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Topic: Android Tuner Apps StroboFlip Sweeteners E9 & C6 |
Greg Cutshaw
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Corry, PA, USA
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Posted 27 Apr 2012 7:57 am |
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I downloaded the DaTuner Android tuner app for my Galaxy Nexus phone. Last night I spent some time determining the StroboFlip E9th (SE9) and C6th (SC6)sweetener offsets. I did this by turning on the DaTuner audio tone generator in "Equal, Perfect Octave" mode and playing it into the StroboFlip mic. By adjusting the StroboFlip +/- cents offset up and down I was able to determine the StroboFlip offsets for each tuning sweetener.
As such these results could be used with any tuner app to duplicate the StroboFlip sweeteners. You'll notice that the table can be compacted greatly as Peterson repeats the settings for every octave. I converted the cents offsets to actual frequencies using a frequency +/- cents to frequency converter (se link below). You can see that the StroboFlip sets the E9th open E and the C6th open C sharp by about the same amount. It would be easy to shift these results up or down to set E4 at 329.6 or C4 at 261.6 etc.
I use a high D on C6 but the chart does include setting for an E note as Flip uses the same settings on every octave. My E9th copedant drops the low B to A so the ranges shown reflect my personal copendant but are not limited to that. Due to the minimal cabinet drop in my MSA Legend, I have a chart that modifies the Flips vlaues on some of the knee levers. With the Android app I will likely have one custom tuning for open and one for pedals.
I haven't had a lot of time to play with DaTuner but it's very similar to ClearTune although a bit more powerful with more settings options and a TON of temperaments are included. I am not sure my Android phone offers an audio line input so that might be a disadvantage over the IPHONE. Also, DaTuner offers custom presets but the .csv file needed to create these was not stored in my SD directory on the phone. I emailed the author and he is aware of this and working on a solution.
I used this web set to convert the Flip cents deviations back to hertz:
http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-centsratio.htm
DaTuner overview at Android market
DaTuner detailed screen shots
Chart in Excel Format!
Chart in pdf Format!
Last edited by Greg Cutshaw on 27 Apr 2012 8:22 am; edited 5 times in total |
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Kevin Milner
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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Posted 27 Apr 2012 8:09 am
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Are these results any different than those posted in the stroboflip manual?
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Greg Cutshaw
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Corry, PA, USA
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Posted 27 Apr 2012 11:47 am
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No idea! Never read my manual..... Gonna load up Clear Tune and compare it with DaTuner. Looks like I'll need an input cable to get a good read in a noisy room.
Greg |
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Greg Cutshaw
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Corry, PA, USA
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Posted 27 Apr 2012 11:54 am
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Ok, just read the manual and they ARE in there and do agree pretty closely with my readings. Well I learned a lot doing this 
Greg |
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Kevin Milner
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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Posted 27 Apr 2012 12:20 pm
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Definitely not time wasted! Glad you learned something. I almost never read the manual, but did for my strobo flip because I wanted to program in my own temperment.
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GFI S10-P Ultra -> Milkman 40w Pedal Steel Mini or 300w Half & Half (or Sarno SGBB/Nashville 112 or '94 Twin Amp or Homebuilt 5e3)
Effects: Cali76-CD Compressor -> EP booster -> Sarno Earth Drive -> Earthquaker Devices Zap Machine -> Earthquaker Devices Grand Orbiter Phaser -> Caitlinbread Dirty Little Secret Mk III -> Malekko Envelope Filter -> Hilton VP -> Pedal Projects Klone -> Tech 21 Blonde -> Strymon Timeline -> TC Electronics Spark Mini Boost -> Strymon Lex -> Strymon Flint |
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Greg Cutshaw
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Corry, PA, USA
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Posted 27 Apr 2012 1:34 pm
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Tomorrow I'm spending the day reinventing the wheel and on Sunday I plan to use it to come up with the value of Pi. Then I have this new idea for a bubble sort in Fortran or was it APL ............
Greg |
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Kevin Milner
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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Posted 27 Apr 2012 6:23 pm
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ewwwww - my #1 motto as a scientific programmer is avoid fortran at all costs!
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GFI S10-P Ultra -> Milkman 40w Pedal Steel Mini or 300w Half & Half (or Sarno SGBB/Nashville 112 or '94 Twin Amp or Homebuilt 5e3)
Effects: Cali76-CD Compressor -> EP booster -> Sarno Earth Drive -> Earthquaker Devices Zap Machine -> Earthquaker Devices Grand Orbiter Phaser -> Caitlinbread Dirty Little Secret Mk III -> Malekko Envelope Filter -> Hilton VP -> Pedal Projects Klone -> Tech 21 Blonde -> Strymon Timeline -> TC Electronics Spark Mini Boost -> Strymon Lex -> Strymon Flint |
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