[LAU] [LAD] gxtuner-1.5 released

[hermann]

Am Freitag, den 09.12.2011, 21:26 +0100 schrieb Jostein Chr. Andersen:
> Hi Hermann
> 
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> On Friday 09 December 2011 16.30.24 hermann wrote:
> > Am Freitag, den 09.12.2011, 15:42 +0100 schrieb Jostein Chr.
> Andersen:
> ..
> > Thanks for your comment, . . .
> > but it leads me to the conclusion that you didn't have try gxtuner.
> 
> On a guitar with an ordinary nut, the distance between the nut and
> the 
> first fret is in general to big, this situation is better with
> guitars 
> with a zero fret. So if you tune every string (open in EADGBE) with a 
> tuner on a guitar without a zero fret, then it will be wrong already
> on 
> the first fret, all the notes on that fret will be slightly to sharp
> if 
> the guitar is intonated correctly on the 12th fret. And most of the
> other 
> notes will be out of tune, som to sharp and other to flat. I'm not
> aware 
> of a tuner that takes this under consideration. 

I tune one string to a reference pitch (or a tuner), and tune the other
strings in relation to the tuned string (without a tuner). That is done
then by hearing. 
I guess that is what most guitarists do. 
Therefore gxtuner could be a helpful tool. 

gxtuner isn't mean to break physical law. 

greats
hermann