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What tuner do you use in the studio

iriegnome

iriegnome

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Let me hear it.. What tuner do you use in a studio?
I will be doing some long term studio recording and I will be plugging direct into the board.
I need to buy a tuner like yesterday, but am not sure about what to buy. I have never worked fully in a studio before, so I am kind of clueless about this.
I have a cheap pedal tuner and my live rig Korg. I am looking for something though to leave in the studio at all times and not move it. I am plugged into the board with cords that won't move either. I have a fully complete seperate set of everything for this.
Just looking for any ideas as to a tuner for my needs.
 
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I have one of the snark clip on tuners, it works ok on the 5 strings, although it depends a little on the bass how well the B picks up... it's harder to use on my warwick than it is on my stingray. Totally functional in both cases though. I use either that or a korg plug-in type tuner that I've had forever, it lives in the case. That little thing works great... Korg CA30
 
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iriegnome said:
See that is why I was asking. Never used one of those clip on things. Do they work well? How about for 5'ers?
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The blue Snark works very well with all my 5 string basses (Fender, Warwick, Alembic, Pedulla, Squier...). The key is to experiment for a couple of minutes to find the best spot on the headstock to clip the tuner. If you have a 5 string Fender you'll probably find the best spot to be just above the nut on the G string side of the headstock, at least that's where my Fender and Squier basses work best with the Snark. The location is different on my Warwicks, IIRC the best spot on those is right next to the A string tuner.

Just clip it on and with your volume turned off strum the B string then move the tuner to a different location to see if it reacts and locks in faster. Once you find the best spot you'll probably be amazed at how simple, fast, accurate, trouble free and inexpensive these things are. My $20 Snark clip on tuner replaced my $200 Korg DTR 2000 rack mount tuner.
 
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iriegnome said:
so using a pedal tuner works in a studio? Does the Turbo Tuner or something like a Korg Pitch allow true bypass so it doesn't interrupt the signal while recording?
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I've never had a problem. The Turbo Tuner and Pitchblack are both true bypass, and I've never noticed any tone issues in the studio. However, this is a very easy test for you... buy one, record a few sample takes with and without it, and if you notice any tone/signal issues then you can just return it.
 
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iriegnome said:
Let me hear it.. What tuner do you use in a studio?
I will be doing some long term studio recording and I will be plugging direct into the board.
I need to buy a tuner like yesterday, but am not sure about what to buy. I have never worked fully in a studio before, so I am kind of clueless about this.
I have a cheap pedal tuner and my live rig Korg. I am looking for something though to leave in the studio at all times and not move it. I am plugged into the board with cords that won't move either. I have a fully complete seperate set of everything for this.
Just looking for any ideas as to a tuner for my needs.
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Ironically I've had a ton of tuners but in the studio Ive always used a little Korg hand held. The little $25 one. Works great. I also use it for setting up basses.

Live my shure glxd pedal wireless has an awesome tuner, tracking range is amazing, unlike many tuners that struggle or just can't track low b or lower. It Tracks fast, and the display is a nice size and easy to see. I do not use the strobe mode though. I played for 20 years without strobe tuners, don't feel any need to start.
 
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If you're going directly into the board, why not just use some VST? In my studio I use reaper and have my guitarist tune using ReaTune (included as part of Reaper) thrown up on my main display when he goes straight into the board.
 

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