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Keeping your instrument tuned properly is critical to creating joyful music. It is something that only takes a moment, and it is something good musicians are often fanatical about. This is where Peterson Strobe Tuners come into play.
Peterson Tuners are perhaps the tuner by which all others are judged. They are extremely reliable. All Peterson Strobe Tuners are accurate to within 0.1 cents (1/1000 of one semitone). Also of note is that Peterson Strobe Tuners have ultra-high-definition displays, so not only are they highly accurate in detecting a note but they have the ability to display that accuracy. Only Peterson provides High-Definition Strobe Tuning.
Now for a bit of history.
Peterson Electro-Musical Products, Inc. was founded by Richard H. Peterson in 1948. The Peterson company introduced the first commercial handheld electronic tuner for musicians, the Model 70, in 1964, and later its models of strobe tuners became popular among touring and studio musicians. In the early days, Peterson tuners were a common accessory for legendary musicians such as the Grateful Dead, The Who, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, and Neil Young.
Also in 1964, the Peterson company built a new 3,000-square-foot headquarters in Alsip, Illinois, on a plot of 2.5 acres. They built two additional buildings totaling 15,000 square feet on the company site between 1975 and 1977.
In 1967, Peterson introduced its first strobe tuner, the Model 400. It was the first solid-state strobe tuner on the market, and it did not require calibration. Musicians could select one-cent increments. The tuner was highly influential in Peterson Tuner's growing presence in the fledgling tuner industry.
In 1980 Peterson introduced the Model 100 tuner—designed exclusively for guitars. The tuner used the strobe concept to create a rolling LED display that indicated pitch error by the speed of the rolling LEDs. The Model 100 sold successfully in the early 1980s and stayed on the market for nearly a decade.
By 2001, Peterson Tuners had developed a line of Virtual Strobe electronic strobe tuners that use a LCD dot-matrix display to emulate a mechanical strobe disc wheel, creating a stroboscopic effect. Peterson began using the "Strobo" name for all of its new Virtual Strobe line of products. The Peterson 'strobo' tuner line guarantees 1/10th cent accuracy, or higher, by using patented technology.
Always innovative, and always at the forefront of instrument tuning, Peterson Virtual Strobe tuners now offer specialized tuning solutions for various instruments, referred to by Peterson Tuners as sweeteners. According to Peterson, "sweetening" a tuning means using consonance and dissonance to affect the sound of a specific instrument, ultimately aiding creation of tension and release in music.
Peterson strobe tuners are loaded with presets that see a particular tuning as a group of notes (not just individual pitches), and because of their high tuning resolution, can optimize the notes within these groups, making them more consonant with one another.
Peterson "sweetened" presets are not temperaments because they do not necessarily pertain to a scale. They are sets of offsets for a particular instrument. The GTR sweetener, for example, accommodates the specific, common tuning problems inherent to a 6-string guitar. Unlike temperaments, the sweetener offsets only have musical benefit when applied to their intended instrument.
Here are some of the more popular Peterson tuning products.
The Peterson StroboClip HD™ (SC-HD)
This versatile tuner comes complete with a bright high-definition screen, over 50 Sweetened™ tunings, alternate temperaments for a vast array of string and wind instruments, and soft rubber-lined jaws to protect your instrument's finish while offering a firm grip for maximum signal tracking. The jaw of the StroboClip HD is greater than 1" (25.4mm) to accommodate a variety of instruments and mounting locations.
StroboStomp HD
Featuring the largest tuning display Peterson Tuners has ever incorporated into one of their pedal tuners, the StroboStomp HD boasts a high-definition, LCD screen that incorporates a variable color LED backlight. The user-selectable colors can be used to personalize the tuner or to increase display viewing quality in different levels of ambient lighting depending on the usage environment. The vibrant screen colors can also be assigned to stock or user presets to significantly reduce menu navigation time and increase on-stage tuning confidence at the gig. The StroboStomp HD features over 100 exclusive Sweetened Tunings™ as well as numbered guided tuning presets for a large variety of instruments and playing styles.
iStroboSoft Mobile Device APP
Tuning with the iStroboSoft not only allows your instrument to sound its best but helps ensure that it stays that way while playing. Accurate tuning results that you can depend on while on-the-move with your mobile device of choice.
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