Hey everybody,
in my band we're currently suffering from tuning deviations.
I started to investigate what happens and right now I'm kinda stuck cause I have no idea what's going on.
I compared single strings (of same instrument) tuned according to
I verified that for both axe tuners, no micro offsets are enabled and both are calibrated to 440 Hz.
I am confident my picking is causing max ~2 cents of deviation.
(We use drop D tuning so I'll name tone/string "low D" below)
I tune the low D according to the FM3 until it reports to be within +-1cent range.
Then I plug into my own setup and the III reports that low D is tuned around 10 cents too low.
I tune according to my III then.
Both FM3 and the Polytune will now report it is tuned too high ~10 cents.
Comparison by ear, to a guitar tuned according to the FM3, is clearly dissonant.
FM3 and Polytune seem to tune identically, so I think it is my III which is off.
what could cause such behavior? Did anyone experience similar tuning problems?
On higher strings, the problem exists too, but deviation seems a bit less extreme (but still too much), in range of 5-8 cents.
As a temporary fix, I offset my tuner to 438.5 Hz and the overall tonality between instruments improved.
But that's no true solution.
I'm happy for any ideas, assumptions or speculation of what could cause this.
in my band we're currently suffering from tuning deviations.
I started to investigate what happens and right now I'm kinda stuck cause I have no idea what's going on.
I compared single strings (of same instrument) tuned according to
- My setup (Axe Fx III mk2)
- Other guitarists setup (FM3)
- a TC Polytune 3
I verified that for both axe tuners, no micro offsets are enabled and both are calibrated to 440 Hz.
I am confident my picking is causing max ~2 cents of deviation.
(We use drop D tuning so I'll name tone/string "low D" below)
I tune the low D according to the FM3 until it reports to be within +-1cent range.
Then I plug into my own setup and the III reports that low D is tuned around 10 cents too low.
I tune according to my III then.
Both FM3 and the Polytune will now report it is tuned too high ~10 cents.
Comparison by ear, to a guitar tuned according to the FM3, is clearly dissonant.
FM3 and Polytune seem to tune identically, so I think it is my III which is off.
what could cause such behavior? Did anyone experience similar tuning problems?
On higher strings, the problem exists too, but deviation seems a bit less extreme (but still too much), in range of 5-8 cents.
As a temporary fix, I offset my tuner to 438.5 Hz and the overall tonality between instruments improved.
But that's no true solution.
I'm happy for any ideas, assumptions or speculation of what could cause this.
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