Guitar Tuning Fork

Musical instruments aren’t really a necessity anymore when it comes to music creation, thanks to the variety of powerful creation programs. However, applications can also be used to help tune instruments, which is also the case with Guitar Tuning Fork, specially designed for your guitar.

Visual design and perks of portability

You’re not even taken through a setup process to make the application work, so you’re free to take it for a spin as soon as download is done. It can also fit on a thumb drive in case you want to carry it around and use on other computers. There are no registry entry dependencies, so the target PC’s health status is not affected.
The main window is pretty compact, but manages to keep all functions in an organized environment, and it’s not long before you know all the application can do for you. Most elements in the interface are interactive, with preview initiated at the press of a button, in the form of audio feedback.

Leaves much to be desired

A volume slider helps adjust the decibel levels of generated tones. Note that another click is required to stop the tone, or you can just hit “mute”. There are six different tone levels to generate, each taking a regular spot on an octave, and notes are shown on staves. Apart from notes, there’s an additional tone of 440 Hz, which is the equivalent of A4 note.
Unfortunately, the application doesn’t really help to tune your guitar. Sure enough, note sequence is appropriate, but the default sound bank used is difficult to associate by ear to actual sound of strumming. In fact, there’s little practicality to be pulled out of the set of features.

A few last words

In conclusion, Guitar Tuning Fork isn’t really a tuner for your guitar, nor an audio processor by any means. It only generates a few notes using different frequencies to simulate a basic octave. However, the audio quality and sound bank used for audio feedback cuts out most of its practicality.