Tag: cent accuracy
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Piano Tuning Assistant: Measuring Inharmonicity & Building Stretch Curves
Read more: Piano Tuning Assistant: Measuring Inharmonicity & Building Stretch CurvesMost tuner apps treat a piano like a giant guitar: one note, one target frequency, tune to zero cents. More important, they “mush” all of the harmonics of each note into an “in-tune” or “out of tune” signal on a needle. Even “single strobe” tuners do this! This fails spectacularly for pianos. A real piano…
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Cent Accuracy in Tuners: Why 0.1 Cent Matters
Read more: Cent Accuracy in Tuners: Why 0.1 Cent MattersWhat is a Cent? A cent is a logarithmic unit of pitch: 100 cents make a semitone, 1,200 make an octave. Because cents are logarithmic, their Hz-value depends on register – at A4 (440 Hz) one cent is about 0.254 Hz, while at A1 (55 Hz) it is only about 0.032 Hz. This mirrors how…
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Strobe Tuner vs Regular Tuner: Complete Technical Comparison
Read more: Strobe Tuner vs Regular Tuner: Complete Technical ComparisonA technical comparison of the two fundamentally different approaches to electronic tuning; published on blog.strobopro.se A strobe tuner is fundamentally more accurate than a regular (FFT) tuner. It compares the phase of your instrument’s waveform directly against a reference signal. Consequently, it delivers 0.1 cent precision at every frequency. This includes the 30 Hz low…