IRig adapter supports tuner input and headphone out (shown with iPhone)įor electric guitars there is an adapter that fits in the headphone jack, Peterson iPhone/iPad/iPod touch Adapter Cable ($13). The genius of the iStrobosoft tuner app is that it uses the existing microphone, processor, memory and display of your smartphone. However, we’ve all seen musicians tuning far to long on stage with needle tuners, attempting to entertain us with weak jokes while they struggle with tuners.
Sometimes, needle tuners are easier to use on stage since there are complaints the strobe tuners are too sensitive. Most needle tuners are accurate between 1% and 3% but cost less than $100. Musicians in a recording studio need strobe tuners to avoid being off-pitch. Peterson strobe tuners are still the gold standard with their accuracy to 1/10th of a percent. Peterson has worked to digitize the process and get the cost of a tuner down from $400 to about $200. The video below explains the process.Įxplanation of how a strobe tuner works – Peterson Electro-Musical Products, INC A perfectly in pitch string causes the disk to appear stationary. Conversely if the string is flat, the disk will seem to be moving backward. If the string is sharp the disk will seem to be moving forward. The lights shine through holes on the disk. The disk speed is changed to represent the exact frequency of the real note. Strobe tuners convert the signal from the mic or instrument to the frequency of lights behind a spinning disk. Peterson Strobe Tuners have been the pinnacle of stringed instrument tuners for decades and known for accuracy and high cost. The practicality of the iStrobosoft tuner for those uses is up to each person to decide. I’m not sure if musicians will risk damaging their iPhones in a studio or stage environment to use the iStrobosoft app. It was handy to refresh my tuning without looking for a tuner. Last night I was practicing guitar while the news was on. I was not disappointed, although the under $20 Snark SN-1 clip on tuner was almost as accurate. I wanted to see just how accurate the iPhone Peterson would be. Peterson has two apps for the iPhone and iPad that give the musician strobe tuning accuracy for about $10.
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I only wish they had Android and Windows Phone versions. It’s easy to use, accurate and with me everywhere my iPhone goes.
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Peterson iPhone and iPad apps are accurate and low-cost strobe instrument tunersīy Stephen Pate – Update Ap– the Peterson iStrobosoft tuner has become my go-to tuner for all stringed instruments, guitar, mandolin, banjo and uke.
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