Tuner - Native Instruments Guitar Rig 5 Application Reference

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Tuner

The Tuner Rack Tool
Get in tune quickly and accurately! Besides simple and precise tuning, the Tuner offers
presets for common tunings in a dropdown menu on its left hand side:
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Open D / E / G / A DADGAD
▪ The CENT / STROBE buttons switch between two tuning modes:
▪ In CENT mode, a small indicator shows whether the pitch is sharp (right of the meter's
centre point) or flat (left of the meter's centre point). The number left of the display
indicates the number of the string being tuned. When a string is in tune, the indicator
sits in the middle of the meter and turns blue.
▪ In STROBE mode, a series of lights moves to the right when the string is sharp, and to
the left when the string is flat; the faster they move the more out of tune the string.
When the lights stop moving, the string is in tune.
▪ The MUTE button is especially convenient when using the tuner live.
► Click on the Arrow button to show the tuners expert panel:
REFERENCE PITCH sets the tuning reference, from A=425Hz to A=455Hz. The exact
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pitch is shown while you drag the knob.
CENTS shows the deviation from ideal tuning in cents.
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TUNE transposes the tuning range. If you e.g. want to tune all strings a semitone lower,
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set drop tune to -1.
TUNE FORK produces a reference tone. To select its pitch, click on the note field to the
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right and drag up or down, or click on the Arrow buttons.
tuning.
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