The nice thing about the mTuner is that you can select the frequency range to what it needs to respond.  I' use it sometime to help me tune kickdrums quickly by adjusting the detection range from between 40Hz to a 100Hz. There are some very useful tools in the free Melda bundle, that  should have been included with Sonar. (eg. mAnalyzer, mScope, mNoisegenerator)

Peterson Strobosoft is a digital tuner so you can give it the confidence it desserves ( meaning trust ears if something goes wrong) but it has a really easy to read graphic and tons of options which allow you even to adjust your instrument intonation.
Personnaly If It came to make a choice once more I would go toward it again..

if its stringed instruments, I find a neck tuner (I have a shark) really does a nice job.
I have guitar rig 4 with a built in tuner there but I never use it. only to reference once in a while if my tracks have piano, soft synths accompanying string instruments.
 
I just like the feel of something tangible, something I can hold and dial in vs a plug in.
I have also found minute differences in tuners (VST tuners and Digital standard tuners.)

I usually use "G-Tune," it is basic and free.  It does the job well enough for my guitar and figuring out the pitch of samples in Battery 4.

chuckebaby
if its stringed instruments, I find a neck tuner (I have a shark) really does a nice job.
I have guitar rig 4 with a built in tuner there but I never use it. only to reference once in a while if my tracks have piano, soft synths accompanying string instruments.
 
I just like the feel of something tangible, something I can hold and dial in vs a plug in.
I have also found minute differences in tuners (VST tuners and Digital standard tuners.)

I sure like those portable head-stock tuners . That's how I've done it for a long time myself ....
They sure come in handy when you are tuning up acoustic instruments  ...uke , dobro , mandolin , acoustic gtr...
The one I was using for a few years was a Planet Waves that decided to commit Harakiri by jumping off the head stock of my Guitalele a couple of weeks ago.... it broke ...
I don't blame the poor thing for getting tired of listening to what I was playing ..the thing is , I had depended on that thing so much for so long that now it's like WOW ...
 
I don't know about anyone else here , but my guitars can stay in tune for weeks at a time if I'm just playing them.
The second I go to record something for any reason , all of a sudden them goodie two shoe guitars that used to stay in perfect tune become a bunch of rebellious planks of wood w strings and frets that go out of their way to stick it to me
I kid you not , out of  nowhere my G string will get stuck on the nut and go sharp .Bend a note ,  my B string goes flat .
Hit a power chord even lightly and my low E string want's to drift all over the place ...
shessh...I can understand that with 9 's ...the lightest gauge string I use are 11's and my guitars are set up nicely ...
All that can become a real Muse Kill ...so much so I went back to using the hardware tuner in my live pedal board.
It's always on and I don't have to stop every thing  I'm doing just to tune up ....
 
Kenny
 

kennywtelejazz
 
 
I don't know about anyone else here , but my guitars can stay in tune for weeks at a time if I'm just playing them.
The second I go to record something for any reason , all of a sudden them goodie two shoe guitars that used to stay in perfect tune become a bunch of rebellious planks of wood w strings and frets that go out of their way to stick it to me
I kid you not , out of  nowhere my G string will get stuck on the nut and go sharp .Bend a note ,  my B string goes flat .
Hit a power chord even lightly and my low E string want's to drift all over the place ...
shessh...I can understand that with 9 's ...the lightest gauge string I use are 11's and my guitars are set up nicely ...
All that can become a real Muse Kill ...so much so I went back to using the hardware tuner in my live pedal board.
It's always on and I don't have to stop every thing  I'm doing just to tune up ....
 
Kenny
 

You're not alone
It happens to me all the time

Hi Ken ,
Guys like us just can't make this type of stuff up .....

 
I'm starting to think I should have tried out one of those Gibson Robot Guitars that self tuned when I had the chance ...
 
all the best,
 
Kenny

kennywtelejazz
Hi Ken ,
Guys like us just can't make this type of stuff up .....

 
I'm starting to think I should have tried out one of those Gibson Robot Guitars that self tuned when I had the chance ...
 
all the best,
 
Kenny

I know 
But I can't afford one of those...
But if I think of how much time is spent tuning (xtra). It wouldn't be that much money

A while back I bought a TC Electronic Polytune Clip Tuner and it came with a download coupon for the PolyTune plug in.  It works great and I guess you can buy it outright if you want to.

http://www.tcelectronic.com/polytune-plug-in/
 

Zargg

kennywtelejazz
Hi Ken ,
Guys like us just can't make this type of stuff up .....

 
I'm starting to think I should have tried out one of those Gibson Robot Guitars that self tuned when I had the chance ...
 
all the best,
 
Kenny

I know 
But I can't afford one of those...
But if I think of how much time is spent tuning (xtra). It wouldn't be that much money

 
I hear you loud and clear ,
 
Even if I could afford one of those ,  I'm still gonna be SOL when it comes to tuning up the other 25 guitars I have
 

SiberianKhatru59
A while back I bought a TC Electronic Polytune Clip Tuner and it came with a download coupon for the PolyTune plug in.  It works great and I guess you can buy it outright if you want to.

http://www.tcelectronic.com/polytune-plug-in/
 

 
Nice find ,
TC sent me an e mail today that lead me to this link ...this may be a new version of the clip on hardware....
http://www.tcelectronic.com/polytune-clip/ 
At 49 bucks it seems like a pretty decent deal ...I wonder if this tuner is up for the Job ?
Any head stock clip on guitar tuner that has to put up with me and my guitar playing for hours on end , needs to come with an extended Harakiri prevention plan  Oh wait a minute I just got it ......that's what the plugin is for  
 
all the best,
 
Kenny