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| ![]() | PAGE INDEX Follow Spot Palette Features The MetroTuner Palette contains two separate devices, inlaid with a stain-resistant wood-grain finish. The top unit is a Metronome which provides a regular beat for accompaniment or practice. Below the Metronome is a device known as the Tuning Assistant.
The Metronome The Metronome in FretPet acts like a very basic drum machine. It always plays in the tempo of the Active Bank, so to change the Tempo you must use the Tempo Bar at the top of the active Chord Bank window. If no Chord Bank window is open then you'll have to create a new document to gain access to a Tempo Bar. The Metronome is fairly smart. When you start it in the middle of a song it will start on the correct beat. It can keep up if you change the Tempo during Play. You can even tell the Metronome to play in 3/4 Time. However, there are some cases where the Metronome simply won't work. Songs that have an odd number of beats or play in interesting time signatures will be out of sync with the Metronome. This doesn't mean the Metronome might not sound interesting, but it won't sound like Rock and Roll.
The Tuning Assistant The Tuning Assistant isn't designed to listen to your guitar and measure the tuning for you. I leave that to other fine programs, like Guitar Tuner by Rustle Laidman. Instead, the Tuning Assistant exists to help you to tune your guitar yourself. The Assistant contains a nice blowup view of the current tuning of the guitar. A white "bridge pin" indicates which string is selected for tuning. Once you turn on the Assistant, the selected note is played repeatedly. With the Metronome turned on the tuning tone will always play on the first beat, which is known in musical parlance as "The One."
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