bleujazz3
Fractal Fanatic
It's the StroboStomp HD. Accurate to ± 0.1 cents. When I checked both the Axe III and FM9 manuals, there was no mention of how accurate either were. I've got FM9-Edit, not Axe III-Edit. Will need to take your word for this, but neither manuals mention tuning accuracy.I’m going to say yes. It’s the same ADC as on the FX3. Look at the tuner display in Axe-Edit with the current firmware and it’s measuring in tenths of a cent, the same accuracy as Peterson and TC tuners.
...Peterson has… what? I have several Peterson Strobo-Clip HD as backups in my gig bags, and a StroboPLUS HDC that is on my desk for convenience when I’m adjusting guitars, but my primary tuners are TC Polytune-clips on the guitars and the tuner built into the modeler, and, if I was using my regular board, I’d be using a TC Polytune-Stomp. And the ONLY reasons I’d use them is because of the Polytune feature.
I’ve intonated my guitars using all of them at different times and they’ve all worked equally well.
That's why my choice was the StroboStomp...a smoother strobe response that doesn't jump back and forth too quickly compared to the FM9 tuner. That, and the library of sweetened tuning presets one can recall to the top of the preset list and save as your preferred preset....I hear and see no difference between it or the FM's tuner with respect to accuracy. I will say the the Peterson's visual reaction appears have a smoother response than that of the FM but the FM's tuner display is far easier to see when compared to that tuner! I suspect that FAS could do a firmware update to offer up different settings to change the display appearance which would be a nice add!
I don't use any offsets or sweetened tunings so I can't really say anything to that effect. That said I can't imagine that it would be any different given FAS's reputation with respect to modeling accuracy to let something like tuning to not be just as accurate.
My hope is to use the StroboStomp in conjunction with the FM9 tuner when both acoustic and electric guitars might be used for a brief setlist of music. When the StroboStomp might be employed for the James Taylor preset, and my electric might require the FM9's offsets.
Either that, or to be able to switch out the electric for acoustic and play thru a FM9's acoustic preset much like one might play direct thru a PA. It would be good practice to be prepared for both scenarios, and not need to switch on-the-fly the FM9's offsets mid-gig, which might be a waste of time and energy.
FTR, I kind of like Peterson's motto for their product..."Either You're In Tune...Or You're Not."
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