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Peterson, the oldest tuner manufacturer in the world is proud to present - StroboSoft!

Building on the unparalleled Virtual Strobe technology, StroboSoft is the first ever true software strobe tuner with unique features for stringed instruments.

StroboSoft offers two interfaces, a Standard Chromatic Strobe Tuner as well as an Exclusive Instrument Tuner featuring nearly 30 custom sweetened tunings for fretted and unfretted instruments including instruments featuring the Buzz Feiten Tuning System.

StroboSoft™ uses the power of your computer and its high resolution to accurately display the pitch of your instrument as compared to either traditional tuning standards,our Peterson Sweetened™ settings, other companies tunings, or contributor settings. With the 0.1 cents accuracy and sophistication of StroboSoft™, Peterson's 55+ years of tuning experience has now taken tuning from plain black and white to the world of high definition color!

StroboSoft™ is simple to use in its chromatic tune mode and also has an exclusive instrument mode that allows you to define your instrument to StroboSoft™ and store those settings in presets to be quickly recalled at any time. After storing your presets, tuning multiple instruments with StroboSoft™ is quick and easy. Create a library of tunings for one instrument or better yet, all of your instruments!

Please take a look (click on) at the screenshots to view the different faces of StroboSoft™.
chromatic mode screen shot instrument mode screen shot set-up mode screen shot
Specifications

Pitch Accuracy: 0.001 semitone (0.1 cents).
Note Range: Eb0 (MIDI note 15) to Eb8 (MIDI note 111).
Frequency Accuracy: 0.005Hz.
Frequency Range*: 20Hz - 5000Hz.
Sampling Rate: Supports 11.025, 22.05, 44.1, 88.2, 12, 24, 48, 96kHz sample rates
Input Calibration Signal: Accepts any calibrated signal in the range 80.0Hz to 2080.0Hz. The calibrated frequency value can be set in 0.1Hz steps.
Calibration Factor: 90.000% to 110.000% in 0.001% steps (manually entered or by measurement).
Global Cents Offset: -50.0 cents to +50.0 cents in 0.1 cent steps.
A440 Reference Frequency: 340.0Hz to 540.0Hz in 0.1Hz steps.
Transpose/Drop/Capo: -12 semitones to +12 semitones in 1 semitone steps.
Manual Note Select: C0 to C8.
Measured/Target Frequency: displayed to 0.01Hz (up to 999.99Hz), 0.1Hz (1000.0 and above).
Measured/Target Cents: displayed to 0.1 cent, or 1 cent, depending on user setting. Temperaments: Contains 12 built-in temperaments (including Equal Tempered). Unlimited user temperaments (Deluxe version only).
Instrument Tune Mode: (Deluxe version only)
Instruments: Contains 27 predefined instruments.
Tunings: 59 built-in tunings, unlimited user tunings.
Sweeteners: 38 built-in sweeteners including Peterson Sweetened Tunings™ and BFTS™ settings, unlimited user sweeteners.

* Frequencies and notes can still be measured below 20Hz and above 5000Hz, but the accuracy obtained may not be as good as stated above, or may depend on input device characteristics.
Computer Requirements

Windows

- Processor: 1GHz Pentium or equivalent
- RAM: 256 MB of RAM (512MB recommended)
- Operating system: Windows XP
- Audio: Sound Card with mic/line input
- Video: True Color 24 bit capability
- Hard Drive: 30 MB of hard Drive Space for Installation (both STD and DLX versions)
Mac:

- Processor: G4 running Mac OSX 10.4. Mac Universal supported
- RAM: 256 MB of RAM (512MB recommended)
- Operating system: Windows XP
- Audio: Sound Card with mic/line input
- Video: True Color 24 bit capability
- Hard Drive: 30 MB of hard Drive Space for Installation (both STD and DLX versions)