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I'm probably gonna work on my CS80 again this weekend. The poor
beast is terribly out of tune as it hasn't really been played in
about 2 years.

Here's how I'm doing the tuning. I synthesized some sign waves using
a old copy of Sound Forge XP and play these into my mixer in loop
mode. I get a perfect A440 or whatever this way.

Then I pop open my baby and attack the trimmers. Takes hours this
way. I'm counting the beats but the trimmers are wacky on account
their max position is almost within a few cents but darn it, I just
can't get it. So, I'm thinking I might try adjusting the master
tuner fader to see if I can get the trimmers "centered".

I really need a good Frequency Counter but I'm almost afraid to buy
one because all I'll be using it for is to tune. Is there such a
thing as a tuner for Electronics? (the idea of using a guitar tuner
is insane to me although to be honest, I've never tried).

If you've got any advice for me, it'd be great. I've one channel of
the CS80 tuned (stills sounds bad, though) and I'm not looking
forward doing the other channel at all.

Cheers!

Scott L Holmes