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Fletcher · 6th January 2009

The cool thing about strobe tuners is that if you pay attention to which octave band you're reading they'll give you a 'tempered' tuning which I've found none of the "digital tuners" to do nearly as well.

I have 3x Conn Strobotuners [two of them are tube!!] One from the Record Plant NYC, one from Capricorn Studios in Macon, GA... and the real one which is an absolute gem [the tube ones work but they're more like props than tools].

I should mention that if you decide to go the strobe tuner route and have any plans on using a 'real piano' it's usually a good idea to record a "tuning note" from the piano before you start recording the song... and then calibrate the tuner to that tuning note [vs. the internal calibration].

Peace

6th January 2009	#22
Fletcher member no 666 Joined: Jun 2002 Location: Durham, NC Posts: 10,106	The cool thing about strobe tuners is that if you pay attention to which octave band you're reading they'll give you a 'tempered' tuning which I've found none of the "digital tuners" to do nearly as well. I have 3x Conn Strobotuners [two of them are tube!!] One from the Record Plant NYC, one from Capricorn Studios in Macon, GA... and the real one which is an absolute gem [the tube ones work but they're more like props than tools]. I should mention that if you decide to go the strobe tuner route and have any plans on using a 'real piano' it's usually a good idea to record a "tuning note" from the piano before you start recording the song... and then calibrate the tuner to that tuning note [vs. the internal calibration]. Peace __________________ CN Fletcher Professional Affiliations: R/E/P Professional Recording Engineer and Producer forums - serious hobbyists welcome SoundPure.com mwagener wrote on Sat, 11 September 2004 14:33 We are selling emotions, there are no emotions in a grid Roscoe Ambel once said: Pro-Tools is to audio what fluorescent is to light