StratoRandy
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Can anyone recommend a good android app for performing intonation?
Cell phone app tuner for intonation?
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eclecticsynergy
Senior Stratmaster
I'm not at all up to date on tuning apps but something tells me a quality tuner pedal might be more precise for setting intonation than apps or clip-ons. This is a procedure where accuracy is pretty important.
The_Whale
Strat-O-Master
Yinzer
Strat-Talker
I've always liked Boss equipment.
ToneRanger
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Peterson has a Strobe Tuner app for $4.99, but looks like only Equal temperament is available - the GTR temperament setting is what makes the Peterson tuners great, so without that I wouldn't bother.
albala
Dr. Stratster
I use Guitartuna
who doesn't like tuna?
who doesn't like tuna?
ToneRanger
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I installed that one and will give it a try for when I'm out and about and don't have access to my Peterson...
eclecticsynergy
Senior Stratmaster
Have the Strobostomp on one board and a cheapo on the small board.
I miss the Peterson when it isn't there.
ToneRanger
Most Honored Senior Member
Big time - I had an acoustic rhythm guitarist I used to play with and he was skeptical of my Peterson (I was using the VS-II back then,) until he tried it once using the GTR temperament - after that he wanted to use it every gig - I was finally like, "DUDE - get your own!"
StratUp
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Remember what Joe Walsh taught us: "You can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish". Joe has never steered me wrong with his sage advice.
StratUp
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I've been using the Fender app for a tuner on i-phone when I'm playing remotely and/or my tuner isn't handy. I don't know if you can get it for Android.
It's "OK". Solves the problem when playing acoustic by the lake. Seems to have wide margins on "in tune". I wouldn't want to attempt to intonate with it. It's also a little slow to catch up with where you are. I'll be checking some of the apps mentioned here to see if they are available on i-phone.
It's "OK". Solves the problem when playing acoustic by the lake. Seems to have wide margins on "in tune". I wouldn't want to attempt to intonate with it. It's also a little slow to catch up with where you are. I'll be checking some of the apps mentioned here to see if they are available on i-phone.
dirocyn
Most Honored Senior Member
It's nice to have a reading in cents. Not really necessary. Honestly it's not necessary to have intonation more precise than your everyday tuning. If you play around with a precise tuner, you'll likely find that some of your frets are a few cents sharp or flat even with the intonation set correctly. That fact does really bother people who are cursed with perfect pitch; for them compensated nuts or "true temper" frets may be helpful.
It IS important to have a tuner where "dead on" is a precise point. Which is the case for most tuner apps. I've used the Gstrings app, it doesn't tell you how many cents but it does have a display down to 0.1 Hz. Which is reasonably close. At the low E string, E2 (82.4 Hz), 0.1Hz = 2 cents. For the high E string (E4, 329.6Hz) 0.1Hz = 1/2 cents. That's plenty close for me, but I don't have perfect pitch.
It IS important to have a tuner where "dead on" is a precise point. Which is the case for most tuner apps. I've used the Gstrings app, it doesn't tell you how many cents but it does have a display down to 0.1 Hz. Which is reasonably close. At the low E string, E2 (82.4 Hz), 0.1Hz = 2 cents. For the high E string (E4, 329.6Hz) 0.1Hz = 1/2 cents. That's plenty close for me, but I don't have perfect pitch.
My preferred app is the Peterson Strobotune, but as far as I can tell, it is now only available for IOS.
Their site shows it as being for Android as well, but it is no longer in the Play Store.
I still have it on my Android devices, and extracted the Apk so I can continue to use it.
Their site shows it as being for Android as well, but it is no longer in the Play Store.
I still have it on my Android devices, and extracted the Apk so I can continue to use it.
StratoRandy
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Thanks for the suggestions! Definitely being cheap here so hoping to not spend money on hardware, and looking for good enough to get by.
The Peterson Strobe tuner app is the only thing we use for intonation adjustments in our shop. I think it’s $10? It’s much better than any other tuner app.
No longer available on the Google Play store, despite Peterson having the "Play" logo on their site.
I had to extract the APK from my old phone to install the app on my new one.
The_Whale
Strat-O-Master
This is a far too often overlooked point when setting the intonation.
One concept that I've seen (but haven't tried, because it doesn't bother me) is to shift your tuning and intonation into the area most frequently used.
Open string tuning and 12th fret intonation works well for most users because the majority of traditional music is played using "cowboy chords", but some styles and players spend the majority of their time higher up on the neck.
For them, it may make sense to tune at the 5th fret, and set intonation comparing the 5th with the 17th.
This also has the benefit of taking the nut height and position out of the mix... which can be good or bad. If the nut height and position are correct, NBD, but if the nut is too high or not placed properly, it will throw off the open strings, and you're still going to be sharp on the 2nd and 3rd fret if it's too tall.
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