There is the possibility of removing material from the tines but I do not want to do that. On that style the tines are arranged in a fan pattern so shortening the part of the tine that vibrates can get tricky when more tines are shortened. I do have another style of thumb piano where you can loosen the screws on the bar holding the tines in place. However, once it is within range of the note, it becomes very hard to get it spot on as the distance required to change the tuning at that point is very small. The style of thumb piano to the left is actually one of the easier styles to tune as the tines will slide to make it longer or shorter.
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Audacity should come into use here but it took a little figuring on how to get an auto-tune type VST to work. I can get quite close on some tines, but others are about 30 cent off.
I want to record samples of a couple of thumb pianos which are very difficult to tune with close accuracy. Using the Volca Sample to play some instruments with accurate pitch is a few steps away. If you want to delve a little deeper, download the user manual from Korg. If you are looking to understand how a Volca Sample can be used, YouTube videos are great. The Sample has more features than I care to list but here are some of them:ģ) 6 different songs which can consist of up to 16 sequences.Ĥ) Start and end point for each sample, both which can be altered.ĥ) Change the pitch of each sample using either cents or by semi-tones.Ħ) Analogue isolators for bass and treble.ħ) Swing control for changing the length of a pair of notes from 50-50 % to up to 75-25 %. While the Volca Sample does not have the live sampling capability, it has a lot of the features that a person will need. The Volca Sample plays samples of audio clips but cannot do live sampling which is recording an audio source live and then using it directly afterwards. One of the Volca line is a sample player. The Korg Volcas are great introductions to the world of musical synthesis.