tuner

[beforeforever12]

In my experience it operates very well in the very low range (pedal C and below), and it has never been "confused" in the 3 months I have had it.

[bloke]

In my experience it operates very well in the very low range (pedal C and below), and it has never been "confused" in the 3 months I have had it.

thank-you!

[GC]

By confused, do you mean something like "picks up higher-pitched instruments and ignores tuba"? That's why I ended up buying a contact mike for mine.

[bloke]

By confused, do you mean something like "picks up higher-pitched instruments and ignores tuba"? That's why I ended up buying a contact mike for mine.

I have some good mics. As long as it has an external mic jack, I can get past the "cheap mic" problem. Thanks.

[MartyNeilan]

How bout trying to find a used one of those mini Peterson's in that price range?

Also like the Korg OT-12, especially the analog needle (great for setting bass guitar intonation) and the sound-back feature.

(and the CA-30 which has been debloked)

[sloan]

Have you tried iStroboSoft for the iPhone (by Peterson)?

[bloke]

I haven't tried the iPhone.

[sloan]

I haven't tried the iPhone.

the display is identical to a "real" Peterson.

Standalone, it uses the iPhone's (crappy) mic - but it has a mic-input (I think - I haven't tried it).

I use it for casual tuning (it's close enough for Community Band work). It might not meet your specs.

Software appears to run on iPhone/iPod/iPad

[cktuba]

Have you tried iStroboSoft for the iPhone (by Peterson)?

That's one of the few things I miss about the iPhone. That app was great and the mic picked up tuba range pretty well. The tuner on my Droid works OK, but not as well as the Peterson app on the iPhone. And my TU 12h has seen its better days. I might look into that Tascam, at some point.

[ralphbsz]

We have a Korg WR-01. A few weeks ago, my son's band played at Disney, and being the low brass guy, I was in charge of helping the students tune (in a parking area right outside the park). Because of the clip, the tuner does NOT get confused: it picks up the sound of the instrument that has the clip. Each student was able to tune their instrument, even with 50 other kids tooting and warming up madly. Even the quiet instruments (like the bass clarinet) were able to tune with trumpets blaring right next to them.

For my piano (where I very rarely tune a few strings myself), the clip is not needed; just use the built-in microphone.

- $100 or less

It is a bit more than $100.

- small / battery operation

It's not tiny, but it is battery operated. The clip is tiny.

- very fast response

If you want it to follow on a note-by-note basis: it can't do that with eight notes in the left hand of the piano in Allegro. It gets completely discombabulated. I can have my son test how fast it responds to scales in the lowest register of a tuba.

- hears well down to the bottom of the piano keyboard range

Check. I've used it to verify how much the piano technician "stretches" the range of the piano.

- does not get "confused"

See above. The clip is a life-saver there; it only reacts to the instrument the clip is attached to.

- (optional) external microphone input

NO, does not have that. With the clip, it's probably less necessary.

- some extra features (??) considered a plus

The screen can be illuminated; but that probably eats batteries like there's no tomorrow.

One thing that pisses me off: They could easily have added a metronome function to it, but they didn't.

[Roger Lewis]

I've played around with the Peterson Flip tuner and found that it is vey accurate, fast, allows for various tempered tuning scales with a set fundamental feature. Very good - quite a bit more than $100.

http://www.conceptmusic.com.au/products ... Tuner.html

Roger

[bloke]

I appreciate all of the comments, experience, advice, reports.

The last time I bought "just about the best" electronic tuner was in the early '70's (ha).