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Android Bagpipe Tuner (gStings)

1/5/2012

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I installed gStrings on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 p7500 today. Running Honey Comb (android 3.1)

Had a second Mac Cullum pipe chanter lying around so I picked a Ross Reed and seated it in the chanter. 

In the settings menu of gStrings, I set the  Pitch of "A" to 470Hz (under orchestral tuning) and set the temperament to "Great Highland Bagpipe " at the bottom of the list. 

With a little tape and a about 5min I had balanced the Chanter according to gStrings fairly accurately.

Next I set the drones to the same reading on g-strings with a little help from the wife and spent a few minutes listing to the tone and reached the following conclusions:

The scale from "LG" through to "F was" was astonishingly good. Had to move a little tape on "D" but otherwise I Could not make any corrections. 

The "HG" and "HA" where quite sharp however the tuner still thought they were in tune, I corrected them by ear. 

All things considered A pretty good tuner and well worth downloading. 




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Rick Lindsay
8/17/2012 10:19:18 pm

What was the playback octive setting and what instrument was it optimized for (my default is violin, and there is no GJB listed.

Rick

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Piper Paul link
10/23/2012 04:01:04 pm

Hi

GHB is at the bottom of the list not in alphabetical order.

Regards

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Addie link
12/17/2020 10:29:01 pm

Very nnice blog you have here

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