I bouight two of these after I watched your previous video. Didn't even know the deal was out there til I saw you talk about it. I've only had a few minutes to play with it. My thoughts: It does have a somewhat more precise feel in operation than my Snarks. The CR2032 battery is the same as the Snark uses, so anyone who has bought a supply of batteries for their Snark(s) can use them for this tuner, too. I get what you're saying about the clip but it doesn't bother me. I believe the clip is metal as opposed to plastic on the Snarks I have. Two negatives. I find the on-off switch is just a bit awkward to use. It's not a problem, just somewhat less accessible than the Snark switch, especially once the tuner is mounted on the headstock. The other negative, and the only thing I'd say is really a problem, is that the thing turns off automatically in use. I know that's a battery-saving feature, and the Snark turns off automatically, too. But the Snark turns off only after a period of inactivity whereas this one just shuts off after 3 (or 4 or 5?) minutes even though I'm still playing. Annoying. But maybe there's a setting to fix that and I just haven't found it yet because I haven't spent enough time with it.
I’ll let you know how this compares to Snark, Epiphone, and the 3 Apps I have on my IPhone. I bought this model because I have noticed that there is a difference among the accuracy of the tuners-surprisingly! My TC’s arrive tomorrow.
I came about here as searching for good tuner and TC's seems to be the best by far. Thanks for the review. I'm sorry but forced to correct you about one tiny little detail but hugely meaningful thing when it comes to sounds in general. "Kilohertz at the time" of reference pitch sounds quite a lot. 1 Kilohertz = 1000 hertzs. The prefix kilo means 1000. I think you mean 1hz at the time. Standard reference concert pitch is 440 hz. No kilos there. You get that fundamental frequency of 440 hz by pressing fifth fret on thin E string on guitar. It means 440 'cycles in a second'(=hertz). Not 440 kilohertz = 440khz = 444000 hz which would be even ten times higher pitch than bats use for echolocation to spot their prey. So there is no similar ambiguity with hertz as there is when people are mixing calories and kilocalories both meaning kilocalories in some context. In Unitune manual TC tells about changing reference pitch: 'To increase the reference pitch in 1 Hz steps, press the REFERENCE TONE button . To decrease press "Display".
I bought one on a Black Friday sale. I believe I saw an advertisement for it. I love it, but I'm finding that it doesn't stay the full five minutes on as the directions say. I'm timing from 3 to 3 1/2 minutes give or take. It sometimes shuts off while I'm tuning my instrument. I've returned it twice already and have the same issue with the third replacement. Are having the same issue, or anything else? Is there something you think might contribute to it as far as user error? Seems pretty straight forward IMO.
I can't comment on that Ray, as I don't leave it on for more than 90 secs at most. Just use for a quick tune, and turn off. It's probably some power saving feature, which is probably very annoying!
I bought 2 for my kids ukuleles. It picks up way to much audible sound for a clip on tuner. They can't even tune in the same room without interference. My snark does fine. They were a complete waste of money.
I bouight two of these after I watched your previous video. Didn't even know the deal was out there til I saw you talk about it. I've only had a few minutes to play with it. My thoughts: It does have a somewhat more precise feel in operation than my Snarks. The CR2032 battery is the same as the Snark uses, so anyone who has bought a supply of batteries for their Snark(s) can use them for this tuner, too. I get what you're saying about the clip but it doesn't bother me. I believe the clip is metal as opposed to plastic on the Snarks I have. Two negatives. I find the on-off switch is just a bit awkward to use. It's not a problem, just somewhat less accessible than the Snark switch, especially once the tuner is mounted on the headstock. The other negative, and the only thing I'd say is really a problem, is that the thing turns off automatically in use. I know that's a battery-saving feature, and the Snark turns off automatically, too. But the Snark turns off only after a period of inactivity whereas this one just shuts off after 3 (or 4 or 5?) minutes even though I'm still playing. Annoying. But maybe there's a setting to fix that and I just haven't found it yet because I haven't spent enough time with it.
Appreciate the feedback Peter! Thanks for tuning in.
I’ll let you know how this compares to Snark, Epiphone, and the 3 Apps I have on my IPhone. I bought this model because I have noticed that there is a difference among the accuracy of the tuners-surprisingly!
My TC’s arrive tomorrow.
Thanks Dennis. Hopefully it will compare favorably!
@@AJgeartalk I just got a call from Sweetwater. Lol.
I came about here as searching for good tuner and TC's seems to be the best by far. Thanks for the review. I'm sorry but forced to correct you about one tiny little detail but hugely meaningful thing when it comes to sounds in general.
"Kilohertz at the time" of reference pitch sounds quite a lot. 1 Kilohertz = 1000 hertzs. The prefix kilo means 1000. I think you mean 1hz at the time. Standard reference concert pitch is 440 hz. No kilos there. You get that fundamental frequency of 440 hz by pressing fifth fret on thin E string on guitar. It means 440 'cycles in a second'(=hertz). Not 440 kilohertz = 440khz = 444000 hz which would be even ten times higher pitch than bats use for echolocation to spot their prey. So there is no similar ambiguity with hertz as there is when people are mixing calories and kilocalories both meaning kilocalories in some context. In Unitune manual TC tells about changing reference pitch:
'To increase the reference pitch in 1 Hz steps, press the REFERENCE TONE button . To decrease press "Display".
Thank you for keeping me honest! Appreciate your stopping by the channel.
So how do you change the tuning ?
I bought one on a Black Friday sale. I believe I saw an advertisement for it. I love it, but I'm finding that it doesn't stay the full five minutes on as the directions say. I'm timing from 3 to 3 1/2 minutes give or take. It sometimes shuts off while I'm tuning my instrument. I've returned it twice already and have the same issue with the third replacement. Are having the same issue, or anything else? Is there something you think might contribute to it as far as user error? Seems pretty straight forward IMO.
I can't comment on that Ray, as I don't leave it on for more than 90 secs at most. Just use for a quick tune, and turn off. It's probably some power saving feature, which is probably very annoying!
I bought 2 for my kids ukuleles. It picks up way to much audible sound for a clip on tuner. They can't even tune in the same room without interference. My snark does fine. They were a complete waste of money.
Does the same for my tuba.