Question: How to Setup a Snark 8 For Trumpet?

Maui_Jimmy

Can anyone here tell me how to set this up for a trumpet. When I play C I don't want to read A

Thanks for the help!
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oxleyk · Heavyweight Member Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Posts: 4180

RTFM?

bach_again · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 3:51 pm Post subject:

It should read A# for a C on Bb tpt. Are you THAT flat?

I prefer to see the notes in concert pitch anyway, so I just deal with it.
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homebilly · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 4:11 pm Post subject:

i contacted them last year bitching about the same WTF? only in concert or guitar keys?

SOL on that one.

as the battery goes down (and they DO drain FAST) it also starts act wonky
on the tuning and the display. it's a step above being a complete POS
but does work for the most part.
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bspickler · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 4:37 pm Post subject:

Try Chase Sanborn's Center Pitch. It can be adjusted for whatever instrument you want.
http://chasesanborn.com/otherproducts/centerpitch/
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ghelbig · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 4:43 pm Post subject:

Maui_Jimmy · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 6:31 pm Post subject:

Reading the manual led me to believe I could do this, but I couldn't get it to work. That's why the post.

It is an A#, I was making a bad abbreviation.
I don't know concert pitch. When I was in band 30+ years ago, I wasn't taught all that good stuff. I was just taught to read what I had to read to play the cornet / trumpet. I wasn't even taught an embouchure, just had to figure it out on my own. Anyway... I have a lot to learn.

Since Homebilly had the same problem, I guess I was misled about this being a tuner I could use.

Thanks for the link to the Chase Sandborn Tuner

Thanks guys!
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bach_again · Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 12:49 am Post subject:

Cleartune is a handy app for your phone or tablet. You can definitely calibrate Bb to read C on it.
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Maui_Jimmy · Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 1:06 pm Post subject:

I was using Cleartune on my iPhone and I thought it worked great. I switched to a Galaxy Note, and I don't have the confidence in it I had with the iPhone. It may all be in my head. I thought it would be better to have something specifically for tuning and I could use Cleartune as a backup if need be.
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Andy Del · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 4:26 am Post subject:

If you didn't trade or sell the iPhone just use it as a tuner: charge it up and away you go!

cheers

Andy
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homebilly · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 6:39 am Post subject:

Mike Prestage · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 7:40 am Post subject:

Sorry if I'm missing something here but I can't see any benefit in being told which note you're playing by the tuner. I appreciate that the tuner telling you you're playing a different note could be distracting though so I wonder if putting a bit of tape over that part of the display would help?

Mike

homebilly · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 8:06 am Post subject:

hi mike

i am with you there. no need for a note name but it's stupid
if you can't turn it off at least let us calibrate it to our needs.

do it right or don't do it at all.

mis dos centavos
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mike ansberry · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 5:08 pm Post subject:

Well that is interesting. I had not noticed that. I guess I'm just used to thinking in Bb or concert pitch. Seems like it will show A#, A, G#, G, and F# when I play my C. But that is all I can get. It doesn't really bother me.

I have a Peterson tuner app on my phone that I use when tuning my groups. I find it useful to use the Snark when I'm starting off a gig to get a reference for where things are going. It is very handy since it will hear just you while the group is playing.
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