---
name: "gxtuner"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gxtuner"
version: "3.0-3+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gxtuner"
---

# gxtuner(1)

a tuner for jackd

## NAME

**gxtuner** - a tuner for jackd

## SYNOPSIS

**gxtuner**

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **gxtuner** program. This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

**gxtuner** is a simple, small and lightweight guitar/bass tuner connected through Jack Audio Connection Kit.

**gxtuner** comes with a analogue like interface (scale), show the tune (char) and the accumulated frequency (Hz).

## OPTIONS

  **-h**\
        Display short info

  **--help-all**\
        Show all help options

  **--help-gtk**\
        GTK configuration options

  **--help-jack**\
        JACK configuration options

  **--help-engine**\
        ENGINE configuration options

GTK configuration options

  **-x --posx=POSITION\_X**\
         window position x-axis ( -x 1 -\> . .)

  **-y --posy=POSITION\_Y**\
         window position y-axis ( -y 1 -\> . . )

  **-w --width=WIDTH**\
         'default' width ( -w 120 -\> . .)

  **-l --height=HEIGHT**\
         'default' height ( -l 100 -\> . .)

  **-d --desktop=NUM**\
         set to virtual desktop num

JACK configuration options

  **-i --jack-input=PORT**\
        gxtuner JACK input\
        e.g.\
        gxtuner -i system:capture\_3\
        gxtuner -i gx\_head\_amp:out\_0

  **-U --jack-jack-input=UUID**\
        gxtuner JACK session UUID

ENGINE configuration options

  **-p --pitch=PITCH**\
        set reference pitch ( -p 415,0 \<-\> 467,0)

  **-t --threshold=THRESHOLD**\
        set threshold level (-t 0,001 \<-\> 0,5)

## SEE ALSO

**[jackd(1)](/jackd/1.md).**\

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Jaromír Mikeš \<mira.mikes@seznam.cz\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).