Musikmesse Update: Tronical has announced that its Powertune system is now in production.
The system automatically tunes guitars. While this may seem fairly trivial to keyboardists, creating a system that automatically keeps an electroacoustic mechanical instrument in tune isn’t trivial.
They system also expands the range of possibilities for guitarists, letting them automatically switch tunings.
Here’s Tronical’s video [...]

NAMM Show Update: Tronical is now shipping the world’s first compact automatic self tuning system for electric guitars: Powertune.
The Tronical Powertune System tunes electric guitars automatically. Shown as a technological preview at NAMM 2006 already this system is a groundbreaking innovation in the construction of traditional instruments.
The guitar that tunes itself automatically now becomes [...]

2006 Winter NAMM EXPO: Tronical GmbH unveiled the first “invisible” automatic self tuning system for electric guitars. Tronical calls the new technology “a groundbreaking innovation in the construction of traditional instruments.”
With the new PowerTune system, every guitarist can now forget about the danger of a detuned instrument in situations where there’s only one chance: Live [...]