![]() One of the greatest apps available is the Peterson iStrobosoft strobe tuner app. There are many great apps in the store, including those for guitar players. The mic sensitivity is about the same on both, and both will benefit from using a clip-on piezo transducer in a noisy environment.Peterson iStrobosoft iPhone app - strobe tuning in your pocket.Īpple’s iPhone is an amazing piece of kit, and owes its success to its hardware, software, and of course the iTunes app store. With the ST-122 you have to be a little more careful, or use a carrying case or bag. The Peterson protects the display and buttons better with its clam shell case design, so it's better for casually throwing into a gig bag. It's sized better for fitting in instrument case compartments, and it's lighter in weight (although that may change with the new aluminum case model). The Sonic Research tuner is a little faster to switch between 12TET and sweetened tunings. There are a few other differences worth mentioning. It's just a question of which display paradigm works better for you. I can tune as fast on a Peterson as she can with the ST-122. I'm more used to the Peterson display because I've been using them for years now. She got the Sonic Research ST-122 and is very happy with it. ![]() My Significant Other is a fiddler, and she could just never get the hang of using my StroboFlip, or my original "blue brick" Peterson VS tuner. This helps with any tuner, but it's especially important for the Peterson tuners in stabilizing the display while you're tuning. With my StroboFlip, I pick the tuned string with one finger, while using my thumb and other fingers to damp the other strings so they can't go into sympathetic ringing. The display can be jittery if it's reading harmonics from other strings. The Peterson tuners are very sensitive to the overtone series, and they show it (in groups) as part of the display "wheel". I think one problem people run into is not damping the other strings well enough. I think it takes a while for most people to get used to the display, and some folks never get comfortable with it. Is the strobo flip like the strobo stomp display? Oh yep yu are right it is a true dial spinning, not a digital display. Perhaps they'll miniaturize more and create something that's as small as the little clip-on ones and more usably accurate. I don't think I'd like to use one on stage or informally. I don't really prefer the pedal models, and it's amazing that Peterson keeps bringing out more models. The newer "virtual" ones are fine, especially since I've had experience with the older ones. I regard them as the 'state-of-the-industry' in tuners. I recently sold the VS-II happily, both for the buyer and myself. (Many old analog synths and hardware midi synths include slightly innaccurate tuning as a 'feature'. ![]() It served well for both acoustic and electronic instruments. More recently, a recording client of mine used various pianos, harps, strings and reed instruments and she specified a Peterson strobe tuner for her project, so I went shopping and found that the models were changing rapidly, and I chose a VS-II model. Many of the recording studios where I've worked had one (or more), and many of the piano tuners I've known carried them as well. Our local guitar shops always had Peterson strobe tuners in place, so I got used to the displays and operation of them for setups and intonation. ![]() The less expensive StroboFlip is accurate enough for checking bridge position, etc. I've wanted one of the larger Autostrobe series for setting intonation, but I can't justify the price, since I don't do repairs and setups for a living. I use a Peterson StroboFlip tuner, when I can get away with something that large (for informal jams, I use a small clip-on tuner). There's only so much you can show with a LED ladder display. They're easy to read, as well as being very accurate internally.Ĭheap compact digital tuners are limited more by their displays than their internal accuracy. ![]() That's why mechanical wheel-type strobes (and their later digital equivalents) have always been popular for pro-level adjustments. You can't make fine adjustments if the display isn't capable of showing fine distinctions in tone frequency. With this level of gear, it's really as much about the ergonomics of the display, as it is the internal accuracy in the circuit. I don't know about "most accurate," but the Autostrobe series is certainly accurate enough for checking and setting intonation. ![]()
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