[linux-audio-user] Re: Tuning Program or wav files?

[thewade]

> I\'m looking for wav files or a tuning program that would help me tune this 
> violin.   If i had a wav file or a tone generator, I could just put it on 
> repeat while i was tuning.  I\'ve been searching the web for an hour now and 
> have found nothing, but i may just be looking in the wrong places.

PD has a object called fiddle~. You can run the mic
into this and (among other things) gives you the midi
note which correspond to keys on a keyboard. Or you
can run to output into mtof if oyu preffer to see Hz.
pd.iem.at

Here is a layout.

[adc~]
 |
[fiddle~]
 |
[ (midi note) >
 |
[mtof]
 |
[ (frequency in Hz) >

Hope this helps!

-thewade