6 – Practicing with musical instruments
Tuning instruments
Chromatic tuner mode
This unit has a
CAUTION
Playback pauses if you press the TUNER key during playback of a CD or an SD.
Setting the standard frequency (calibration)
1Press the TUNER key.
The chromatic tuner mode screen opens.
2Use the DATA wheel to set the CALIB item (standard frequency of A) between 435 and 445 Hz.
Use the tuning meter on the screen to tune an instrument. The tuning meter and input signal pitch appear on the screen. (When no sound is input or the input sound cannot be measured, "– –
1Play the instrument to be tuned into the left micro- phone on the front panel. The nearest pitch name appears on the screen
2Tune the instrument until the desired pitch is shown and the center of the meter lights. A bar appears to the left if the tuning is too low and a bar appears to the right if it is too high. The longer the bar is the more out of tune the instrument is.
TIP
When tuning you can also check the indicators on the front panel. The center indicator lights up in green when in tune with the note. When out of tune, the center indicator lights up in red and the green indicators to one side show the degree that the pitch is out of tune.
The set value also appears in the lower right part of the screen. This setting affects both tuner modes.
Changing the tuning mode
1Press the TUNER key.
2Press the F1 key to select a tuner mode. Each time you press F1, the mode changes between chromatic and oscillator modes.
Oscillator mode
Press the F1 key when in chromatic tuner mode to activate the unit’s oscillator function and output a standard pitch. The output page can be set in a
In addition to the CALIB item described above, you can change the output pitch with NOTE.
1Use the CURSOR [§/¶] keys to select the NOTE item.
Set to oscillator mode
Set to chromatic mode
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