TLA CTS-5-CA, Manual

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2.6  Presetting of historical tempereaments 

 
Friends of historical instruments can use TUNING SET CTS-5-CA for 70 different historical 

temperaments. The last one may be programmed by yourself (see memory mode). 
In the following example the instrument is tuned to "WERCKMEISTER III": 
Switch on the device: 
 

Press ">"  3 times 

Press "E"  

 
Using keys "<" or ">" you may now select a historical 
temperament. To select "Werckmeister-III" press "<" until you 
receive the following indicator: 
press "E" 
Press "<" 3 - times 
 
Press "E"  

Now you may start tuning. The cent-deviation of the historical 

temperament to the equal temperament is shown on the "cent" 

field. 
Cent deviations of the various historical temperaments see chapter 3.4 

2.7 Memory 

To refresh your already considerable knowledge of the CTS-5 
Stretchings are functions, which encompass the entire tone range of an instrument. For each 

tone (spanning its entire range) in the Tuning Set there is a cent value. One stretching therefore 

contains storage space for a total of 8*12=96 CENT values. You may input one such stretching 

into the Tuning Set. On the other hand, a temperament relates only to the 12 semi-tones of an 

octave, and therefore only contains 12 cent values. These cent values are then repeated for 

each octave, considering that the cent deviation for the tone "a", as program-necessitated, is 

always zero (See Function of cent Relationship and Transposition in Part 3.4 of the operating 

instructions). You may input one such temperament into the CTS-5-CA. 
You can combine the stored stretching with temperaments, or built-in functions, as you please. 

If you select a temperament and a stretching at the same time, the Tuning-Set will add the 

temperament cents to those of the stretching. Your data will be stored permanently, even if you 

remove the batteries. 
To quickly familiarize yourself with the memory functions, follow the examples on a musical 

instrument. Use the included "Diagram for Memory Mode" to find your way through the menus. 
Switch on the Tuning Set and select mode Number 6 "MEMORY  ->". After tapping key "E" a 

rotating message will appear:  

Go ahead by tapping S + A ! 

EQUAL_TEMPERMNT
>4<   NUMMER 00

 
>4< TEMP.HIST.->

 
>1< TUNE       ->

b-1 CENTS: +07.5
<1> K-TON: 440.0

a-1 CENTS:   0.0

<1> PITCH :440.0

WERCKMEISTER-III
<1> TUNE      ->

blinking  

WERKMEISTER_III
>4<   NUMMER 64

 
>4< TEMP.HIST.->