Looking for suggestions on drones

sejarus · #1 11-20-2006, 04:29 PM

I'm going to take the advice of a number of folks in this forum and get a drone to help with intonation practice. For those of you using a drone, which do you use, and what do you like and dislike about it? I'm mostly just looking for something to give me reference pitches--not necessarily looking for bells and whistles. I'm considering the Korg OT-120, but looking for other good options.

Cory Palmer · #2 11-20-2006, 06:10 PM

I use the Boss TU-80 Chromatic Tuner and Metronome. I used to Korg's orchestral tuner until someone stole it from me. The Dr. Beat 90 is also very good. The TU-80 is probably the cheapest option.

Phil Smith · #3 11-20-2006, 07:00 PM

I have a collection of them as MP3's that you can download from here, individually or as a group:

http://content.softmastergeneral.com:81

Send me a Private Message me for the login details.

toman · #4 11-20-2006, 09:35 PM

I use my Boss Dr. Beat metronome; it's not only a killer metronome, but it gives you a a full range of tones over several octaves. Expensive for a metronome, but a very useful practice tool. And the "voice" mode is not only useful, but greatly amusing. I can't count the number of times someone has heard it and said "hey, it's like a Chinese woman in a little box!"...

groovlow · #5 12-02-2006, 01:32 PM

cheap cheap drone ...check yardsales $5 casio... i gotta a couple. the casio keyboard i use records and loops. My fave exercise is to record a measure of root (I) next measure to IV ...to 4 of 4 etc... till you make the circle a couple of times. you can playback w/wout rhythm. play anything from arpeggios to passing tones, its even fun to find what direction the 'wrong' notes want to go! also plenty of rhythm choices. its small . plus it helps you "get friendly with the piano" [rufus reid]. sk1 is my fav i like the jazzorgan and a simple beat with space like pops or march
joe