RK Grand Staff for PC and Mac

1. The lower strings on some guitars may produce an octave jump upon striking the string (a natural phenomenon, not a flaw in pitch detection) This can be distracting when trying to tune, so Guitar Tuner provides this option to mask octave jumps.

2. Tip: If the low E string still jumps, play an A (5th fret) on the low E string and tune to the A on the Guitar Tuner display.

3. From the Microphone Menu, select "Configure..." and then choose a device for sound input; generally this will be 'Internal microphone'.

4. When using an instrument capable of producing more than one note, avoid notes which continue to sound after a new note is introduced.

5. Guitar Tuner, for example, changes the needle color to represent 'in tune'.

6. Changing the 'A' reference effectively shifts the entire tuning spectrum, so that all notes will be in tune with the reference you enter.

7. If no green bars appear, too few bars, or the red bar appears often, please read the section entitled, 'Selecting the Microphone'.

8. The pitch detection algorithm can only detect one note at a time! It cannot distinguish individual notes among chords.

9. Adjust the Input volume slider so that most of the bars light up when you talk the loudest.

10. Laidman & Katsura tuning apps work by 'listening' through your Microphone.

11. Because your Windows may support more than one sound input device (Microphone, Line Input, etc.) you may need to choose one.