![]() ![]() The below example is a quick screenshot of me tuning my synth using the tuner built into Ableton Live. #ARTURIA PIANO OUT OF TUNE SOFTWARE#There are some good software tuners built into most DAWs such as Ableton and Logic. In the studio, I would recommend using a software tuner to get your synth tuning as accurate as possible. I would personally recommend two methods depending on whether you are in the studio or if you are playing live. You can even use a traditional tuning fork if you are feeling really retro and want to get an insight into the struggles of the old days. You can tune to a reliable instrument such as a digital synth or keyboard, which is unlikely to go out of tune. ![]() You can find out if your synth is in or out of tune by using a variety of methods. How do I know if my synth is out of tune? I have some more modern analogs that barely ever need tuning and some that can go out of tune in as little as 20 minutes. The amount a synth goes out of tune and the speed at which it does varies from one synth to another. If you are still unsure if this applies to you if the synthesizer you are looking at has any ‘pitch’ based nobs which will most likely be titled ‘fine’ or ‘coarse’, then it is likely your synth CAN go out of tune. Synths which DO need tuning are most analog synthesizers or module synthesizers. So if your software synth is going out of tune this may be why. Some of the creators of such synths (in their quest to recreate the originals as closely as possible) have actually gone to the trouble of recreating the slight analog ‘drift’ (i.e slight detuning). If your synth is digital or on a computer then you can probably relax.Ī slight caveat to the above, is if you have got your hands on a virtual software synthesizer that aims to accurately mimic a vintage analog synth. These are pretty much always going to stay in tune. With this group, you don’t generally need to worry about tuning. The first group being synthesizers with NO pitch knobs. Synths are grouped into two broad groups regarding tuning. This can struggle over as little as 3 octaves in some cases. The more out of tune the synth will become. In basic terms, this means that the further you go either up or down octaves from the notes that you tune. Most oscillators on analog synthesizers will have calibrated range. This is due to something known as ‘limited calibrated range’ What is meant by Limited Calibrated Range? So basically the temperature, electrical interferences within the circuitry or if the synth is just getting a bit old.Ī synth may also sound out of tune at a high or low octave when it sounds in tune in the middle octave of the range. tuning drifts as electromagnetic interference fluctuates.tuning drifts as analog circuits get warmer/colder.The “drift” occurs due to a range of factors within the circuitry of the synthesizer. And it is why so many people still shell out big bucks for the vintage sound of a dusty old synthesizer. The slight “drift” in tuning that occurs in analog synths is what gives them the character that people just can’t seem to emulate in software synths. ![]() ![]() But how does an analog synth go out of tune and when it does, how do you re-tune it? And is there anything we can do to prevent them going out of tune? How does a synth go out of tune? However digital synths, virtual analogs and wavetable synths etc do not go out of tune. I was very confused….can synths go out of tune? surely not? I assumed that because they were electronic instruments that they couldn’t, but I was wrong!Īnalog synths can go out of tune. One day I noticed one of my synths was slightly out of tune. ![]()
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