[CAUT] huge pitch raise question

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Tue Jan 9 17:43:25 MST 2007



> An SAT resets and calibrates to 440 when you turn it on.  I'd guess the 
> others do too.  You can also use the "calibrate" function, but I like to 
> turn mine off and on after a tuning pass if I've used the pitch raise 
> feature to be sure it recalibrates before I do a fine tuning.  There is 
> a scenario where the pitch can reset without you realizing what has 
> happened, but it has to do with the way you use the "measure/reset" 
> feature and changing from memory mode to tune mode.  If you aurally 
> check intervals regularly, you should catch it before you have to redo 
> too much.  Even so, a semitone reset is pretty unlikely unless you tell 
> it to do that on purpose.
> 
> I had similar wonderings back when I was just a young fork basher myself :-)
> Jeff

Thanks Jeff. It's been a lot of years since I bashed a *young* 
fork, but the possibility of an ETD gone psychotic seemed 
possible. Sounds unlikely though. Looks like we're down to 
evil spirits.
Ron N


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