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Tuner pedal with top mounted jacks

Would you purchase a tuner pedal with top mounted jacks if available?

  • Yep

    Votes: 47 18.2%
  • Nope

    Votes: 114 44.2%
  • Carrotz

    Votes: 97 37.6%

  • Total voters
    258
  • Poll closed .
Thanks for the suggestions, I really should have written ...compact tuner with top mounted jacks, the Suggestions are a little larger than I was thinking...
Should have been clearer...
Still 21% would like this as an option, something for manufacturers to maybe consider in the future.
 
So I just ordered a parallel looper from loooper.com and I had the input/output jacks built on the bottom the of pedal. Reasoning: My pedal board will always be in front of me and my amp. Side mounted jacks take up room on my board and about 6 inches off the instrument cable. Top mounted jacks take up no space on my board but a good 9 inches off my instrument cables (because it has to loop back around to go towards me or my amp).

Bottom mounted jacks. The way of the future. It's going to be a thing.
 
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These guys get it.

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"We used a real powerful DSP by AnalogDevices instead of common MCU like other competitors, to have the higher computing power available to run our note detection software and a digital compressor that allows you to perfectly tune every single note just by gently striking the strings only one time..."
 
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These guys get it.

Sept19_LNU_Foxpedals_Multitune_WEB.jpg



"We used a real powerful DSP by AnalogDevices instead of common MCU like other competitors, to have the higher computing power available to run our note detection software and a digital compressor that allows you to perfectly tune every single note just by gently striking the strings only one time..."

Good find!

I have a strong preference for top entry pedals so I'll probably give this one a shot. I also have a Pitchblack mini, Polytune and a Peterson so I should be able to check and see how accurate it is. I'll post up results when I can.
 
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I got my hands on a Foxgear multitune and I thought I'd share my thoughts.

A quick aside, I am in no way associated with Foxgear and I paid cash for the pedal from a retail source.

Physically the enclosure measures 60mm x 120mm (2 1/4 x 4 3/4"). Input, output and power jacks are in fact on the top of the pedal. Power is regular 9v tip negative. One thing to note is that the enclosure is one piece with the top held on by the switch nut, so if you mount your pedals with bike chain links (like I do) you're SOL.

I didn't get an owner's manual with the pedal, instead there's a QR code on the box with a link to a .pdf of the manual. Every time I''ve tried to access the manual I've been unsuccessful but I'm hoping that as this is a new product Foxgear's web site hasn't caught up quite yet. As such I haven't been able to access any functions of the pedal other than what you get when you plug it in out of the box. It has a fairly standard green and red LED display which is easy to read and intuitive if you've ever used an electronic tuner. When the pedal is powered on there's a little bit of light leakage around the bezel which I find annoying but doesn't affect functionality in any way.

I compared the Foxgear against a Peterson Strobostomp, a Korg Pitchblack Nano, and a TC Electronic Polytune 3. The tuner works just fine although it seems to have a little trouble picking up a low E but it detects the 12th fret harmonic just fine. I don't have any 5 string basses so ymmv as far as that goes. The polyphonic tuning feature seems to work ok if you like that sort of thing. As far as accuracy goes my quick and unscientific testing says that it's roughly equivalent to the Korg and TC Electronic, not quite as accurate as the Peterson. I wouldn't hesitate to use it for a live show but I'd want something better for studio work.

Overall it's a good unit and it does it's job as described but it's kind of a bust for me. Even with the top mounted jacks it's not going to save any space over the Korg or a Polytune mini and I'd very much put it in the same league as those two tuners as far as speed and accuracy. The Peterson is a much more capable unit, but it's bigger and more expensive. There may be some modes or features that I don't know anything about because I have no manual yet so if I find out anything more I'll update this.

No pictures at this time because I'm lousy at that but if people are interested I could post some.
 
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