Dick Day wrote; <<" ........................Or anybody that can solve this mystery.">> Dick; I have tried doing the same thing that you describe...it don't work. :-) Stored tunings in the SAT have something stored for that tuning but it is the partial rather than the fundemental..as I understand it. Thus the SAT may tell you something that you don't understand but it demands that what you tell it be understandable. In other words a 'stored tuning' can't be used for chipping purposes or even for vast movements of the strings such as in the first tuning on a new set of strings. In order for the SAT to give you accurate readings that you can understand the tuning has to be closer than you will find in a typical first tuning. The way to use the SAT to get in the ballpark on the 'first' tuning is just use the generic semi chromatic tuning that pops up after you push the "tune" button right after turning th unit on. Tune through one time with that and then the 'stored tunings' will work just fine. I usually tune thingees twice on the 'generic' tuning before calculating FAC numbers for that particular instrument. After FAC numbers are figured I store that tuning in a page I use for rebuilding and use it from then on. Why does this seem to work ? I don't know...... but it seems like Dr. Coleman explained that the 'generic' tuning button uses the fundemental only ? Jim Bryant (FL)
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