Tuning Meters - Any Thoughts?

[tony]

Thanks All,

 

From all your recommendations, I think I'm going to try a Korg CA30 to see if its up to it. At around 20 UKP it won't be a great loss if it isn't.

 

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Hi Wes,

 

Did you get your tuning meter yet and if so, how are you getting on with it?

 

I am looking to buy a tuning meter.

 

[Stephen Chambers]

Personally I don't expect concertinas to be perfectly in tune.  It is part of their charm, like Bob Dylan.

Bob Dylan is part of the concertina's charm?

... I never knew!

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Well he bought one anyway !

 

I was looking for something else a few days ago when I stumbled on this, in an old I.C.A. Newsletter (No.148, November 1967, p.4) :

 

Harry Crabb tells us that he has sold a concertina to Bob Dylan, the American folk singer.

 

Maybe it was too "in tune" for him ?

[malcolm clapp]

Thanks All,

 

From all your recommendations, I think I'm going to try a Korg CA30 to see if its up to it. At around 20 UKP it won't be a great loss if it isn't.

 

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Hi Wes,

 

Did you get your tuning meter yet and if so, how are you getting on with it?

 

I am looking to buy a tuning meter.

 

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If you need a tuner only for home use, why not use your computer and download a tuner programme from the internet (I use APTuner). Then all you need is a cheap mic plugged into your soundcard and away you go!

 

A lot bigger screen than on a small tuner, which is a big attraction for me.

 

Any one else using such a tuner programme?

[Richard Morse]

If you need a tuner only for home use, why not use your computer and download a tuner programme from the internet (I use APTuner). Then all you need is a cheap mic plugged into your soundcard and away you go!

Any one else using such a tuner programme?

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I've been using Tunit! which (incredibly enough!) is only $29. Not only does it give you the fundamental pitch (in 1/10 of a cent) but of the first 7 overtones as well. You can also select many non-just tunings too which comes in handy when wanting to tune your box to Werkmeister III.

[JimLucas]

You can also select many non-just tunings too which comes in handy when wanting to tune your box to Werkmeister III.

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Rich, if I were gonna do that, I'd have you (well, The Button Box) do it for me.

[Paul Read]

I think the issue is with accuracy of the tuner. I don't know about the computer ones but the korgs, seiko etc are, generally claimed to be accurate to =- 2 cents whereas the strobe tuners are accurate to =-o.1 cent.

 

You need to carefully check the specs on the individual tuner.