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Thread #105243 Message #2163541
Posted By: Grab
04-Oct-07 - 08:42 AM
Thread Name: Electronic tuners
Subject: RE: Electronic tuners
I've got an Intellitouch (bought for me as a present, when I'd actually asked for an Intelli). I don't like it at all. It tunes OK, but the "three arrows" thing is a bit crap so you're never quite sure how accurate it is - in particular, it's no help at all for handling the normal guitar situation of the string starting sharp and going flatter as the note decays - and the whole thing is rather clunky. It's a 10-year-old design from a startup company, and it shows - as far as I can tell, it must have been designed to a serious budget when the company couldn't afford a decent case or a better LCD display, and they've never bothered revamping it. If you want a clip-on tuner, the Intelli IMT500 is a third of the price, has a proper digital needle display showing cents, and is a quarter of the size so it can be permanently clipped to the back of the headstock during a performance for easy tuning between songs.
Intelli tuner for comparison against the Intellitouch in Don's link.
I've no idea whether the Intelli can handle a trumpet, but if the Intellitouch can then I'd guess the Intelli can as well.
If you particularly want a tuner that uses a mic instead of one of the clip-on jobs, then still I think you can't beat the old Korg CA30. Dirt cheap, tunes accurately, shows cents with a needle, also shows sharp/flat/tuned with LEDs for tuning in the dark, jack input, and batteries last forever because there's no backlight eating power.
Graham.