Korg tm 60 troubles

[George duffy]

I'm currently setting up a bass in drop b and for some reason the tuner isn't picking up the low b even when plugged in and not using the clip on mic, it works fine otherwise but just will not register the low b, does anyone know why this is and how to fix it? (I can't just tune to the 12th fret harmonic because I'm currently trying to set up the intonation)

[jrixn1]

You can tune to the harmonic when setting intonation.

[George duffy]

22 minutes ago, jrixn1 said:

You can tune to the harmonic when setting intonation.

I know but I'm wanting to know why it's not picking the low b up even when plugged in

[jrixn1]

Possibly out of range of your tuner.  Why is there a range?  Not sure, but frequencies are logarithmic so I guess it's easier for tuner algorithms to distinguish between higher notes than lower ones.

 

 

Edited January 23 by jrixn1

[Terry M.]

I'll tag along for a reason for this also. I'm a dedicated 5 string player and many tuners don't pick up the low B. Currently getting success with the clip on Snark Super Tight and the Mooer baby tuner pedal. But others I've had have given problems. 

[jrixn1]

Low B is B0 (30.9Hz).

 

https://www.mooeraudio.com/product/Baby-Tuner--96.html says "Detection range: 12Hz ~ 4186Hz"

 

However https://www.korg.com/uk/products/tuners/tm_60/specifications.php says "C1 (32.70 Hz)–C8 (4186.01 Hz)".  So it's not something you can fix; unfortunately it's just not designed to be used with a 5-string bass.