[sdiy] Cheap frequency counter for oscillator calibration

[Adam Schabtach]

> Hi Guys,
> 
> Just for fun, Ever try using a tuning fork and your ears? It is a bit of a
> work but the voicing is so much better on a piano.
> 
> I use a Peterson Strobe tuner that I have had for about 30 years and it
> performs very nicely. I usually set the end to end v/0ctave to be exact as
> possible using a 4 1/2 digit DMM. And make sure octave switches are not
> throwing any offset voltages into the tracking.
> 
> Freq counter, it is possible but pretty sterile sounding results in my
> opinion.
> 
> I guess it is a curse to have perfect pitch sometimes.
> 
> Just my 2 cents.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Terry
> 

Hi Terry,

Do you have any opinions as to why the results obtained with a frequency
counter are "pretty sterile sounding" when compared to the results obtained
with a strobe tuner? It's not that I don't believe you, but it seems odd to
me that there would be a difference.

--Adam