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Subject: Re: tuning equipment..
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Date: Mon, 29-Jul-85 11:26:34 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 29 11:26:34 1985
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> > I was wondering if any electronic tuners exist.i.e. a box which you
> > could place before ANY instrument - twiddle knobs to indicate the note
> > and the octave (and maybe instrument?) and then play that particular
> > note on the instrument. The box would then indicate (of course) if the
> > played note was  higher or lower than the correct frequency.
> 
> Recent issues of "Ovation" magazine have an ad for a Seiko tuning aid. The
> ad is designed to promote their image as a supporter of the arts, not to
> describe the product, but it appears to have knobs to set the octave, the
> note within the octave, and the desired deviation from A440 tuning. On
> the front is an analog meter whose pointer deflects to the left if you're
> flat and to the right if you're sharp. 

	I have a Korg AT-12 which does a reasonable job (for about $90-$120,
    depending on where you buy it; music stores are probably higher).  It
    doesn't have knobs to set, really.  You play/sing/whatever a note, and
    it identifies the note, the octave, and how many cents off you are.  You
    can calibrate it to other than A-440 quite easily, and it will also
    generate pitches for you (calibrated to A-440 or otherwise).  Microphone
    input on front, external input on side w/output jack (you put it in series
    with your instrument), and headphone jack.  Not bad, comes with AC adapter.
	Bugs:  has about a five-octave range, not that this is severely
    handicapping.  It also has some dificulty with strange complex waves,
    particularly in the higher frequencies, but then again, one isn't expected
    to tune piano chords (:-).

	This is NOT a paid advertisement; I happen to own and like one of the
    little buggers (a little larger than a paperback book).

	=shp

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