6 thoughts on “Step One – Measure and Save a Tuning”
What does FAC stand for?
Also, when I set an offset manually I can tell how far off I am from A4 at 440, but when I measure and save a tuning using TuneLab how can I tell how sharp or flat I’m tuning the piano based on that measurement?
To clarify – I understand that we need to measure across the piano and see how flat/sharp/in tune different areas are. But I don’t understand why it needs to specifically be saved into the tuner in this way.
What does FAC stand for?
Also, when I set an offset manually I can tell how far off I am from A4 at 440, but when I measure and save a tuning using TuneLab how can I tell how sharp or flat I’m tuning the piano based on that measurement?
Mark, I did a video on the youtube channel about setting offset on the tunelab
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8pBnPKfIas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4H7Zq6ZCts
Could you explain why we need to do this? I don’t really understand why we can’t just start tuning without doing this.
To clarify – I understand that we need to measure across the piano and see how flat/sharp/in tune different areas are. But I don’t understand why it needs to specifically be saved into the tuner in this way.
Corinna, you should not save the offset into the tuner… just save the FAC, then do the offset
You want to set the FAC first, and then measure to decide if you will tune to an offset.