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Okay, I got the Deluxe version of the StroboSoft, and for the money it is the best soft-tuner going, hands down. I don't know how it would work in a PT system, but running it with my PC Nuendo system, I had no troubles whatsoever.
Quite frankly, I don't see the need for a plug-in version, because standalone works fine. As long as you have the ASIO set in Nuendo to release in background, the tuner can grab any pair of inputs on your soundcard concurrently. I have a TL Audio mic pre that I normally run with channel 1 being my standard bass / guitar input, and channel 2 being my modular synth. Since both of these channels need frequent tuning, I just leave the StroboSoft across that pair of inputs and it's just a matter of bringing it to the foreground and tuning up.
Functionally, in Chromatic mode, it seems to be pretty similar to Peterson's normal hardware fare. There are, of course, an assload of extras, alternate tunings and such. These are found mainly in Instrument mode. There is an image of the guitar strings, and the appropriate string lights up when you're tuning. There are 23 different "standard" tuning methods for guitar.
As far as accuracy goes, seems to be spot on. I tried it out with an HP 200CD oscillator I have, and it was good down to just below C -2, and well above D5. (In my experience, software tuners seem to have the most trouble with low frequencies. This isn't the case with the Peterson one, at least not in useable frequency ranges.)
So, as with all things, YMMV, but quite frankly I can think of worse ways to spend $79.00.
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