Peterson Stroboclip Tuner

[eupher61]

I have the Peterson strobo application on my iPad, but I would like to pick up the vibrations from the instrument rather than from the room. It would like to know whether there are mini-jack versions of this type of pick-up:

Klaus

it should work with an adaptor, 1/4" female to mini male.

[imperialbari]

I have such adapter of course, but together with the 1/4" jack it creates a longer lever than any sane person would jack into a light and vulnerable construction like an iPad.

Klaus

[imperialbari]

I have tried to connect the headphone out from from my combos to the iPad phone jack (I had a cable with small and large jack). No result. I think the iPad microphone input has to be through an adapter for the recharging plug. Mine is an iPad2 and I am not going to buy equipment for a plug format that is obsolete by now.

The Peterson strobo app picks the sound from the bass combo very well. The large display is very helpful when I practice on my fretless UBass. Even if I do not focus on the app display, it is easy to read if spot on or read the degree of sharpness or flatness from the direction and speed of the strobo lines.

Also got a StroboClip now. Much harder to read. Not only because of the smaller size, but also because of less contrast in the display. In some rarer cases the two octave levels do not move synchronous, which to me might indicate that it is a true stroboscope only with much fewer overtone levels than the app and a hardware stroboscope like the old one from Conn. The Snark actually is faster in practical tuning because its display is much less volatile.

And then the StroboClip eat batteries at a much higher rate than the Snark.

Klaus

[eupher61]

hmmm...I've used my stroboclip nearly daily (nearly) for just short of a year. Original batteries. Now I'm paranoid....

[imperialbari]

hmmm...I've used my stroboclip nearly daily (nearly) for just short of a year. Original batteries. Now I'm paranoid....

Stroboclips work lots better when you turn them on.

A profound statement!

[eupher61]

oh...

I'm avoiding any comments about stroking it, or talking dirty to it, and all those type things. This is a family place...lots of families have been started here.

Thanks for the laugh, Schlepp...

[Kevin Hendrick]

hmmm...I've used my stroboclip nearly daily (nearly) for just short of a year. Original batteries. Now I'm paranoid....

Stroboclips work lots better when you turn them on.

It couldn't hurt ...

[imperialbari]

I am not the most fanatic reader of user manuals, the small print being part of that situation. This thread just ad me download the StroboClip manual because I suspected the Auto-Off function being turned off by accident. But as I read the manual that function cannot be turned off. Is that right?

Is there such thing a rechargeable button batteries? I use that type when it comes to AAA, AA, and 9V block batteries.

Klaus