TC Electronic Polytune Chromatic Pedal Tuner  

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Tune all strings simultaneously with the world's first polyphonic tuner.

Tuning used to be a necessary evil. The last barrier before you could get truly rocking. But now, tuning is ready to get blasted into the 21st century with PolyTune™, the stomp-box-sized tuning miracle from TC Electronic. The magic lies in an approach to tuning aimed at speed, accuracy and ease of use. With PolyTune, you simply strum all strings on your guitar or bass at once, and it will immediately tell you which strings need tuning. It really is as simple as strum, tune, and rock. This leap forward in tuners allows you to get in tune fast, and back to doing what you love—playing.

Strum, tune, and rock
Providing an instant overview of the pitch of all your strings, PolyTune is an invaluable tool in live settings, where it is essential to be in tune quickly and ready to play. Crowds don't want to wait around, they want to rock, and, let's face it, so do you. Besides live use, this stomp box will deliver like no other in any situation where you want to get tuning out of the way and focus on play.

Fever pitch
Equally effective for guitar and bass, PolyTune is extremely flexible as well. The reference pitch can be set to your preference and ranges from 435Hz to 445Hz. This guarantees you'll be able to play along with anyone, with any instrument and in any situation.

Drop it like it's hot
If you are a guitarist that likes to play at a different pitch than standard, this is your go-to pedal, allowing for dropped tunings from E-flat all the way down to B.

Chromatic champion
Besides the Polyphonic tuner, PolyTune has a chromatic tuner that can hang with the best current tuning technology out there, with an amazing 0.5-cent accuracy.

Tuning modes
The two separate chromatic tuning modes cater to your individual preferences and needs. Needle mode is for those that are used to the classic view on a tuner. Stream-mode is for musicians that want a little more real-time information. The Stream mode measures even the slightest pitch variation and instantly feeds the info back via a rotating motion on the display.

Tuning magnet
Key to both these great chromatic modes is an ultra-fast and precise response, which is achieved via the use of the unique tuner magnet feature. This slows down the needle once you get close to the desired pitch, making it much easier to get the job done quickly.

MonoPoly
Whether you want to use the polyphonic tuner to get in tune, or prefer to go the chromatic route, this pedal has you covered. PolyTune features "MonoPoly", a unique patent-pending technology that recognizes whether you play one or more strings and instantly replies with the appropriate poly- or monophonic tuning mode.

Total recall
Of course, all of these amazing features would not mean a thing if they were a pain to use or set up. So, TC Electronic added some traits to ensure this tuner is calibrated to the guitarist. Unlike most other tuners, PolyTune stores your preferences. From pitch reference to tuning mode, it hangs on to this information even after it is powered down, making sure you only have to set how you want things to happen once. The next time you power up again, it will show you the settings, so you instantly know everything is exactly how you want it to be.

Tuning as it should be
PolyTune provided a chance to build the ultimate tuning tool from the ground up and finally get rid of some of the current tuner drawbacks that guitarists run into time and time again

A strong display of innovation
Guitarists that play gigs recognize the nightmare of an unclear display, due to for example bright sunlight, an overeager light technician or a stage smoke machine gone bonkers. PolyTune offers unprecedented visibility using an ambient light sensor, which automatically matches the brightness of the LEDs to its surroundings. PolyTune features 17 LEDS which allow for a higher resolution. The LEDs themselves are bright and focused to ensure optimal visibility at all times. And as an added bonus, the 100 LED matrix can give you information right on the display, so you won't have to go dig for the manual mid-gig.

Size matters
PolyTune will brighten any pedalboard, Its small footprint design means that PolyTune doesn't take up more of your precious pedalboard real estate than absolutely necessary.

Spruce the juice
Battery changes are a breeze thanks to the one-screw, easy access battery compartment. In addition, when powered by an external 9V DC power supply, the 9V DC out can be used to power other pedals on your board.

True bypass
The true bypass feature ensures PolyTune is only there when you need it. It allows for your carefully sculpted tone to flow unaffected when the pedal is bypassed and for silent tuning once engaged.

