it <2> instrument-selection, then <Enter> is initially in the instrument selection STANDARD_______ [ 0] mode. From there one can select one of the instrument programs with Actual the help of the “Actual” button. 2.2.1.1 Piano The selection of the optimal stretching depends on various parameters of the instrument to be tuned.
  • Page 17 2.2.1.3 Organ historical (ORGAN_HISTORICAL) The desired historical temperament (see chapter 4.4), the <cent-reference> and the <transposer> can be adjusted before entering the tuning program. The cent adjustment will be determined by the selected historical temperament. All other settings are the same as "organ equal temperament". 2.2.1.4 Harpsichord The desired historical temperament (see chapter 4.4), the <cent-reference>...
  • Page 18 After pressing “Enter” the follow- STILL_EMPTY______[22] write over ??? ing indicator is shown: yes: <Shift+Function> no: <Escape> Now keep the die „Shift“ button pressed while at the same time <3> work-selction, then <Enter> pressing the upper “function” PIANO_STRETCH_03[22] copy instrument button.
  • Page 19 By pressing the right „Special“ change name: PIANO_STRETCH_5C button (*-->), the char „C“ is writ- <-- --> --> *--> ----------------->C ten in the text to be changed: After pressing the „Enter“ button, <3> work-selction, then <Enter> the change of name is confirmed PIANO_STRETCH_5C[22] change name and stored.
  • Page 20 2.3.3.5 Special-Keys (Function of the two Special-Keys) Herein one can select the function that can be controlled by the "special" keys. „partial-memory“: the partial tone is controlled tone by tone via the memory bank according to the active instrument program. „special-button“...
  • Page 21 2.3.3.11 Write protection „ON“: The stored instrument programs cannot be overwritten. „OFF“: No write protection function 2.3.4 Storage of a particular stretching of an already tuned instrument Each instrument program is assigned a memory bank. There you can store cent values for the whole tone range of your instrument, tone by tone.
  • Page 22 2.3.5 How to produce a piano stretching by instrument analysis (Pianyzer) Using the „Pianyzer“ (Piano Analyzer) you get more beautiful piano tunings. Here the stretching of the instrument will be optimized individually. If you have practiced, you need for the analysis less than 5 minutes. Due to the interference-free analog strobe display you get a safe, reproducible result.
  • Page 23 For fine adjustment use the "Value " buttons. For rough adjustment, you hold the "Shift" button and tap one of the keys "Value ". Pressing both buttons, "Value" at the same time, starts an automatic scan. The audible tone can also be used. Press "Enter ". Play the specified note (for the moment again a_1, since you now 0.0 cent (01/P3)
  • Page 24 After switching on the unit, look for an unused instrument program as i.e. “STILL_EMPTY__[15]“. There you search the option " PIANO-EDITOR " using the "function" buttons, and keep the die „Shift“ button pressed while at the same time tapping the upper “func- tion”...
  • Page 26 2.3.7 How to create a tone sequence (tone raw) In a factory or for special music instruments, it could be useful to set a predefined sequence of tones. In each of the 99 instrument programs you can store one tone raw. If a tone raw is set, the note adjustment works via the "special"...
  • Page 27 2.4.1 Illumination off: The illumination is always switched off. power save: If you don't press any key for a longer time span, the illumination turns off. always on The illumination is always switched on. 2.4.2 Timer turn off If you don't press any key for a longer time span the device may turn off automatically. 10 seconds before turning off, a beep will sound.
  • Page 28 2.4.4 Calibration of Target-Frequency The device as delivered is calibrated with a precision of 3 ppm. As the time base of the unit is op- erated through a clock crystal, further calibration is actually not necessarily required. For calibration a 10000 hertz frequency gauge with an amplitude of maximum 200 milli volt is con- nected at the microphone input.

  • Page 29: Basic Information

    3.2 Resetting the device to factory settings Operate as follows: 1. Switch off the device. 2. While keeping the buttons “Escape“, "Shift" and “Enter“ simultaneously pressed, switch on the device. Then follow the instructions on the display. 3.3 Tremolo tuning. Supported by rapid exchange between two instrument programs.
  • Page 30 The frequency 440.00 Hertz are to be raised by 5 cent: 440.00 Hz * 1200/5 2 = 441.27 Hz The frequency 440.00 Hertz are to be raised by 100 cent, which means by one semitone: 440.00 Hz * 1200/100 2 = 440.00 Hz * 12 2 = 466.16 Hz The frequency 466,16 Hertz are to be lowered by 100 cent, which means by one semitone: 466.16 Hz : 1200/100 2 = 466.16 Hz : 12 2 = 440.00 Hz...
  • Page 31 Original table of the Kirnberger-III temperament: +6,5 -1,5 +10,5 +0,5 +3,5 +4,5 -3,5 +8,5 +0,5 +7,0 +2,5 First the table is transposed by 3 semitone steps to the right: +7,0 +2,5 +6,5 -1,5 +10,5 +0,5 +3,5 +4,5 -3,5 +8,5 It is then recalculated to match the cent reference = “a” (-0,5 cent): +6,5 +2,0 -0,5...
  • Page 32 With the keys “Actual” you can achieve the display of “lp” or “ld” in the tuning program. 4.7 Filtering of partials The low susceptibility to disturbance of the TLA Tuning Set display is achieved among other things through a band pass filter (64 dB per octave) installed in the device. This filter suppresses all in- coming signals of the microphone except the frequency of the tone to be tuned.

  • Page 33: Technical Data

    5 Technical data Tuning Range: 20...15000 Hz ( 9,5 octaves) Accuracy: absolute and relative < 0.1 Cent (1/1000 semitone step !). Display : 1. LCD-bar, resolution adjustable from 10 cent up to 200 Cent(max. gauge). 2. Nu- merical either as cent (resolution 0.1 cent, range 250.0 cent), as beats (resolution 0.01 hertz) or as absolute frequency (resolution 0.01 hertz), as pipe length correction or 16-th part of semitone 3.
  • Page 34 Mode for adjustment of microphone gain (memory, button, automatic) Mode for cent adjustment (memory, button) Mode for special-keys (memory, button, sequence, chorus, Off) Thermosensor cent rate Thermosensor reference Reference value for pipe length correction Write protection (On/Off) Microtonal mode (microtonale scales): Memory for 4 microtonal systems (tone.scales).
  • Page 35 Diagrams of piano stretchings Piano-Stretching 2. Piano-Stretching 1. cent cent Piano-Stretching 3. cent...
  • Page 36 Cent-values of the historical temperaments 1 EQUAL TEMPERAMENT 2 AMMERBACH_1_Lpz_ -4,2 -0,1 -2,2 3 AMMERBACH_2_Lpz_ -2,1 -8,2 -2,0 -4,1 8,1 -10,2 4 ANONYMUS_(Pyth.) -9,8 -17,6 -5,9 -35,2 -2,0 9,8 -19,6 -7,8 -15,6 -3,9 -33,2 5 BACH/BARNES_1/6_ -2,0 -2,0 6 BACH/KELLNER_1/6 -1,0 -1,5 -2,5...
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