Piano World Home Page Forums Our Most Popular Forums Piano Tuner-Technicians Forum Free Piano Tuning Software for Windows

Today there is a product named EasyTune being given away from

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/

The strange thing is that the screen shots of EasyTune look exactly like UltraTune and the PDF manuals of the two appear to be word for word the same. And EasyTune is also being sold from

http://www.slysoft.biz/easytune/

Edit: Another commenter at giveawayoftheday.com was able to prove that EasyTune was a recompile of the UltraTune source code with the program name and copyright changed. I'm surprised that giveawayoftheday.com did not withdraw EasyTune once that was shown.

Larry

Thank you for the reply. I am using Windows 8. Checked for update. It reported no newer update. Win 8 come with DirectX 11.1. It may incompatible with win 8.

There are still some missing dlls etc. You need to install the
DirectX End-User Runtime. It works with Windows 8 too.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35

Edit: And .NET Framework 3.5

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh506443.aspx

Thank you Hakki for the information re DirectX. This will install optional DirectX that is not included in most windows installations. I am running win7-32 and after web install UltraTune started working without any problems. Maybe filiptb can post this information on his website UltraTune.nl along with the binary and code. Seems as if there are a lot of people having this problem with ultratune. Thanks again.

Hakki,

Thank you. It works after installing DirectX runtime.

My windows machine is a quad core desktop. I only test it with guitar and recorder. I like the minimal screen layout. If using the stripping bar of tunelab is more intuitive.

Thank you for the heads-up. It is of course ridiculous that slysoft seems to be selling a derivative version of this free software -- which is seemingly a GPL violation. If the copyright has been changed, it is also a copyright violation.

I guess free software developers can't do much about this problem, though.

As for continued development: I have very little time in the next two weeks, so the next version will take some time to be released.

Well you probably can do something about it.

1) Veritune would be pleased to hear about it, it really is worse than yours being free.

2) Someone must support obvious GPL / trademark infringements

3) Why did you open source the project, are there some parts that require it?

Do a 'whois' on the slysoft website, that ought to provide enough information for you to pass on.

I am loving it!! Ultra Tune rules!

Thank you so very much!!

-H.W.

www.ultratune.nl

webpage down?

I'm also interested in this software. Does anyone have a copy of the install file or the zipped folder they can upload to mediafire.com?

It responds to pings, but doesn't seem to be otherwise "up".
I have been trying from time to time for 6 hours or so.

So, perhaps the owner can give it a wake-up call ?

Google drive link:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7RZlWNN3tUjZ0N3Y01ubEstUjg/edit?usp=sharing

/Per

It looks really simplistic, which of course doesn't mean much, but has anyone here tried it out?

I'll give it a shot recording some notes and see what it reports about inharmonicity.

Thanks for sharing that Per!

Does anybody have the source code? Would be interested to see if I can maintain/improve the software, but I can't find the code anywhere.

Here's another mirror for UltraTune.v0.2.4.zip in case Per's link breaks:
https://mega.co.nz/#!9sAlQAoZ!OyFM3UVB9smPqNgv_i7JhmsXwRcNuhzO3v28UMIAF_E

Had a look at Pers link but got a warning not to download exe file from security program. Is it safe to download??

I'm resurrecting this topic because I have a question about Ultra Tune, or perhaps generally about ETDs.

Thanks also to Hakki, for the additional links.

I downloaded Ultra Tune 0.2.4 from Per's Google Drive link, and Direct X End-user Runtime updates from MS, in order to test my own aurally tuned temperaments in future. While testing the basic function of the program, I noticed that the data collected for a note (partials detected, their respective offsets, offset of the fundamental, inharmonicity bar indicating completeness of iH data recorded) disappear as soon as the note is no longer detected. Mind you, I tested on full unisons that were not freshly tuned, so I'm not surprised that note detection was somewhat iffy, and didn't last very long.

Still, once a note had been recognized, I would have liked to look at the recorded data at my leisure, but as soon as the note is no longer detected, all data disappear. Is this behaviour typical for ETDs?

The software only has two commands: background noise recording, and selection between stretched (piano) and non-stretched tuning. I can find no "hold" command that "locks" recorded data into the display.

The other interesting thing I tested, was the influence of temperature on my tuning fork. At room temperature, being about 18.5°C (65°F), it was almost a cent sharp. Gently warmed in my hand, it came very close. And warmed against my body, probably somewhere close to 32°C (90°F), it was a cent flat. So it seems to be calibrated for about 25°C (77°F).

Verituner keep all ih data of notes in tuning file which can be viewed later. Tuning fork and the piano frequency usually have negative temperature coefficient This may due to expansion of material in higher temperature.

Mark,

If you remember, I had my piano tuned with Ultratune and posted the sound files for 3rds, 6ths, etc. awhile back. The link to that thread is below.

As you can see, the tuning was found unsatisfactory, because the interval beat rates was not progressive. Plus, while tuning we had a lot of trouble at the extreme bass and treble with having the notes detected by the software.

So it is as of this state seems a software in development stage with very limited and somewhat erroneous results.

But, then again, you can listen to the samples and decide yourself.


Ultratune tuning thread

The version of UltraTune that I have is v0.2.3. This is still a development version, not the finished product. In fact, it seems to be an early development version.

There is no way to correct for soundcard variations like in the other ETD software. You would want to be very careful before relying on U-T at this time, even for setting A4.

Thanks to both of you.

Hakki, I remember that thread and have gone back to the samples. I'd forgotten that you'd used Ultra Tune. I agree that the temperament on those recordings is not satisfactory. The flat F3 sticks out like a sore thumb in most all of the tests. By the way, seeing that so many of the octaves and octave-fifths sound so narrow, do you remember whether your tuner switched the program to stretched (piano) mode? I'll probably use Ultra Tune to tune a temperament and then check the results aurally, just for kicks, before doing things the other way round.

Joe, thanks for the heads-up. I wasn't aware of this. At this stage, I'm more interested in how consistently (repeatable and precise) I can do things, not so much in absolute accuracy. [Edit: but, yes, if I really want to test my pitch and temperament, e.g. for scoring purposes, I should probably get reliable software, or ask a professional to evaluate one of my tunings.)