The Bass Tuning Reference

String Select

Type

 

 

Level

Display

Capo

Sine Semi- Cents

Start

 

 

Sine with

Tone

 

The Bass Tuning Reference

Harmonics

This offers an easy way to make sure that your bass player is in tune. It’s always a good idea to check tuning prior to recording.

Type

Use this to select the bass type from 4 string (normal), 5, or 6 string setups. Some bass guitars have alternate tunings to accommodate alternate string configurations. The String Select plays the appropriate tones for the selected tunings.

Level Pot

Use your mouse to select an output level ranging from off to 0 dB.

String Select

Use your mouse to select the required string and it will be highlighted in blue.

Display

This displays a (viewing only) preference of a pitched semi–tone, as it appears in the individual string windows. This shows the correlation between sharps and flat notes on the scale.

Capo

Capo adjusts string tones for a selected capo position. The tuning (0 to +12) refers to the frets on the guitar neck

Wave Select

This offers two separate waveform options that can be used as the tuning source tone. The squiggly line icon is a sine wave with three harmonics, the sine wave symbol is a pure sine wave tone. It may be easier for some to tune to a pure sign wave while the addition of harmonics can often assist in tuning instruments such as bass or the lower two stings of a guitar.

Semi-Tone

This offers a +/– semi-tone pitch shift to accommodate alternate instrument tunings. Use your mouse to turn the control or scroll the digits in the value window.

Cents

Adjusting this control will raise or lower your tone up to + or – 50 cents. The default is zero. Combine your mouse and control key to reset to 0.

Note: A cent is a unit of a pitch interval equivalent to 1/100th of the semi-tone.

Start

Left-click to start the tuning reference, click again to stop. Right-click to play a momentary tone burst for as long as you hold down the button.

User’s Guide