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ninjedi
August 20th, 2006, 23:02
Has anyone homebrewed a guitar tuner for the DS?
Seems that it would be a great application.
Thanks,
Jeph
battleroyalex
August 21st, 2006, 00:59
http://www.gieson.com/Library/projects/utilities/tuner/
use that?
Video_freak
August 21st, 2006, 01:01
For the DS, battleroyalex...
lexluthor
August 21st, 2006, 11:11
That sounds like a good idea, however as far as I know it hasnt been done.

Coders should perhaps give it a shot. All it would have to do would be play back 6 tones.
walkdontrun
August 21st, 2006, 20:08
Has anyone homebrewed a guitar tuner for the DS?
Seems that it would be a great application.
Thanks,
Jeph

I think what ninjedi was talking about was using the Nintendo DS Mic to pick up the guitar sounds and show what pitch its in on the NDS screen, sort of like a normal guitar tuner. It would be a great idea and seems simple enough since it just needs to detect the pitch and show a simple meter.
lexluthor
August 21st, 2006, 20:12
I think what ninjedi was talking about was using the Nintendo DS Mic to pick up the guitar sounds and show what pitch its in on the NDS screen, sort of like a normal guitar tuner. It would be a great idea and seems simple enough since it just needs to detect the pitch and show a simple meter.

I thought that may be a bit hard to program though. I have yet to see a hb game use the mic. But who knows.. Im no developer.
walkdontrun
August 21st, 2006, 20:16
I've used PC versions of tuners that use the microphone. They have worked well. I hope someone can figure out how to do that, it seems like a good idea. I've never used the mic except for blowing air into it to play a minigame on New Super Mario Bros but I'be heard that voice recognition is good on games like Nintendogs and Ace Wright.
chemical
August 21st, 2006, 20:50
Its a good idea, BUT I dont think it will be made because programming with the mic and all would probably be quite hard, and coders probably arent interested because of the fact that there isnt much demand for it, only a few percent of people play guitar, and tuners are like $4 :/, but yeah, thats a great idea :)
battleroyalex
August 22nd, 2006, 04:27
Heres a good Idea make a guitar tuner that automatically plays in flash and use the swf player for ds? Or does it still not have sound support? :(
LordMerlin
August 23rd, 2006, 06:37
I've seen a sampler program that uses the mic to record a sound and play it at different pitches. TobW.net (http://TobW.net) has the open source I think. Detecting the pitch might be wierd, though I would love to see a program like that!
ninjedi
August 23rd, 2006, 14:34
When I see somebody pull out a digital guitar tuner thats the same size as a DS lite, I think it is benefitial. Also digital tuners that can pick up chords etc. (chromatic) are about $25 and up.

There are a few homebrew apps that use the mic.
http://www.double.co.nz/nintendo_ds/ has a tutorial on programming mic recordings.

What I envision would be controls via the touch pad and buttons, with the top screen showing a typical 1/4 circlie radial meter that changes ranges depending on the sound picked up. (hands free)

Here is an example of a basic chromatic tuners functions and look:
http://www.axemusic.com/product.asp?numRecordPosition=2&P_ID=2788&PT_ID=50