Tuning To A Non-Standard Pitch; Tuning To Recorded Tracks - Roland VS-2000 Owner's Manual

4—Setting Up and Basic Operations
6. Play a note. The note that's closest in pitch to what you've played lights in the
7. If the played note needs tuning, retune the note on your instrument until both of

Tuning to a Non-Standard Pitch

The VS-2000's tuner allows you to tune instruments to a non-standard reference pitch,
as long as that instrument is within a -23 cent-to-+23 cent range below or above concert
pitch.
This might happen when you're using a piano, organ or some other instrument that
can't be easily re-tuned on the spot. In such a case, the tuner can itself be tuned to the
pitch of the instrument you can't retune. Here's how:
1. Connect the instrument to the desired input
2. Press TUNER—the CHROMATIC TUNER display appears.
3. Cursor to the SOURCE parameter and select the input to which you've connected
4. Press F4 (Get).
5. Play a note—the tuner's indicator goes straight up and the tuner takes the note's
6. For each instrument you'd like to tune, follow the steps above in "Tuning an
7. When you've finished tuning your instrument(s), set the PITCH parameter back to

Tuning to Recorded Tracks

You can also tune live instruments to already recorded tracks. Make sure to record a
note you can use as a tuning reference. We recommend an "A" above Middle C for a few
seconds before or after the actual music. It's best to record the note on an instrument
that produces a clear pitch such as guitar, piano, organ or horn. A synthesizer that
produces a complex timbre, for example, would not be a good choice. Follow the steps
in "Tuning to a Non-Standard Pitch."
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tuner's CHROMATIC display.
When a note is exactly in tune, both large arrows light and the tuning indicator
points straight upward.
the large arrows light and the tuning indicator points straight upward. If only the
arrow on the left lights, the note is flat; if only the arrow on the right lights, it's
sharp.
the instrument.
tuning as its reference pitch, adjusting the PITCH value accordingly.
Instrument with the VS-2000 Tuner."
440 to return to concert pitch.
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