AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |
Back to Blog
Peterson strobe tuner app9/12/2023 I use it on acoustic guitar, electric bass, and mandolin. I think the tuner can already do it- but it is a lot of menus to jump through and things to think of when all I want to do is play an instrument that is in TUNE. Possibly Peterson could add a "live" mode that gives a quick usable tuning for a live situation, is less affected by background noise. However with all the options I spend too much time trying to figure out what is right for my needs at the time and I waste a lot of time and don't seem to end up with an instrument that is as playable. I really want to LOVE this tuner, and I do in certain (mainly studio) situations. This strobe tuner is very nuanced, and makes my guitar sound incredible for a short bit- but as for an average "sounds good" it doesn't seem to hold up. I open GuitarToolkit when I'm in stage, and I tune up quickly, and I don't have a problem later. I find that I don't have this problem with other tuners. However after a few minutes it's out slightly and not in a good way. I play a chord after it is tuned and it sounds AMAZING, incredible in fact. I find that when I use it I am CONSTANTLY using it. However, these options aren't particularly useful for just tuning my instrument quickly and PLAYING. Whenever I use them my instrument is just out of tune, especially with other instruments that have all been "sweetened."įrom a tweakhead, let's-see-all-the-options-that-exist viewpoint, it's pretty neat. While the sweeteners are a neat idea I haven't found them to be particularly useful because I don't think they follow the intonation abnormalities uniformly. I can't use it in any sort of live environment with the iPhone's internal mic. In the studio environment it works well, but as soon as there is any ambient noise it gets confused and becomes unusable. There are aspects of this tuner which are great, however as an iPhone app it is not perfect. I would love to love this, but after buying all the in-app purchases I don't. Soundanswer's Review of Istrobosoft Reviewed on 11/23/18 12:36 PM My Critical Review star star star star_border star_border Peterson makes some of the best strobe tuners out there, and the price on such hardware can run in the thousands of dollars, so having access to that same Peterson quality in an affordable iPhone app is priceless! I have used it exclusively ever since, and it has been worth every penny. But after a week of working with my friend in the studio and witnessing the accuracy of the iStrobosoft tuner - as well as enjoying its beautiful interface - downloading and paying for this app was the first thing I did when I got my first iPhone a few weeks later. Honestly back then the whole concept of apps on phones, let alone paying 10 bucks for an app on a phone, was a new concept in general. At the time, the concept of professional quality studio gear on a phone was foreign to me, and a fairly new concept in general. He used the iStrobosoft tuner to tune all of the instruments we used on some recording sessions there, all the while heaping praises on this supposedly incredibly accurate strobe tuner he had on his iPhone. This iStroboSoft tuner was the first paid app I installed on my first iPhone back in 2009 after learning about it via a very talented music producer who was the engineer at Dub Narcotic Studio in Olympia Washington. Osoberry's Review of Istrobosoft Reviewed on 8/28/19 2:00 PM This tuner is the first step in practicing every day.Īll Of These Positive Reviews Are Accurate. I actually think there is a clip for this that allows tuning in noisy environments?įor me, I like playing at the end of day when all is peaceful and quiet. If you just recognize this, you can kind of view the tuning bars and cent values to create your own “ visual” sweetener values.īottom line- get it if you are in a quiet setting to use it. I find on most of my guitars the intonation on the third string is a bit finicky. I tried the sweeteners but finally I settled on the normal setting and use the “cents” setting. I really like how it handles the job of fine tuning my guitars. Fascinated, I purchased and used the tuner with my iPhone and iPad. I saw the Peterson website and pondered on which tuner would work best for me with classical and steel string guitars. It worked well but I saw reviews that suggested some finishes were marred by the clip on over time. I looked into and tried clip on tuners like the Snark. TCrawf3's Review of Istrobosoft Reviewed on 9/22/18 2:30 PM Really great tool star star star star star
0 Comments
Read More
Leave a Reply. |