On Mon, 2 Jan 2017 11:31:51 +0000 Yassin Philip <philcm@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On 02/01/17 11:02, Jeanette C. wrote: > > Jan 2 2017, Yassin Philip has written: > > ... > >> Is there such thing as a default tuning "norm" or (most probably) > >> does every plugin do what it wants to do? > > The default or standard tuning for typical western musical instruments > > is at 440Hz. There are variations, when it comes to concert pitch. I > > believe that the Americans sometimes choose 441 or 442Hz. But every > > hardware synth - that I know of - is tuned to 440Hz with a well-tempered > > scale. > That was the answer I wanted, thanks!! :) > > > > If your scale is well-tempered one Hertz shouldn't matter much though, > > unless > > at very low frequencies. > Huh. I beg to differ ; specially on the high strings, my guitars and > bass have to be tuned accordingly. Let me rephrase that: If I get > everything tuned, all harmonics OK, flashing strobe lights aligning and > all, on this guitar, and then, on the tuner (GXTuner on the master bus) > change from 440 to 441, it *does* matter much. Both perceivably (it's > somehow worse that being plain out of tune) and visually, on the tuner's > display. Any soft synth is as accurate as the timer source. I generally use the soundcard as it's usually the most accurate. -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
