Peterson tuners, how accurate?

[Greg Newell]

Charles,
    Unless your doing database stuff or have a need for anything else on the
laptop computer why not look into one of the palm type computers and Tunelab
on that? it would be smaller and therefore easier to carry and less costly
than a laptop too.

Greg

Charles Neuman wrote:

> Thanks for the responses so far. To respond back:
>
> Ric, it's true the Peterson doesn't do real-time inharmonicity readings.
> They have a set of presets, as people have pointed out. You can manually
> change them if you want. It's funny how they advertise. They refer to the
> confusing LED's on other brands, and mention that you can't REALLY get a
> good tuning curve just by sampling three notes as other brands do.
>
> Don, I now use TuneLab on a stationary computer next to the piano. I'll
> probably get a cheap laptop so I can be mobile with it. That seems like a
> good solution. But I'm looking around at other things as well, just to be
> well-informed. I agree that a Journal article on the subject would be
> great. Not so much a buyer's guide, but a technical comparison.
>
> Ron, that makes sense to not be distracted by the "precision", but to also
> consider what it is comparing the note to.
>
> Charles

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