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Use the Tuner utility
You can tune instruments connected to your system with the Tuner utility. This ensures that your
external instrument recordings are in tune with any software instruments, samples, or existing
recordings in your projects.
Mute button
Tune Deviation display
Keynote
Drag to set pitch.
Tuner parameters
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Graphic Tuning display: Indicates the pitch of the note in cents. At the centered (12 o’clock)
position, the note is correctly tuned. If the indicator moves to the left of center, the note is at.
If the indicator moves to the right of center, the note is sharp. Color is also used to indicate
tuning accuracy, with green denoting a tuned signal, and orange indicating a detuned signal.
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Reference Tuning eld: Drag vertically to set the pitch of the note used as the basis for tuning.
The default is for note A at 440 Hz and can be set in a range from 410 to 470 in 0.1 Hz steps.
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Keynote display: Shows the target pitch of the note being played (the closest tuned pitch).
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Tune Deviation display: Shows the tuning deviation in cents.
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Mute button: Click to mute the active channel.
Use the Tuner
1 Insert the Tuner plug-in into an audio channel strip.
2 Play a single note on the instrument and watch the Graphic Tuning and Keynote displays. If the
note is at or sharp of the keynote, orange segments are shown in the Graphic Tuning display,
the Keynote is shown in orange, and the Tune Deviation display indicates how far (in cents) the
note is o pitch.
3 Adjust the tuning of your instrument until the indicator is centered in the Graphic Tuning display
and the Tune Deviation eld shows zero (0 cents).
The Graphic Tuning display and Keynote are shown in green when correctly tuned.