I note Mike that you've since removed the reference to the 'sweetening' aspect of this device in the OP.

It kind of alters the relevance of the responses that followed I think.

Just to be clear.

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mike_mccue

Jonbouy


I note Mike that you've since removed the reference to the 'sweetening' aspect of this device in the OP.

It kind of alters the relevance of the responses that followed I think.

Just to be clear.

I made a single alteration to my OP this morning...

I changed the topic line from:

"Is anyone using Strobosoft and sweentened tunings?"

the current one on the OP:

"Is anyone using Strobosoft and sweetened tunings?"



That was the only change made in that edit.

I did it on this post as well.


best regards,
mike

It no longer mentions 'and sweetened tunings'  in any form of spelling.

That's a big difference.  You've removed the reference to the 'buzz' feature which was the one aspect raising eyebrows.

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mike_mccue


I'm thinking the next time I have some time to learn a few things I'm going to get a license for Strobosoft and see what I can learn.

Does anyone have any experience with this and have any info they want to share?


best regards,
mike

Maybe I'm experiencing some kind of visual harmonic anomoly that is preventing me from seeing it anymore here.  But as you say it is in the title anyway and maybe I am mistaken for thinking it appeared in the body of the post.  I apologise if that is the case.

Anyway to re-iterate.  There is no GTR preset you can use to tune the six open strings in any meaningful way on a range of guitars that have different fret spacing anomolies, different fret heights, different action, different gauge strings and different neck stresses.  Not to mention players who naturally differ in tendencies in things like pressure on the finger board in relation to fret height, pull on the neck to some degree and will naturally tend to pull or push the strings when fingering the fret board.  Those are just the factors I can think of, there are likely others too.

You don't need science to tell you that all you can do is arrive at some average fit all that takes into account some of the commonality of all that.  A little common sense should be enough.

Grant knows the secret science you were alluding too with your heroes and legends argument, he's already mentioned how it's done here.  I quoted him in a previous post.  You learn how to adjust from your reference tuning to suit the particular quirks of the instrument you are using, on the odd occassion though that preset may have you covered.

If this thing was sampling the 3rd, 5th, 7th, and the octaves on a well tuned guitar with the intonation set right and was calculating based on the guitar you were playing and how you were playing it I'd say they were onto something.  But even then it would just be a case of lowering the average error factor down the entire length of the fretboard and it still may sound 'worse' than tuning it to a good reference tone.

Those are simply the facts of the matter.

Good tuner though, I think everyone agrees with that.

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I was writing here asking if anyone else had specifically used the Strobosoft software for this purpose.

I was hoping to compare some of the literature at Peterson's site with some folks real life experience using the product.

Some people ask about ARC as a room eq and court experience from other users.

They tend to get more info than they imagined they'd get too.

I built an Harmonigraph once, it clearly shows you why being slighty out can be prettier than on the button.

Try it yourself, it's illuminating and you get some pretty pictures for the wall.

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mike_mccue


"you were alluding too with your heroes and legends argument,"



I think you are acting a bit full of your self this morning and making some sort of Strawman "argument" about an "argument" I never made.

regards,
mike

I felt you were trying to pass off the collective experience of a nashville studio hack as having some insight over and above the facts.  I agree argument was the wrong word.

Excuse me but I was always brought up with the idea that what is good for the goose is also good for the gander.

Anyway I've left enough information for you to consider the facts, if you want to find some 'me too' affirmation from elsewhere then I can't say anymore.

Regards.

;-)

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