Features

  • Strobe and needle modes
  • True bypass

Order your PolyTune now and give your tuning a kick in the A440.

Polytune Chromatic Pedal Tuner Specifications:

  • Tuning accuracy: ±0.5 cent
  • Reference pitch: A4 = 435 to 445Hz (1 Hz steps)
  • Input impedance: 500 kOhm (pedal on)
  • Power supply: One 9V type battery or AC adapter (9V DC), sold separately
  • Current Draw: 45-50 mA (typical use)
  • Dimensions: 3"W x 5"D x 1-3/4"H
  • Weight: 10.6 oz. (incl. battery)
  • Included items: One 9V battery, two pieces of 3M velcro for pedal board attachment
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Amazing!

| Review By: jdennis27 | 2 days, 15 hours ago

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Features:

The biggest complaint against this tuner is that the polytune function doesn't work in strange tunings. Personally, I don't play crazy-low drop tunings or anything, so the standard and drop-d works perfectly for me. Note that normal chromatic tuning works for any note, so even if you do use some crazy tuning, this will still tune your axe, just not with the standout feature of this tuner. It is accurate and extremely fast.

Quality:

Very high quality build.

Value:

The polytune is amazing, it makes checking if you're in tuneso fast and easy. Personally I have a hard time spending a ton of money on something so simple as a tuner. If you mostly use standard or drop-d tunings, you can't beat the ease of use of this baby!

Overall:

High quality, fast polytune function that will blow your mind, and easy to read LED lights make this tuner a no-brainer as long as the price doesn't turn you away.

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
12 years
Style of music you play:
Rock, blues, alternative
Where you live:
SLC, UT

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Kind of a gimmick

| Review By: Josh Tate | 1 month, 5 days ago

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The polyphonic tuning function is what made me look into this pedal. I assumed it must have been a step up from the TU-3. I found that in lower tunings the polyphonic tuning really didn't work at all. On top of that, the polyphonic tuning kept trying to engage when I wanted single string tuning

Quality:

Well built, and solid

Value:

ehh, it's an okay value

Overall:

Don't bother getting this, after using it I realized how stupid the polyphonic tuning is, because it only effectively works in standard E. That being said, the LED for actual tuning is not very bright at all. So I said screw it, and bought a Korg Blackout for cheaper

Do you own the product?:
No
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
5yrs
Style of music you play:
Rock
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You MUST Buy This!

| Review By: Ken Alsip | 2 months, 1 week ago

1 people out of 1 found this review helpful

Features:

Throw all your other tuners in the trash - THIS does it all.  It is acurate and doent wonder.  Go to TC Electronic's website & see all its features, then come back here and BUY IT!

 

It really does show the condition of each string after a strum.  Hit just one string and yuo see a legacy display.  I recommend the big tuner vs the micro, because it's cheaper and I love the large display.

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I wish I'd had this ten year ago.

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
25 years
Style of music you play:
Country Rock Blues etc
Where you live:
Oklahoma

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Works as advertised

| Review By: Brian-.8Co9 | 2 months, 2 weeks ago

0 people out of 1 found this review helpful

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Obviously tuning all the strings at once is the main new feature here. Some of the reviews made it sound difficult to get the tuner to decide whether to be in single-string mode or all of them, but in 9 months I've never had a problem. Strum them all at once and it shows them all, then you can switch to working on a single string if you want.

 

Screen seems easy to read, but I haven't tried it outdoors or in really bright light.

Quality:

Seems well built, no issues in the first 9 months.

Value:
Overall:

I like how easy it is to see which string is out quickly and tune it in either mode. Mine doesn't support Drop-D in polytune mode (I have to do the low E separately in chromatic mode), but there's a software update that can add Drop-D. I gave it a 9 instead of a 10 because uploading new software to a pedal sounds like a pain.

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Very Easy to use

| Review By: eli cordova | 3 months, 5 days ago

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i think its a really great product, its cheap and easy to use, i was impressed you can detune and retune with ease

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
12 years
Style of music you play:
Rock/Metal/Melodic
Where you live:
California

Did you find this review helpful? yes no1112359

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