Wrong note display in chord preview

[IVortex - Axel]

Hello,

I have a problem in the “Chord Preview” window: The note displayed is A4. However, it didn't sound like 440 Hz to me, so I loaded a tuner plugin onto the channel with the chord preview and lo and behold: It shows A5! That's correct. So why does Studio Pro show me A4 everywhere?



Best regards,



Axel

 

[chichogp]

It might be that the first harmonic, which corresponds with the first octave after the fundamental frequency, is very strong in the sound you're playing. Try that A4 with a sine oscillator on Mai Tai and see what happens. Also, what you're showing in your screenshot is the tuner, not the chord preview window.

 

[Wolfger]

This is a matter of how the software-instrument is tuned!

Mai-Tai tuned Osc to 16´; C3 shows as C3 in tuner
:

Mai-Tai tuned Osc to 32´ ; C3 shows as C2 in tuner

Mai Tai tuned Osc to 4´; C3 shows as C5 in tuner:

 

[IVortex - Axel]

This is a matter of how the software-instrument is tuned!

Mai-Tai tuned Osc to 16´; C3 shows as C3 in tuner
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Mai-Tai tuned Osc to 32´ ; C3 shows as C2 in tuner
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Mai Tai tuned Osc to 4´; C3 shows as C5 in tuner:
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Hello - yes - that's it. Great - thanks. I don't understand the physics behind that why 16' means, that this is the exact Octave but this explains that the wront octave was played.

Thanks again,

Axel

 

[Wolfger]

16´ stands for 16 feet and would be the measurement for the length of organ pipes.
So an 8´ pipe would be half the length of an 16´ pipe and therefore would sound an octave higher.

 

[Lukas]

Also, there are no universal standards for octave labeling - or rather, there are several standards. Different manufacturers (including DAWs) use different octave numbering systems. So don’t be too confused if they differ by +1/–1.