Polyphonic Tuning Unleashed
TC Electronic Polytune Polyphonic Tuner Pedal
In the world of guitar gear, there are thousands of sleek, gritty, cool or knob-overloaded boxes out there. With all the flashy pedals out there with “X-treme!!!” names, it’s easy to overlook some of their less-than-exciting counterparts – namely tuners.
Sure, they’re brilliant devices that provide important and necessary features, but let’s be real about it. Every time I see someone walking out of a guitar shop with a $100 tuning pedal in his hand, he seems less than excited. No new sounds or tones? No badass names? In most cases, there aren’t even any novel tech features. But no more!
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Finally something new!
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Polyphonic tuning!
You can just strum your guitar open and see which of the six strings are out of tune (no need to listen to them anymore!). I love the concept, but I’m not totally convinced that replacing a functioning $100 chromatic tuner with a $100 polyphonic tuner is worth it, but if you don’t have a tuner yet (and you should have one) then you might as well get this new and relatively badass kind of tuner.
Well here’s a quick rundown of the World’s First* Polyphonic Tuner.
*commercially available
TC Electronics Polytune (pictured above):
Major Features:
- Polyphonic Tuning – see the tuning state of all the strings on your guitar, bass, etc at once.
- Chromatic Tuner – the tuner knows when you’re playing just one string and switches to the familiar chromatic tuner mode.
- True Bypass – not exciting, but important.
- Made out of Metal – this is super important because you step on it everyday.
Sales Pitch:
Just for fun I’m embedding this video of guy with an awesome accent demonstrating a software version of a polyphonic tuner! What an exciting day!
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