elstebbano wrote:no, but you have 12 half tones to find the right one and you instantly hear when you are in tune, so it shouldn’t be too hard to find the tune without a dedicated plugin..
This thread came up in a Google search and I'm going to interject here that this is a totally irrelevant reply that nobody should pay attention to. Nothing personal meant here and apologies to all for making my first post here such a confrontational one, but I can't stand information like this just sitting here to misdirect and mislead naïve, advancing and susceptible musicians.
I'd tune my instruments, samples and oscillators 99% of the time by ear as this leads me to what subjectively 'sounds best' and helps me achieve the most musically pleasing end results. However there are incredibly many situations where accurate metering for pitch is absolutely an advantageous situation that should be encouraged.
An example situation is on stage -- in many situations I have to retune oscillators during musical performances while the composition is ongoing. I wouldn't want to fiddle about with parameters during a concert with unpredictable monitoring situations, when I already know from the writing/rehearsal process exactly what frequency I want that oscillator or instrument to be at to give me the musical effect I want. Especially when working with ethnic instruments that work with different or non standardised concepts of pitch, intonation or temperament, it's absolutely vital that high precision tools are available to make accurate measurements and precise adjustments. As a session musician, I would never tune my instrument out loud on stage during a concert, and if I'm out of tune then I won't get any more calls back from that artist!
Anyone who finds that post when they're just looking to learn if their instrument contains a fundamental tool or not should not be made to feel inadequate. I would also love to have a tuner app or plugin available on my MPC!
Oscar
