Phonature PhonTuner is an advanced guitar tuner that also works for violin, piano, and even tricky music like DRUM & SINGING with vibrato. It is the FIRST real-time precision tuner to detect off-tuned notes in continuous performance and a cappella singing. It is the best companion for choir, musicians and studio / bandroom professionals. PhonTuner's ability to handle different musical instrument is better than many professional tuners.

Named by many satisfied customers as their most used PDA software, the PhonTuner gives you excellent value for money.

Enjoy seeing the secrets of popular singers' tonal accuracy or use it as your secret weapon to gain an unfair edge in refining your singing ;-) Use the pitch pipe function and real-time pitch feedback to warm up and easily attain high pitch accuracy to 10 cents for choir and barbershop quartet practice.

New for Version 2.0.5 : This free upgrade is based on completely rewritten signal processing algorithm that gives improved quick notes detection. Now even the slow SH3 based HP545 can follow fast melodies with more than 5 notes per second.

Version 2.2.1 major upgrade : Also free to registered customers, it includes pitchpipe tone generation, much improved layout, and A4 frequency auto-calibration for setting multiple instruments in tune. Features that are only found in a top-of-the-line professional tuner 10X our price.



As a guitar tuner, PhontTuner's clearest note frequency holding ability captures the frequency of a string more accurately than conventional guitar tuners. It also provides excellent tuning for steel guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar and various acoustic guitars.

Version 2.2.2 performance improvement :

More visible and dynamic real time pointer.

Clearer sound texture.

Improved reliability and accuracy with drum and percussion instrument.

Features:

1. Show the tone of the loudest note in multipart music (more than one sound input) or noisy environment.
2. Tuning Modes with tuning marks for Cello, Viola, Violin, Guitar.
3. 2 Custom Tuning Mode for user to define up to 6 target notes from C2 to C8.
4. 1 Singing Tuning Mode for vocal tuning with a range of C2 to C8 and automatic range tracking.
5. 1 General Mode for general instrument tuning with range from C2 to C8 and automatic range tracking.
6. Real-time indicator showing accurately the pitch of music. Even off-tuned notes of live performance, recording and CD can be located.
7. Fast note tracking for singing & vibrato practice and to follow quick melodies. The Pocket PC can now show depth of vibrato clearly.
8. Frequency locking for musical instrument tuning to hold the frequency value of a tuning string when the sound is clearest.
9. Fading effect for easy identification of pitch and error variation.
10. Adjustable frequency scale to set reference note A4 from 435Hz to 445Hz. Tap on the slider bar directly or the triangular arrow on both ends to set the A4 frequency. Can also use external instrument to generate an A4 tone and tap on the return arrow to calibrate A4.
11. Calibrated Sound Texture pattern reflects the timbre of sound.
12. Tap on the Mathematical Cochlea to generate the pitch pipe tone. The information about the selecte tone (eg key, Hz and sound texture) will be displayed in sky blue color.
13. Background noise suppression.
14. PhonTuner is a Shareware that stops after 60-second on trial.

PhonTuner Special Hightlight Standard musical instrument support Guitar, Violin, Viola, Cello Custom musical instrument support Up to 6 strings, range from C2 to C8 Singing range C2-C8 auto ranging Real-time simulated analogue display Fading needle, error meter Real-time numeric display Frequency (0.1Hz), note (e.g. G2#), and deviation (0.1cent) Tuning support Stable digital read out Sound processing Dynamic background noise rejection and loudest note detection; reliable vocal frequency tracking Advanced tuning Reference note A can be set to 435Hz to 445Hz by:

1. Direct tap on the slider
2. Tap on the triangular arrow on both ends of slider to increment or decrement by 0.5Hz
3. Generate an A4 tone from an external instrument and tap on the return arrow to calibrate A4.

Signal monitor Calibrated Sound Texture display that is related to timbre of sound Pitch Pipe Tone Tap on Mathematical Cochlea to generate the pitch pipe tone. Accuracy

1. 1-5 cent (clear note, quiet condition)
2. 5-10 cents (typical condition with background noise)
3. Almost perfect when Pocket PC is put in contact with musical instrument.

PhonTuner for vocal training
Get the initial 'do' tone correct by adjusting your air pressure and muscle tension. Notice any unintention tone fluctuation. When you have get a stable 'do', practice the whole octave do-re-mi-fa-so-la-te-do' to see whether the fading needles all fall on the marks C-D-E-F-G-A-B. Improve the tone that is most seriously off-tuned in conjunction with its neighbouring tone. After mastering the basics, look out for subtle errors such as pitch drop near end of note indicated by the needle pointer rotating anti-clockwise.

Note: Application of calibrated Sound Texture

1. Achieve perfect pitch tuning for just intonation.
2. See fusing of consonant notes and chords.
3. See subtle time variation of musical notes such as that of church organ.

PhonTuner is also available on other platforms :
Palm OS 5
Symbian P800/9xx
WM Smartphone