StroboClip HD

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The Peterson StroboClip HD™ (SC-HD) has the same tenth-of-a-cent accuracy as all Peterson Strobe Tuners. This versatile tuner comes complete with a bright high-definition screen, over 50 Sweetened™ tunings, alternate temperaments for a vast array of string and wind instruments, and soft rubber-lined jaws to protect your instrument's finish while offering a firm grip for maximum signal tracking.

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The jaw of the StroboClip HD is greater than 1" (25.4mm) to accommodate a variety of instruments and mounting locations.

Early music and orchestral instruments can be tuned with ease.

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EASY TO USE IN THE DARK

Our improved design raises the power button for instant identification on a dark stage and the positive-click, tactile buttons take the guesswork out of changing settings on the fly.

Confidently perform touch-up tuning quickly between songs and save valuable seconds during the gig.

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With rock-solid tracking down to 16Hz, tuning that low B will never be a problem.

There is no more need for 12th fret tuning to get low notes to register or trying to decipher an erratic tuning display.

The StroboClip HD will always deliver a smooth tuning response and convey even the most minute changes in pitch in real-time allowing users to get in tune faster using the highest resolution in tuning accuracy.

Default

EQU
Standard chromatic tuning/Equal temperament suitable for regular or alternate tuning, 100 cent intervals - no Sweetening.

Guitar & Bass

GTR
Designed for use with guitars tuned to standard EADGBE.
ACU
Designed for use with acoustic guitars tuned to standard EADGBE.
dAd
Peterson Sweetened tuning for acoustic guitar
12S
Peterson Sweetened tuning for 12 string guitars with regard to the string courses.
BRT
Peterson Sweetened tuning for baritone guitars.
7ST
Peterson Sweetened tuning for seven string guitars.
bAS
Designed for use with basses tuned to standard EADG and BEADG.
BSn
Guided Tuning for Bass
GTn
Guided Tuning for 6 & 7 string guitars

Buzz Feiten

BFA
Buzz Feiten Tuning System for acoustic guitar
BF7
Buzz Feiten Tuning System for 7-String electric guitars
BFE
Buzz Feiten Tuning System for electric guitar
BFB
Buzz Feiten Tuning System for electric bass guitar
BF12
Buzz Feiten Tuning System for 12 String Guitar

Steel Guitar

LA6
Peterson A6 Sweetener for Lap Steel Guitar.
LC6
Peterson C6 Sweetener for Lap Steel Guitar.

Bluegrass

dbO
Peterson Combination Sweetened Tuning for Dobro
MAN
Peterson Mandolin Family Sweetener
dbH
Peterson Combination Sweetened Tuning for Dobro
FDL
Peterson Sweetened Fiddle Tuning
BJO
Peterson Sweetened Tuning for 5 String Banjo

Misc. Instruments

TBO
Peterson Tenor Banjo Sweetener

Orchestral

VLN
Peterson Violin Sweetener
VLA
Peterson Viola Sweetener
CLO
Peterson Cello Sweetener
HRN
Peterson Brass & Woodwind Sweetener.

Historic Temperaments

LUT
Peterson Sweetened Tuning for Lute
JMI
Just Major Intonation
JME
Just Minor Intonation
PYT
Pythagorean Intonation with A base
4MT
1/4 Comma Meantone
6MT
1/6th Comma Meantone - A-based
KRN
Kirnberger III Temperament
WK3
Werckmeister III
YNG
Young Temperament with A base
KLN
Kellner
VAL
Vallotti Temperament with an A base.
RAM
Rameau Temperament

World

SIT
Sitar (pure intervals)
OUD
Oud (pure intervals).
GHB
Traditional Great Highland bagpipe tuning.
UIL
Uilleann Pipes Tuning.
RAS
Maqam Rast
SUZ
Maqam Suznak
NAI
Maqam Nairuz
AFP
African Pentatonic tuning
SDO
Slendro - Indonesian Gamelan tuning
PLG
Pelog - Indonesian Gamelan tuning
UKE
Peterson Ukulele Sweetener

Compare to Sweetened Tunings offered in other products.

Peterson Connect Compatible: Yes

Note Range: C0 - B6

Note Selection: Automatic

DI: No

Firmware Updateable: Yes

Form Factor: Clip-On

Accuracy: 0.1 Cents

Display Type: LCD

Display Resolution: 192 Segments (96 per row )

Construction: Plastic

Product Dimensions LxWxH: 1.75" x 2.4" x 1.2"

Product Weight: 1.6oz

USB Port: Yes

USB Type: Micro

Rechargeable: No

Battery Type: 1- CR2032 (Included)

Built-In Microphone: No Microphone - Piezo Pick-up

Built-In Speaker: No

Volume Control: No

Headphone Jack: No

Tone Generator: No

Concert A Range: 390Hz to 490Hz

Transposition Range: -4 to + 7 and C,F,Bb, Eb Keys

Frequency Response Range: 16Hz -1975Hz

Warranty: 2 years

Sweetened Tunings: 50

Historic Temperaments: 11

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By Joe Mettee on Sunday, March 26, 2023

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Plays 5-String Banjo
I bought a Strobostomp HD to use with my electric guitar set up and loved it right away. Within a couple days I bought the clip on version for use with my acoustics. I own six other brand tuners (I kept trying to find something that was accurate). Finally the Peterson strobe tuners do the job. By far, the best tuner i have ever used.

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By Wayne Morrow on Friday, March 10, 2023
Edited on Saturday, March 11, 2023
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Plays Ukulele, 6-String Electric Guitar, 6-String Acoustic Guitar, Tenor Ukulele
I don’t practice denigrating so let me put it this way - I’ve owned beginner, intermediate and advanced level stringed instruments. And numerous heavily hyped brand name tuners. I ultimately settled on using what I thought were the best two tuners to get what I thought was a decent sound.

Never really happy, often wondering whether particular strings, frets or my instruments were out of whack, I recently purchased the iPhone version of the Peterson strobe tuner. I’ve since purchased the headstock clip on HD version.

Once I began tuning with my Petersons my instrument suddenly somehow sounded sweeter, more nuanced and definitely more harmonious.

Of course, I can’t say for sure what happened, but I sure do LOVE the difference that actually being in tune makes!

Me, my instruments and my love of making music has been reborn. Bottom line: you will not be disappointed in a Peterson.

Wayne

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By Richard DeLeon on Friday, March 10, 2023

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By John Healy on Wednesday, March 8, 2023

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Plays 6-String Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Ukulele, Tenor Ukulele, Baritone Ukulele, 4-String Tenor Banjo, Octave Mandolin, Mandola
Great product, works as advertised. Would recommend. It is backed up by absolutely fantastic aftercare from the company.
Great product, great business to deal with.

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By Tim Lovelock on Monday, March 6, 2023
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Plays 6-String Acoustic Guitar, 6-String Electric Guitar
Do yourself a favour, get this Peterson tuner! I did, and am so impressed I bought two more.
If all 4 of my boys played guitar, I would’ve bought them all a Peterson tuner.
That’s a cheesy start. We are all just so happy and impressed.
Being in tune is obviously important, any generic tuner can achieve some level, of what I thought was accuracy.
However, often playing some notes, they never seemed quite right!
It’s been quite the epiphany getting this tuner, and tuning my 6 string guitar using the “sweetened” tuning.
I’ve also got the Bodybeat Sync and StroboStomp.
I couldn’t be happier with these products or service.
Cheers Tim

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By Gaetan on Saturday, March 4, 2023
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Plays 4 String Bass

By Brian Village on Thursday, March 2, 2023

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Plays 6-String Electric Guitar, 4 String Bass
Love my StrobocClip HD, it’s definitely the most accurate tuner I’ve ever owned or used and I’ve had quite a few pedal and clip on types. I’m probably going to purchase the application soon for setting up my instruments. Definitely recommend for anyone looking to tune anything.

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By Stuart Hood on Thursday, March 2, 2023
Edited on Friday, March 24, 2023

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Plays 6-String Acoustic Guitar, 6-String Electric Guitar, Mandolin, 6 String Lap Steel, Dobro® / Resonator Guitar
Love the product and love the company.

Peterson Tuners make the best tuners on the market and stand by their products. If you have a problem they will go the extra mile to help you.

Peterson Tuners are still the best kept secret among professional musicians.
Encourage everyone in your band to use them because your band will sound more pro.

The Stroboclip is such a handy piece of gear, get one anyway even if you have one of the other Peterson Tuners on your pedal board.

The Sweetened Tuning feature is life changing.

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By Arthur Yuen on Saturday, February 25, 2023
Edited on Monday, March 13, 2023
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Plays 6-String Electric Guitar, 6-String Acoustic Guitar, 4 String Bass
Words can’t describe how angry and disappointed I am over what the STROBOCLIP HD has done to my 2016 Les Paul Standard Traditional. After leaving it on for merely a short period of playing, it put marks on the headstock that ate into the finish. Non-marring rubber jaws? That’s what it says in the product description but far from accurate. I purchased this guitar at the NAMM show and has babied it ever since. But who would’ve guessed permanent damage has now been done by a clip-on!! There should be a warning to users if this is what the tuner can do to headstock finishes. Instead you claim that the rubber jaws are non-marring!

The tuning function of the tuner is unmatched by any other I’ve used before. But Peterson… am I supposed to take the clip on off in between every song when I practice or during live shows? I might as well go with the tuner pedals then? Anyhow, extremely extremely angry, sad and disappointed. I literally cried.

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Anonymous on Saturday, February 18, 2023

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Love it! So easy and accurate, even a cave man could do it. Or a drunk. With a gun.

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How do I read a strobe display?

Basically, the strobe image appears to travel to the left if your instrument is flat of the desired pitch and to the right if it is sharp. On earlier models such as the StroboStomp 1, StroboStomp 2, VS-1, VS-II and V-SAM, the strobe image travels upward if your instrument is sharp and downward if your instrument is flat of the desired pitch.

Adjust your instrument until the pattern is as close to still as possible. Strobe displays are 'real-time' and extremely high definition. They require very precise tuning adjustments to stop the display because the frequency/pitch of any instrument is never totally stable.

You'll quickly learn to read the display, make the most precise adjustments and appreciate the high resolution that only a Peterson provides.

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Peterson Connect does not detect my StroboClip HD in Linux environment.

Chrome needs access to /dev/hidraw*, so either set "chmod a+rw /dev/hidraw*" or start chrome as root with the --no-sandbox option

*Some Ubuntu based distros do not allow running Chrome as root with the --no-sandbox option enabled. -Running as root without --no-sandbox is not supported. See https://crbug.com/638180. You can however run Chromium as a normal user and invoke that option.

Some users have reprted a fix by adding a new udev rule as follows: KERNEL=="hidraw*", SUBSYSTEM=="hidraw", MODE="0664", GROUP="plugdev", ATTRS{idVendor}=="2368", ATTRS{idProduct}=="*SEE BELOW"

* Some Peterson products operate in two different modes with individual product id's for firmware update operations. Multiple rules may need to be created. Here is the list of Peterson USB product ID's

idProduct =

Stomp Classic = 8002
StroboPLUS HD = 0003
StroboPLUS HD Firmware Mode = 8003
StroboClip HD = 8004
StroboStomp HD = 8005
StroboPLUS HDC = 0006
StroboPLUS HDC Firmware Mode = 8006

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Is the accuracy the same for all Peterson tuners?

Yes, the accuracy is within 0.1 cents (1/1000 of one semitone) as with all Peterson Strobe Tuners. An important thing to note is that Peterson Strobe Tuners have ultra high definition displays, so not only are they highly accurate in detecting a note but they have the ability to display that accuracy. Other products claim accuracy but do not have the high definition screen to display the level of accuracy in which they claim. If you cannot see the accuracy, it is of little value. Only Peterson provides High Definition Strobe Tuning.

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Does my tuner require calibration?

Generally, your tuner will not require calibration and should remain perfectly accurate if it has not been damaged.

Unlike more modern Peterson strobes, legacy models such as the Peterson 400, 420, 450 and 700 do require occasional calibration.

If you require service, please open a support ticket and return the tuner for repair.

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What is my StroboClip HD’s Sweetened Tunings feature all about?

A Sweetener is a set of cent offsets or a deviation from generic Equal Temperament interval spacing traditionally used in tuning. Tuners made by Peterson, including the StroboClip HD, contain many choices of “Sweetness“, in other words, several presets with differing interval spacing relevant to the instrument being tuned. If you’ve never been happy with how your instrument tunes up with your present tuner, a Sweetener could be just the thing to change that without any modifications whatsoever. The StroboClip HD offers 50 unique and very accurate “tweaks” which often make all the difference, try it!

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StroboClip HD Version 1.0.6

Monday, April 27, 2020 9:16:00 AM EDT

  • Various Bug Fixes & Improvements

StroboClip HD Version 1.0.5

Tuesday, November 21, 2017 3:00:00 PM EST

  • Optimized startup time by 80%.
  • Start tuning more quickly than prior versions.
  • Various bug fixes and performance improvements.

StroboClip HD Version 1.0.4

Wednesday, September 6, 2017 12:56:00 PM EDT

  • Various bug fixes and performance improvements.

StroboClip HD Version 1.0.3

Wednesday, May 24, 2017 11:07:00 AM EDT

  • Two separate button combinations to power-on. This avoids accidental power-on.
  • MENU/POWER button pressed only, PLUS and MINUS must not be pressed.
  • Both PLUS and MINUS pressed, MENU must not be pressed.

StroboClip HD Version 1.0.2

Monday, May 1, 2017 9:48:00 AM EDT

  • Various bug fixes and performace improvements.

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 Protect your StroboClip HD while traveling to and from your gigs! This semi-rigid, custom EVA molded case is soft but durable and features a zippered flap top, pouch for additional accessories, and an embossed Peterson logo. | Peterson Strobe Tuners

StroboClip HD Protective Case

$11.99

Protect your StroboClip HD while traveling to and from your gigs! This semi-rigid, custom EVA molded case is soft but durable and features a zippered flap top, pouch for additional accessories, and an embossed Peterson logo. Size: 9cm x 6cm x 4cm. (This case is NOT compatible with the original StroboClip model.)
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