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Does any1 use the free tuner AP Instrument tuner?

Author: Shelly
Date: 2001-04-30 21:27

It is called AP Instrument Tuner and it is free at http://www.audio-phonics.com I downloaded it and I like it a lot but I am having a very strange problem. The program lets you set the tuner to the key of your instrument. So, I set it to Bb. So far so good. I play a middle C and it shows the note C3 (3 being the octave) There is a meter that shows whether you are sharp or flat. Anyway, I go to the next note up, D, and it shows that I am playing a Bb, I go one more note up (E) and it shows that I am playing G#. Now here is what is weird about it. If you use the major scale formula WWHWWWH you get C D E F G A B C (C major). BUT this machine is doing the scale BACKWARDS! If you go down from C using WWHWWWH you get C Bb G# etc. (Notice it is not the C scale in reserve but it is using the major scale formula going left to right)

So, as I go up the scale, the machine displays the note names going BACKWARDS using the same WWHWWWH sequence. For the life of my I can not figure out why it is doing this. I have written to the company but haven't gotten a response back yet. Does anyone use this program and if you do, have you had this problem?

Shelly

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RE: Does any1 use the free tuner AP Instrument tun

Author: Rina
Date: 2001-05-01 03:23

Sounds completely like a programming problem, and a stupid one at that - i.e. they didn't ask a musician for details when they were programming it!

Keep asking them, they'll reply to you just to stop the annoying emails.

Good luck
R

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RE: Does any1 use the free tuner AP Instrument tun

Author: jerry
Date: 2001-05-01 11:55

Sounds like the old "you get what you pay for " thing.
Oh well.

~ jerry

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RE: Does any1 use the free tuner AP Instrument tun

Author: Shelly
Date: 2001-05-01 14:41

Believe it or not, I really like how the thing works! I just have to memorize me new note names

For some reason it likes the C's. It gets C correct no matter what octave I play. I tried putting the thing in different keys just to see what would happen but needless to say, it didn't work. I hope the company answers me back but if not, I will just make do.

michele

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