spacey
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Peterson strobe tuner
wondering if anybody here has this software/vst version. I know Cake has one and the new amp sim does too- I usually get a 440 note and tune by ear. The accuracy/performance of the Strobosoft may be something I'd spring for.
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Re:Peterson strobe tuner
2013/01/03 09:30:49
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I bought the Strobosoft tuner for my iPad.
Love it and so have all the guitar players (and a few of the bass players who actually tune their instrument. I know, seems odd but it does happen.) that have used it.
Every guitar player that has used mine and owns an iDevice purchased it immediately.
I'm guessing the software one is of the same quality.
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Re:Peterson strobe tuner
2013/01/03 09:44:52
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Thanks Mike.
I don't have an iDevice but was reading about the app for them and it
sounds like a fantastic tool.
Well I'll start saving my pocket change.
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Re:Peterson strobe tuner
2013/01/03 13:44:50
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So Mike?,
That things tunes an Am bazz?
Too cool for school.
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Re:Peterson strobe tuner
2013/01/03 14:20:39
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Tuna bass? Didn't know ya could do that.
Am a believer dat ya can dough.
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Re:Peterson strobe tuner
2013/01/03 15:40:14
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bapu
So Mike?,
That things tunes an Am bazz?
Too cool for school.
It does one better. It tunes all strings to AM on 4 AND 5 string bazz's. Mike
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The Maillard Reaction
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Re:Peterson strobe tuner
2013/01/03 17:41:18
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I've been intrigued by it but I haven't tried it yet.
I am especially interested in the so called sweetened turnings.
I've never had a lot of confidence in using my ear to tune, which I suspect is a condition encouraged by my myopic attention to small details. I've been left with wondering if I'm just too picky and second guessing the tuning or if I'm just to unaware of how to be better at tuning and perhaps should learn to be even pickier.
So, I thought perhaps that the Peterson and its purported accuracy as well as the sweetened tuning choices might teach me more about making every thing sound it's best.
best regards,
mike
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Re:Peterson strobe tuner
2013/01/03 19:36:15
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I've got the Peterson Tuner App on my iPhone. Seems to work pretty well. Very handy for retuning all of the drop and alternate tunings up at GC when I swing by.
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Re:Peterson strobe tuner
2013/01/03 20:03:56
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I've had it since before it was a VST. Very good tuner. Problematic VST plug structure. Does do the business tho. But most all of my guitar sims have decent tuners included so I only use the Peterson when intonating or setting up a guitar.
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Re:Peterson strobe tuner
2013/01/03 23:15:43
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That's one of the first plugs I bought when I started with Guitar Tracks 2.0. It's an older version but I find it more sensitive than the tuners in GR or Amplitube. I don't really look at the strobe animation though. I find the +/- display useful enough. I don't use it much now that I'm pretty happy with the tuner in the software for my interface TC near. I would say it's a top notch chromatic tuner but I think the strobe animation is just a stage prop
I don't think the version I have is VST, it only appears in the tools menu in Sonar. I think it's directx
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Re:Peterson strobe tuner
2013/01/03 23:27:44
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Gosh, I feel so behind the times... All I have is my blue Peterson Strobotuner stomp pedal...
Time for all of you to head over to Beyond My DAW!
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Re:Peterson strobe tuner
2013/01/04 09:01:05
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yorolpal
I've had it since before it was a VST. Very good tuner. Problematic VST plug structure.
Anything worth knowing more about? The thing that has kept me from trying/buying it is that I don't usually do tuning or set up work near my computer and I'm not fond of setting a computer just to tune. If I'm working with a band I'm usually trying to get the guy who's not playing to check his tuning in the interim... so having the tuner living on the DAW seems counter to the idea that I can occasionally make tuning happen as an aside without stopping a session. I don't see stopping and having everyone listen to one player use the main DAW to tune as practical compared to other options. If I already think the VST may be too inconvenient... are there aspects that make it even less convenient than I imagine? Thanks. best regards, mike
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Re:Peterson strobe tuner
2013/01/04 11:10:31
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It works great in standalone mode. And, it "works" as a VST plugin as well. But, unless there's an update I haven't got yet (a possibility) the VST is run under a proprietary bridging shell which, to me, seems both archaic and unnecessary. Do love having it tho...and those "sweetened" tunings are very good.
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spacey
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Re:Peterson strobe tuner
2013/01/04 12:58:37
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I haven't used a strobe or any tuner since I quit gigging- other than the
digital ones that I don't care for.
"Stand-alone" is fine. Accuracy with cent division is what I'm after.
The lower priced ($50.00) offer would probably do fine but then I'd wonder
and wished I'd just got the works. (download for $100.00)
Mike- I do all my critical listening at my DAW which includes setting-up a guitar.
Usually a reference pitch is all that I need but there are those days when I need confirmation and the digital tuners I have just add frustration and disappointment.
Thanks for the input everybody.
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