Peavey Autotune guitar @ NAMM 2012
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From what i can tell, you have to activate the tuning feature once, then it locks to that specific tuning by setting an "offset" for each string. It then deactivates itself and lets you play the guitar normally and you can do whatever you want with it, even bend, and it doesn't try to correct the tuning anymore, it just keeps the same "offset" that it has detected therefore it lets you do bends without a problem.
Interesting concept, sort of reminds me of what the EverTune bridges do but without any mechanical parts involved. I too would like to know how the guitar sounds in a high gain setting though and am also curious if the tuning feature is tied to the pickups or if your able to swap them out for other pickups if you don't like the stock sound.
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Wouldn't this still preserve any intonation problems that were inherent in the setup of the guitar? If so it's a bit useless as anything other than a gimmick.
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Öwen;10154149 said:
I am just assuming that's how it works, it's probably more complex than that but i reserve my rights to be skeptical on a magical self tune guitar that's only 500$ lol
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Sure it autotunes every string all the time. It also autotunes your bends so they are in tune. It's not a fast autotune effect and that's why it works with bends. I'm not sure how it sounds when you're doing an extremely slow bend.
The intonation thing wouldn't work as they say it does if it didn't autotune all the time.
The intonation thing wouldn't work as they say it does if it didn't autotune all the time.
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Digital tuning will sound weird if it's done after distortion or after mic'ing because tuning is always shifting frequencies. So if the tune is off, it'll change the cabinet frequencies also. If autotune happens before the signal goes to an amp the sound will not sound strange at all. The baritone setting is tuning a lot though. I'm not sure how that'll sound through an amp.
Anyways I use autotune in solos that are DI'd. Works like a charm.
hmm, i tried to tune DI bass tracks using "vari audio" (cubase intern melodnye copy) and it sounds like shit, no matter what setting i use. never really tried autotune and melodnye, maybe the cubase thing just sucks!?
I didn't hear anything strange in the video at all. And I think the best use is, in fact, for the studio where you want perfectly intonated and tuned stringed instruments.
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My personal suspicion on why they are releasing it on a $500 guitar is that they are doing it as a trial balloon - if it sells then you will see it spread across the manufacturers. As far as I've heard so far it's only on this guitar and the new Parker MAXXFly model. One low end model and a higher end model, see how it does, how it's received and if it sells and gets positive press you will see it on more and more models by several manufacturers.
Just a guess however.
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thanks for the info man but as u said it must not be the way it works exactly. because if it comes up with an offset, its usually stuff like bending that changes the tuning if abused (just like tremolo tho of course some guitars are better at preserving than others is another subject) so then the offset will bw wrong so i guess itr has to somehow be in real time but in that case i too dont understand how it wouldnt mess up the bends and/or introfuce latency.
Jind: thanks for the vid ill check it out now
Jind: thanks for the vid ill check it out now
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Well the guitar is basically a shitty cheapo guitar that doesn't stay in tune. Autotune takes care of it. The only problem I see with this is that maybe the pickups aren't good and you can't change them.
I think they have thought about psychological barriers here. To use autotune on guitar is one thing but if it would cost a lot it'd probably be too much of a barrier for most people. Now many people can try it out and they'll get feedback on if it's accepted by guitarists.
This isn't cheating like autotune on vocals. This is just fixing your guitars flaws.
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Hmm... at 2:20. "The pickup selector switches models in the computer so you're hearing sounds of different guitar pickups."
So does this mean you can select a different pickup for it? Why so little information on this?
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