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Show HN: Remotely use my guitar tuner

Linking it here since it's easy to miss. It seems he is using the popularity of this to help a friend recovering from brain surgery, I think this makes this project even more awesome in my book.

https://smith-kyle.github.io/

by eranation1773111860
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: https://www.amazona.de/thomann-stompenberg-fx/

by schinken231773136115
Thomann 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 system, and turn on the knobs / parameters.

In the recent years some smaller businesses have started to offer outboard gear in this way. You upload some stem, and can process it through their hardware remotely, and get back the results.

by TrackerFF1773100328
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.

by Benjamin_Dobell1773141418
This is awesome, and, at the same time, hilarious. The BOSS tuner is the laggiest thing ever, and we're adding network latency to it!

Maybe we all can pitch in for a Turbo Tuner. Or some vintage mechanical strobe tuner for hipster points!

by copperx1773100806
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: AudioContext.createMediaStreamSource: Connecting AudioNodes from AudioContexts with different sample-rate is currently not supported.

by dbdr1773124054
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 clip-on tuner, or Sonic Research or Peterson for pedal tuners.

source: playing guitar for 32 years

by locusofself1773122026
I am not sure why this exists, but I am glad it does.
by redbluething1773102883
On 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 permission popup might normally be offered?
by hunter2_1773109830
This is hilarious and fun. Thanks for making it.
by pastorhudson1773108385
This guy tunes!
by behehebd1773141882
You keep your tuner in a terrarium?

”This appliance must be earthed”?

by cluckindan1773100340
That’s some serious out of the box thinking
by Havoc1773108654
this is hilarious. and surprisingly responsive! i used this to tune an acoustic bass guitar i have
by anemoknee1773100824
Unbelievable, thank you and can you add open g or drop d tuning pweez?
by Johnny_Bonk1773104105
Thank you, this was fun, I sang notes for a bit :)
by rhaps0dy1773111080
This reminds me of the Internet of my childhood. People just having fun and experimenting with a new medium. Thank you for sharing.
by zoklet-enjoyer1773105390
Pretty wild, nice job
by koinedad1773103099
Tuned my guitar and donated 5$!
by CodinM1773126381
Tried it, dope idea. No Pi or tuner req'd really. Why we all love these goofy hacks so bad
by yukapero1773126350
\m/
by austinjp1773105296
Guitar tuner as a service was not on my 2026 bingo card but here we are. Creative project!
by behnamoh1773118746
I love it
by closetkantian1773109400
I just used it to check my whistle tones. How fun!
by Forgeties791773107166
sooo cool!
by sponno1773119599