ShreddingDragon
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I'm having a pitch drift issue with my EverTune in Drop A tuning. The guitar is a VGS Stage One Octagon Pro 8-string, 27 inch scale. Note attacks on the 7th string downtuned to A sound very awkward because the pitch makes a huge jump upwards and then drops, eventually way below the target note. All other strings work either really well or at least at a "no concern" level of drift. The strings are a NYXL 009-080 set. Is the low A too thin, or what could cause this?
On the open low A string, I measured the pitch going from about +8 to -14 cents. Is this normal for EverTune? I made sure the string is in Zone 2 and I tried various points within Zone 2. It's okay for now if the pitch drifts downwards a bit over a long sustain time (like 10 seconds or so), but a big part of the drift happens fast enough to be useless for recording riffs and chord chugs. The problem is the big initial upwards jump at the attack and then going down immediately afterwards - for example, it causes many 8th note patterns to sound very wonky.
The higher up the fretboard I go, the more noticeable the jump becomes. At the 8th fret, the drift is from around +10 to -20 cents. I absolutely can't use power chords around those frets, it sounds disgusting compared to the higher strings. What can I do about this? I can take a short video of this if needed.
On the open low A string, I measured the pitch going from about +8 to -14 cents. Is this normal for EverTune? I made sure the string is in Zone 2 and I tried various points within Zone 2. It's okay for now if the pitch drifts downwards a bit over a long sustain time (like 10 seconds or so), but a big part of the drift happens fast enough to be useless for recording riffs and chord chugs. The problem is the big initial upwards jump at the attack and then going down immediately afterwards - for example, it causes many 8th note patterns to sound very wonky.
The higher up the fretboard I go, the more noticeable the jump becomes. At the 8th fret, the drift is from around +10 to -20 cents. I absolutely can't use power chords around those frets, it sounds disgusting compared to the higher strings. What can I do about this? I can take a short video of this if needed.