Korg - Pitchblack Tuner

Cow4prez · Post by **Cow4prez** » 23 Sep 2008, 20:24

Pretty good tuner.

Binh

Guts:

sicklidz · Post by **sicklidz** » 24 Sep 2008, 13:02

I love my Pitchblack.... it's the easiest thing on my pedal board! Huge, easy to read and understand display. Built like a tank. I think it's the only stomp accurate within 1c too!

soulsonic · Post by **soulsonic** » 25 Sep 2008, 04:43

Uses a relay for bypass? That's pretty slick. Can it be recalibrated down to 432Hz... maybe even 424Hz?

seniorLoco · Post by **seniorLoco** » 25 Sep 2008, 07:26

436--445 Hz (1 Hz steps)

soulsonic · Post by **soulsonic** » 25 Sep 2008, 08:36

NO 432?!

Sorry, I could never purchase this tuner. I guess I have to save up for the Peterson.

Bernardduur · Post by **Bernardduur** » 25 Sep 2008, 12:57

Why this calibration (I'm just curious as most tuners have em but I never use anything other then 440)?

Edit; I just typed 432 in Google and got a lot of links

Is it really that "special"??????

Fuzzer · Post by **Fuzzer** » 25 Sep 2008, 14:00

http://www.432hz.org/

tuemmueh · Post by **tuemmueh** » 25 Sep 2008, 14:13

Fuzzer wrote:http://www.432hz.org/

omg ... european orchestras today always tune above 440Hz, mostly around 443Hz or nowadays even 444Hz. String instruments are sounding more full and are louder if the tuning rises ...

btw, this is fantastic:

Take a Tast of 432Hz Water. Simply hold the 432Hz tuningfork against a glass of water.

Fuzzer · Post by **Fuzzer** » 25 Sep 2008, 14:17

Stoopid me, here was a little discussion;

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2451&p=28256&hilit=440#p28256

echodeluxe · Post by **echodeluxe** » 29 Sep 2008, 08:26

now there is a corksniffer tuning?

ive seen everything. good god.

Fuzzer · Post by **Fuzzer** » 29 Sep 2008, 14:45

Haha, don't look at me dude, I have the BOSS white one, that's all I need.

echodeluxe · Post by **echodeluxe** » 29 Sep 2008, 19:26

hah, ive got the pitchblack cuz its small and has a huge screen. i tune to 440 though. im so cliche.

Fuzzer · Post by **Fuzzer** » 30 Sep 2008, 01:24

Well, I'm cliche too.

echodeluxe · Post by **echodeluxe** » 30 Sep 2008, 06:50

cliche

jonnyxjuturna · Post by **jonnyxjuturna** » 28 Oct 2008, 18:05

I'm definitely cliche. I can't think of a particular reason to use any other setting. Maybe I should try it?

fuzzca · Post by **fuzzca** » 29 Oct 2008, 02:22

Carbon comp resistors work best at 432KHz. It's the frequency that the planets resonate at....

I like the Korg Pitchblack, it's about as accurate as my Seiko 747 tuner which is amazingly accurate. What more do you want from a tuner? Umm, Ok, the Pitchblack is true bypass, so no tone loss.....

Fuzzer · Post by **Fuzzer** » 29 Oct 2008, 14:06

What I have noticed on a couple of recordings is a slightly higher-tuned sound, Guitars are tuned somewhere between Standard tuning and Standard-sharp (I don't know if that's the correct way to express it).

Has anybody noticed something similar?

cpnyc23 · Post by **cpnyc23** » 30 Oct 2008, 21:35

Well, it sounded a little silly at first until I read:

"The original Stadivarius violin was developed to resonate at 432Hz"

The makers of those instruments knew more about resonant tones than everyone that has ever looked at this board... combined.

Perhaps I'll give it a whirl.

If it works, I'll make sure to look down my nose at all of you

-chris

soulsonic · Post by **soulsonic** » 31 Oct 2008, 00:13

Hey, I just want mess around with different tunings, and I figure that if I got a fancy tuner it should be able to do that, otherwise I'd just stick with my cheapo Sabine one.
I don't worry about true bypass because I don't use a tuner on the pedalboard because I don't tune during a set - I tune before the show and that's usually enough... if a string gets really off, I can always get it back in by ear without a tuner anyway. Also this makes it easier for the whole group to share the same tuner (which can be a big help to getting everyone together

).

Fuzzer · Post by **Fuzzer** » 03 Nov 2008, 05:55

This you probably already know, but anyway...

Regarding alternate tunings, one that I like a lot and kicks ass consists of dropping the sixth string to C and the fifth to G.

I got it mentioned by a guitar player named Jeff Kollman (I'm sure he's not the first one using it, just aknowledgeing him), before that I had only tried the old E dropped to D.

You need some beefy strings, though.