What is a strobe tuner?
A strobe tuner uses stroboscopic action to compare the sound from a musical instrument to a reference frequency. The traditional type of strobe tuner uses a rotating disk with a pattern of white and black areas as the reference. This rotating disk is illuminated by a strobe light driven by the input signal. When the frequency of the input matches the speed of the rotating disk, the pattern will appear to stand still. If the frequency is a little faster or slower than the disk, the pattern will rotate. This same effect can be seen on car wheels in a motion picture. The Turbo Tuner operates electronically and has no moving parts. The input from the musical instrument is amplified and fed directly to the LEDs. The LEDs are strobed by a precision reference frequency generated electronically by circuitry in the Turbo Tuner. The result is a solid state stroboscopic display with instant response and no moving parts to wear out.
