tigervomitt Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 When I turn on the tuner I only get clean DI sound - or the sound is totally muted, depending on how it’s set up. Instead I’d like to have the normal tone that’s loaded up continue playing. How do I change it so that even with the tuner on it’ll still let me keep playing with whatever patch that’s loaded up? Sometimes it’s useful to have the tuner visible on the screen while we play normally. THANKS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd2rk Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Helix's tuner is designed to protect the world from players who think that the audience WANTS to hear them tuning up. I don't get it. When would it be "useful to have the tuner visible on the screen while we play normally"? How is it even possible to tune while playing normally? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datacommando Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 On 8/30/2022 at 10:19 PM, rd2rk said: I don't get it. I know exactly what you mean. Told you it was getting really weird in here. Jeez, whatever next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 On 8/30/2022 at 4:41 PM, tigervomitt said: When I turn on the tuner I only get clean DI sound - or the sound is totally muted, depending on how it’s set up. Instead I’d like to have the normal tone that’s loaded up continue playing. How do I change it so that even with the tuner on it’ll still let me keep playing with whatever patch that’s loaded up? Sometimes it’s useful to have the tuner visible on the screen while we play normally. THANKS The tuner operates on the direct, unprocessed input signal. That provides the most accurate tuning capability. A processed signal that includes distortion, delay, chorus, reverb, etc. cannot be used to tune very well. How would you tune a pitch shifted signal? That’s why the only two options are DI and Mute. Technically I suppose it would be possible to continue routing the processed signal to the outputs while the tuner is active and still operating on the DI. Hard to imagine that this would be useful because, well, as stated earlier who wants to hear you tune? And what are the circumstances where the tuner display is useful while playing normally? If you want to pursue this you could post the suggestion on Ideascale. It would be interesting to see if anyone else wants this feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigervomitt Posted August 30, 2022 Author Share Posted August 30, 2022 No, no one wants to hear anyone tune up. I'm setting up the action on a new bass. I like a small amount of fret buzz in my tone. I wanted to hear its effect on my Helix'ed tone while I dial in the string height, without having to go over to the Helix 5 feet away on the shelf and turn the tuner on an off every few seconds while I'm sitting at the workbench. It's also been handy MANY times on stage to have a tuner running on a pedalboard, for those moments when you start thinking "am I out of tune on this string?". Even more with an old analog synth on stage. Sometimes stage sound isn't great and the objective measurement can help you know where you're at. Similarly, it's also useful when you're recording. Just leave the tuner running so that you can tune whenever you need to, without having to lollipop around with a tuner between takes while you're focusing on the performative job at hand. Consider it a pitch meter and you'll start to get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Perhaps an external tuner would be handy for you? As for using a tuner while recording, I prefer to tune up between takes rather than during a take. You find it acceptable to begin recording while out of tune? If your instrument can’t hold its tune for the duration of the take you need to examine your instrument. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd2rk Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Glad you removed the "Trolls" comment. I still don't get how you can tune even one string while playing without muting the tuner's output. I think @silverheadnailed it - you need an external tuner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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