Korg Rack Mount Tuners - anyone have experience?

Lee_M.

Lee_M.

Brockburst Toneologist
Ok - I just picked up a very nice Korg DTR 2000 and had an opportunity to play around with it over the weekend. I've noticed a couple of items that are disheartening:

1. On my Strats and R8, the readings jump all over the board when I pick a note or an open string. What I mean is that I will get very close to being in tune (blue light enhances in the center of the unit) and then the reading will skip quickly between a sharp and flat reading. It is very strange. I tried all of my guitars and got the same effect. IMO, it made it very, very hard to tune the guitar.

2. The red lights on the buttons look crummy. The cosmetics were much better on the old tuners.

Because of the skiddishness of the tuner readings, I've decided to return it and purchase a strobe tuner from Peterson. However, before I put everything back in the box to ship, does anyone have any experience with the Korg rackmount tuners? Anyone experience the same issues?

Thanks in advance.

DLM
 
Re: Korg Rack Mount Tuners - anyone have experience?

I have a DTR-1000.

I haven't had any problems with it jumping around...I've actually found it less jumpy than my old Boss tuner...it usually moves around +/-3 cents when playing an open note. I use the normal cents mode, not the strobe mode.

How long are you letting it sustain before it starts to jump? I've found some tuners loose their tracking if the input falls below a certain level. I tend to keep picking when I'm tuning, since I prefer to tune to the strings attack, and not the decay.
 
Re: Korg Rack Mount Tuners - anyone have experience?

screamingdaisy said:
I have a DTR-1000.

I haven't had any problems with it jumping around...I've actually found it less jumpy than my old Boss tuner...it usually moves around +/-3 cents when playing an open note. I use the normal cents mode, not the strobe mode.

How long are you letting it sustain before it starts to jump? I've found some tuners loose their tracking if the input falls below a certain level. I tend to keep picking when I'm tuning, since I prefer to tune to the strings attack, and not the decay.
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I've been re-picking after a few seconds and it is still jumpy. I suppose I didn't realize there was a difference between the strobe mode and normal cents mode. I'll have to check that out and re-tune my guitars.

Thanks for the heads up.
 
Re: Korg Rack Mount Tuners - anyone have experience?

Metalman_666 said:
What would be different from the strobe and normal mode?
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In normal mode, it works like a needle. A light lights up to show how many cents off 440 you are...as you get closer to 440, the light moves closer to the centre.

In strobe mode, it rotates like a strobe tuner. When you're too high, it rotates one way, when you're too low, it rotates the other. The closer you are to 440, the slower it rotates. When it stops rotating, you're in tune.

It's a digitally simulated strobe though...both methods are equally accurate. I use normal mode because that's what I'm used to from using Boss handhelds for years.
 
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