OldSynths

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