iChromatic Strobe Tuner 4+

I could not find a way to make this display the correct pitch. Some of the controls don't seem to work, or else I can't figure out what they're for. I've got a Peterson Strobe right here handy, but I wanted something in my computer that was easy to use, so that I didn't have to reach for anything else. Unless the creator of this is willing to show us how to make it display the right pitch (neither the right note name, nor the correct actual pitch -- it shows me to be wayyyy sharp when I'm actually holding the Peterson Strobe still. (it's calibrated daily with a tuning fork, which in turn has been checked for accuracy with many references) The microphone I use for this is not one of my expensive ones, but an inexpensive desktop mic by Blue. When using it for recording, it's hard to tell the difference between it and most mid-grade studio mics. I'm quite sure the mic is not the problem. Besides, I have many tuners associated with other software, and they all report the same pitch as the Peterson Strobe. This one is the odd one out. It's broken.

It's a nice idea, and I think it will be well worth the money if the maker will fix it. (Written on January 19, 2012 for version 1.0.2)

Shooshie

I was looking for something to use to help me improve my intonation while practicing on my bass, and I came across this. Unfortunately, it is very quirky, making it slow to show a definite pitch, and I noticed that while I was playing my upright bass, it was unable to determine D and D# -- specifically, D3 and D#3. I did not take the time to check for any other problems because I have already deemed it useless to my purposes until the issues specified above are fixed.

Works well, VERY accurate. Best and most accurate tuner I’ve used since an original strobe tuner. May be a little sensitive for some because the displays track the input instantaneously, it could use a little buffering + averaging but once I got used to it it wasn’t an issue. Moving in the right direction.