MOTM

I agree, the reference voltage won't do much good for tuning.  Rather than get a
frequency counter, I think the best solution is to spend the $100 or so on a Korg
DTR-2 Rack tuner.  They are worth every penny and look cool too!  I keep a patch
cord plugged between an input on my DTR-1 and an oscillator all the time.  I have
been able to tune multiple oscillators without listening to them and found them to
be dead on when I turned up the volume.

Eric

--- Microtonal <microtonal@...> wrote:
> Frequency counters in most sub-$200 VOMs are not very accurate, especially
> at audio frequencies.  For $70-$100 you can pick up from ebay an old HP
> frequency counter 5314A (labeled "Universal Counter") that has pretty good
> accuracy, to 0.1 Hz.  It also has A/B inputs for ratio comparisons, so you
> can tune oscillators perfectly to octaves or any other ratio.  It's great
> for tuning to perfect ratios, for instance a perfect fifth is 3/2 = 1.5, and
> a perfect fourth is 4/3 = 1.33333, etc.
> 
> John Loffink
> microtonal@...
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tkacs, Ken" <ken.tkacs@...>
> To: <motm@egroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 2:20 PM
> Subject: RE: [motm] Re: more voltage sauce again
> 
> 
> >
> > Dave is right--the 1v/8va is a VCO control and won't help you with tuning
> > per se.
> >
> > I've thought about getting a cheapie tuner and mounting it onto an MOTM
> > panel for tuning. Or even a frequency counter since they build them into
> > VOMs cheap these days.
> >
> > Carlos' Moog used to have, I believe, a reference oscillator. Basically a
> > panel with a jack that put 440 out. I guess you would have a crystal-based
> > fixed-pitch oscillator in there or something.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 


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