Thanks Dave. I'm looking for info on robotic tuner. Randy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Carlson" <dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 4:54 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: inputting turns > Randy, > > Have you ever looked into those automatic tuners that attach > to the tuning nut on the guitar head and that will tune the > string as you pluck it? > > Don't know where or how to find, but I've heard that they > exist. > > Dave > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Randy" <clifford@xxxxxxxx> > To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 7:22 AM > Subject: [ddots-l] Re: inputting turns > > > Thanks Bill. I can tune fairly close by ear, but not as > close on some days > as on others. I'm just hoping for a way to tune very > accurately without > having to use an electronic tuner which must be intepreted > by a sighed > person. Thanks again. Randy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Stevens" <blues_cat@xxxxxxxx> > To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 7:54 AM > Subject: [ddots-l] Re: inputting turns > > > > Hello Randy, > > > > Some metrinomes have a feature that produces a pure A 440. > > (Other > > metrinomes, fancy ones, can produce all twelve chromatic > > notes, but these > > are more expensive.) You could use this to tune your A > > string (two > > octaves lower,) and then tune the other strings in > > relationship to that > > A. This still doesn't tell you if your A is sharp or flat > > with respect > > to the A from the metrinome, but it gives you a starting > > place without > > needing a piano or synthesizer nearby to compare to. > > > > Does this help at all or am I missing the point of your > > question? > > > > Bill S. > > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following > > link:- > > ** > > [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > > ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ** and in the Subject line type > > ** unsubscribe > > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on > > the > > ** immediately-following link:- > > ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > > ** or send a message, to > > ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following > link:- > ** > [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on > the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq