Sabine PIK-70O User's Manual
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1. dealer about Sabine s Contact Microphone today Sabine CM 1 contact microphone PIK 700 SPECIFICATIONS Dimensions 4 6 in X 4 1 in X 1 32 in 11 7 cm X 10 4 cm X 3 35 cm Weight 25 pounds 114 gm Notes tuned E A D G B E Range Tunes the open strings of guitars banjos mandolins violins and 4 and 5 string basses Accuracy 1 cent Battery 9 Volt standard or alkaline Options Contact Microphone2. instrument s nut is too tight the string will be pulled flat by following these simple procedures as itis played A tight nut or capo will cause the string s pitch to change in steps rather than evenly Pluck one string at a time l P a Avoid pressure on the instrument while tuning Even moderate Pluck the instrument once per second to keep the note fresh while pressure on the neck of a guitar will cause a noticeable change in you are tuning Notes go noticeably flat a second or two after being pitch Also press the strings straight down to the fingerboard plucked If tuning a higher pitched instrument such as a mando Bending the strings sideways is very common especially on diffi lin pluck a little faster for a lower pitched instrument such as a cult chords but causes the strings to be pulled sharp bass pluck slower l Anote for advanced fretted instrumentalists Almost all fretted in Do not pluck loudly Generally light to medium volumes provide struments and most other instruments are constructed to play an purer tones that are easier for tuners to analyze Even Tempered Scale Sabine tuners are also calibrated to this Pluck the strings with the flesh of the thumb Fingernails and flat scale The Even Tempered Scale places equal tonal spacing be picks add overtones and slow the tuning process tween all notes in the scale so that the musician will not have to retune to change keys A disadvan
3. ine 2000 Sab PIK 700O SIX NOTE AUTOTUNER Congratulations You have purchased the very best six note manual tuner available Your Sabine PIK 700 Six Note Auto Tuner provides the same easy to use tuning display and ad vanced tuning algorithm that was previously available only on our bestselling Chromatic AutoTuners The PIK 700 is ideal for tuning all guitars basses banjos mandolins and violins FEATURES Easy To Read Display Your PIK tuner replaces the delicate meter and needle display found on most six note tuners with a rugged solid state LED array The LED display provides the same continuous indication of tuning error by varying the LED blink rate LEDs are much easier to read than meters especially in the dark and from a distance Additionally LEDs do not introduce angle of view errors Automatic Note Sensing Your PIK 700 automatically senses the pitch you are playing and indicates if the tone is closest to an E A D G B or high E Automatic Recalibration Your PIK 700 can be recalibrated to match the pitch of any reference instrument with the touch of a button Automatic Sleep Mode Battery Saver The PIK tuner turns itself off after 10 minutes of quiet This prevents the battery from discharging unnecessarily if you accidentally forget to turn it off Low Battery Indicator Your PIK tuner continuously monitors its battery whenever the power is on If the voltage falls below an acceptable level the three
4. tage however is that the third note of the scale sounds a little flat 14 cents to be exact For example when playing in the key of G the B will sound flat If you tune the B string so that it sounds correct in an open G chord other chords using the B string will sound out of tune The musi Tune froma pitch that is flat up to the pitch you desire This proce dure removes any slack in the gears of the instrument s tuning heads If you tune from sharp to in tune the gears will slip as you play and the instrument will go flat after a few minutes of playing If you have difficulty getting a note to register on the tuner touch cian may choose to optimize the tuning of a particular key or to use the other strings lightly to stop their sympathetic vibrations the Even Tempered Scale Much depends on the musician s style Use good strings Old strings lose their uniformity and do not vi but generally it is best to tune exactly as your Sabine tuner indi brate evenly Remember to stretch your new strings out new strings cates stretch flat as you play CM 1 Contact Microphone Optional The Sabine CM 1 contact micro phone makes tuning an acoustic instrument as easy as tuning an electric guitar Its removable rubber suction cup sticks the mic directly onto the instrument The CM 1 is ideal for tuning an acoustic instrument in a noisy room or for tuning instruments that have very short tones like banjos and mandolins Ask your
5. tuning indicator lights blink simultaneously once per second INSTRUCTIONS FOR TUNING 1 Press The Power Selector To Turn On Your Tuner Acoustic instrument tones are detected by a very sensitive internal microphone It is generally not advanta geous to play loudly except in very noisy rooms Plucking the string once per second with medium loudness usually gives the best results Electronic instruments should be plugged into the tuner s input jack labeled INST with a standard guitar cord The internal mic automatically disconnects so that the tuner will not pick up extraneous background noise You may connect your tuner s AMP jack to any amplifiers or PA system s input so that you can tune as you play 2 Select The Note You Wish To Tune When you turn on your tuner the low E LED lights up indicating that the tuner is ready to tune your low E string Select different notes to tune by pressing the NOTE selector 3 Pluck The Selected String 4 Slowly Adjust The Instruments Pitch Until The In Tune Light Is Lit Note that the Sharp and Flat indicators blink rapidly when the tone is far from being in tune and blink slower and slower as the tone approaches being IN TUNE Repeat the procedure until the entire instrument is tuned in U S A G Sabine Inc k SABINE 13301 Highway 441 l Alachua Florida 32615 USA www Sabine com PIK 700 OpGuided 001211 p65 00 12 11 hto HOW TO RECALIBRATE YOUR PIK 700 TUNER Most t
6. uners on the market allow the user to recalibrate only a few Hertz from standard A 440 Hz They are almost useless if you wish to tune to an instrument that is more than a few Hertz out of tune However you can recalibrate your PIK 700 Tuner to match the pitch of any reference instrument by simply touching the RECAL selector Example If you wish to tune a guitar so that it will be in tune with a certain piano simply play an A on the piano and wait a moment for the note to register on the tuner s display Then touch the RECAL selector on the tuner Instantly the IN TUNE light will turn on indicating that the tuner now considers the piano to be in perfect tune Now if you tune your instrument to the tuner your instrument will be in tune with the piano To return the PIK 700 to standard A 440 Hz simply turn the power off and then back on HOW TO TRANSPOSE Unlike most other six note tuners available you can transpose your PIK tuner one half slop sharp or fiat For example to transpose your tuner one half step flat simply follow the Automatic Recalibration procedure above but play an A flat on your reference instrument To transpose one half tone sharp play an A sharp SOME STRINGED INSTRUMENT TUNING TIPS Most musical instruments have peculiarities that cause annoying tun All sources of friction cause tuning problems For example if the ing problems Fortunately most of these peculiarities are over come slot in an
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