So, all of our guitars are out of tune... or what?

spinland
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Wed Feb 15, 2017 3:57 pm

It is always perfectly in tune because intonation and fret distances are meaningless. If I fret an F# note, the signal that goes to the DAW is a perfect F#, always, and that's what gets translated to the analog signal that reaches the ear.

Mainly I was being silly, because of course the issue is related to "real" guitars and not guitar-shaped instruments that actually just output a MIDI stream. :side:


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Wed Feb 15, 2017 4:10 pm

What's funny is that just today I ran across this article. It's not about the same issue, but another guru (James Taylor) talking about inherent tuning problems with guitars.

Are We All Tuning Our Guitars Wrong?


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Wed Feb 15, 2017 5:23 pm

spinland wrote:
It is always perfectly in tune because intonation and fret distances are meaningless. If I fret an F# note, the signal that goes to the DAW is a perfect F#, always, and that's what gets translated to the analog signal that reaches the ear.

Mainly I was being silly, because of course the issue is related to "real" guitars and not guitar-shaped instruments that actually just outpit a MIDI stream. :side:
Oh how silly of me! It's the classic "MY guitar NEVER goes OUT of tune. Nah nee nah nee nah naaaaah! "

Well then "MY guitar has STRINGS! Nah nee nah nee naaa naaaaah! :silly: :P :laugh: :P :silly:


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Wed Feb 15, 2017 5:26 pm

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Thu Feb 16, 2017 5:40 am

Thanks Wiley. I knew you'd be enlightening us yet again. The first video is the best explanation I've seen on the subject.

Bill


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Thu Feb 16, 2017 8:44 am

Thanks for the contributions folks, interesting stuff that I was not very aware of before.... although I do recall a mention or two on this subject over the years.
I guess I can still apply the same degree of cents minus for the A=432 hrz tuning I use, more or less, right?


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Thu Feb 16, 2017 9:38 am

A lot of crazy-interesting stuff here I never before considered. Great thread! :cheer:


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