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Rack Tuners?

#5
Thanks for your replies.

I seem to remember hearing or reading somewhere about a tuner that when mounted under a power conditioner with rack lights, had a piece of plastic face that stuck out and got in the way of the light on rack parts below it.

Now, I do play in dark places or with weird lighting on occasions, and I did get the lights so they could be used when neccessary, so I don't think that that's an outrageous question to ask.

Has anyone else heard this or experienced this situation with one in particular?
 
#6
Daytona955i said:
Thanks for your replies.

I seem to remember hearing or reading somewhere about a tuner that when mounted under a power conditioner with rack lights, had a piece of plastic face that stuck out and got in the way of the light on rack parts below it.

Now, I do play in dark places or with weird lighting on occasions, and I did get the lights so they could be used when neccessary, so I don't think that that's an outrageous question to ask.

Has anyone else heard this or experienced this situation with one in particular?
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Just mount the tuner above the power conditioner. Problem solved.
 
#7
I put my tuner in the top of my rack with the power conditioner right below it. Everything else below that.

The DTR-1000 is the updated version of the DTR-1/DTR-2 which I use the DTR-2. Great tuner, will never need to trade it in for anything. Wouldn't trade it for the world.

However, there's a bit of a sticky saying these posts go in misc ;)
 
#8
Another vote for the DTR-1000...

I, too, mount it at the top, above my Alesis power conditioner, then there is an empty single space, and the DB750 takes up the rest of the rack. My rack looks really cool from off-stage. Switch the DTR-1000 to 'display' mode, and the red lights are running across the face of the tuner. The lights from the power conditioner have a dimmer switch, which I set about half-way, and they light-up the Big Daddy Aggie. The intense blue lights from the Aggie pierce through... the entire rack looks like it could be nuclear powered... or something like that! :eek:

All of that said and done, however, Korg tuners are well liked among many musicians. The DTR-1000 is probably the most popular rack-mounted version. The DTR-2000 (about $80 more than the 1000) has a couple more whistles and bells to it, but probably the most useful addition over the 1000: the 2000 has its own rack light at the bottom of its face. You can actually see the 'punch-out' space on the 1000 where the light is supposed to go.
 
#11
I have had a DTR-2 for around 5-6 years. I'm not exactly thrilled with it. My main gripe is that it's "too accurate." What I mean is that you end up spending a lot of time bouncing between flat and sharp and not really being "on." To 99% of ears, being just flat and sharp sound perfectly "on," so that extra buggering around isn't worth the time. I just ball park it these days.
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#12
The Golden Boy said:
I have had a DTR-2 for around 5-6 years. I'm not exactly thrilled with it. My main gripe is that it's "too accurate." What I mean is that you end up spending a lot of time bouncing between flat and sharp and not really being "on." To 99% of ears, being just flat and sharp sound perfectly "on," so that extra buggering around isn't worth the time. I just ball park it these days.
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That thinking doesn't fly with the people with whom I play. Accuracy like that helps in noisy situations.
 

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