realtuner
Dev tools
web guitar tuner
SHOW HN2026
How HN took it
21 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 29 comments about the project. Thread score +0.57.
Idea: 7 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 4 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun and creative project
From 4 comments
Guitar tuner as a service was not on my 2026 bingo card but here we are. Creative project!
behnamoh on HNThis is hilarious and fun. Thanks for making it.
pastorhudson on HNThat’s some serious out of the box thinking
Havoc on HNPretty wild, nice job
koinedad on HN
Works well for tuning real guitars
From 3 comments
this is hilarious. and surprisingly responsive! i used this to tune an acoustic bass guitar i have
anemoknee on HNLove this. Very creative. I just tuned my guitar and it worked fine
kaan_keskin on HNlove this, just tuned up a guitar.
sealthedeal on HN
Objections
Microphone permission errors in some browsers
From 3 comments
On Firefox/Linux, after allowing mic access, I get a "Failed to access microphone" above the button, and in the javascript console: [ws] Microphone error: DOMException:…
dbdr on HNOn my Pixel 10 using Chrome, it says "Mic needed - refresh to allow" but refreshing doesn't change anything. It's possible that I did something years ago to prevent whatever…
hunter2_ on HNGot the same, Firefox on lineageos.
nosioptar on HN
Cannot select the audio interface input channel
From 1 comment
Very cool idea, but unfortunately the browser doesn't allow users to select which channel of their audio interface to use as input. So unless you're plugging your guitar into…
jsd1982 on HN
Electronic tuners can be inaccurate
From 2 comments
In my experience, electronic tuners suck at accurately detecting the note played.They often pick up harmonics as the note. The low b on my 5 string bass is often identified as an…
nosioptar on HNInnacarute, jumpy, slow response. The most popular tuner of all time is the BOSS pedal, and the LED lights are too far part from eachother, it's simply not granular enough to…
locusofself on HN
Requests
Live feedback messages while tuning
From 1 comment
Thanks. Just tuned my daughter's guitar. Obviously a bit more work. But it'd be pretty neat to have live reactions. "So close!", "Nearly there", "You can do it!", "Perfect" etc.
Benjamin_Dobell on HN
Alternate tunings such as open G or drop D
From 1 comment
Unbelievable, thank you and can you add open g or drop d tuning pweez?
Johnny_Bonk on HN
Questions
How latency affects accuracy
From 1 comment
The latency question is the interesting one here. Guitar tuning needs to be accurate to within a cent or two, and network jitter can easily throw that off. Curious how you handle…
martinvalchev on HN
Alternatives named
Peterson, TC Electronic and Sonic Research tuners
From 3 comments
I love it. But in all seriousness, if you are looking for a good guitar tuner, a lot of the ones on the market are actually not very good. I highly recommend TC Electronic for…
locusofself on HNI use a Peterson strobe tuner on my smartphone, it's really good. I've also coded my own strobe tuner to learn more, unfortunately no mobile version yet.…
dsego on HNAgree that most leave something to be desired. TC Electronic polytune is great and I also use the pedal to mute my signal. I'm surprised to say this, but my favorite tuner is the…
lenwood on HN
Thomann Stompenberg remote pedals
From 2 comments
Do you guys know this? https://www.thomann.co.uk/stompenberg_devices.html You can use real pedals over the internet there's a german blog post about this:…
schinken23 on HNThomann had (still have?) this thing called "stompenberg", where they put up some mechanical switching system so that you could play audio files through the actual pedals in the…
TrackerFF on HN