Korg TM60-BK Tuner & Metronome

Tuner

The TM-60, the tuner/metronome that’s even more convenient and easier to use.

 

Tuning and rhythm training are indispensable for brass band or orchestral practice. In addition to letting you use the tuner and metronome simultaneously, the TM-60 features a display that’s approximately 1.3 times larger than the previous model (the TM-50), allowing easy viewing even when the unit is placed on your music stand, and also allowing the tuner and metronome functions to both be viewed simultaneously.

No longer will you have to switch between functions; you’ll be able to use practicing techniques that are idiomatic to orchestral instruments, such as keeping a consistent pitch over the course of a long note while varying the tone to add vibrato in time with the tempo, or checking the pitch of chords while using the metronome.

 

The enlarged display is backlit. You can adjust the brightness in two levels, soft or auto, ensuring stress-free tuning even when you’re on a dimly lit stage or in an orchestra pit.

 

The circuitry has been redesigned to achieve a battery life of 130 hours, approximately double that of the previous TM-50 model  (tuner in use, backlight off). There’s no need to worry about the remaining battery life even during extended practices or performances.

 

 

Tuner section quickly and accurately detects the pitch of wind and string instruments

 

Needle-type meter with excellent response

KORG’s proprietary technology accurately detects the pitch without any time lag. The pitch drift that is prone to occur during long tones played on a wind instrument can be detected before it happens, letting you train yourself to produce unwavering tone with stable pitch.

 

A wide detection range of C1–C8 supports a variety of instruments

The TM-60 can detect note names and pitches for a variety of orchestral and other instruments. The range from C1 (32.70 Hz) to C8 (4186.01 Hz) can easily be detected. Even acoustic instruments that are difficult to detect because their sound contains a significant amount of low-frequency energy or a large number of partials, such as guitar and ukulele, can be tuned easily and accurately.

 

By using the separately sold CM-200 contact mic, the vibrations can be sent directly to the tuner for more accurate tuning.

 

Marks that indicate pure major and minor third intervals

In an ensemble such as a brass band or orchestra, harmonies of third intervals are easily perceived as out of tune, and can be made to sound better by slightly adjusting the pitch to a pure major or minor third. The TM-60’s meter scale provides marks that indicate pure major and minor thirds, and simply by tuning so that the needle coincides with these marks* allows you to play in beautiful harmony with an ensemble. This is convenient not only for orchestral instruments but also for vocal music or a cappella practice.

* When tuning to a pure major or minor third, the specific note to be adjusted depends on the music that you’re playing.

 

Sound Out mode generates a reference tone

In addition to a meter for visual tuning, the TM-60 provides a «sound out» mode that lets you tune using your ear while listening to a reference tone from the internal speaker or a set of connected headphones. The reference tone can be selected from the three-octave range of C3 (130.81 Hz) to C6 (1046.50 Hz), supporting not only wind instruments but also a variety of other instruments.

 

Sound Back mode generates the reference tone that’s closest to your input pitch

Sound Back mode generates the reference tone that’s closest to the pitch that you’re playing, while simultaneously indicating your input pitch on the meter. Since this allows you to check the pitch with both eye and ear, it lets you tune more precisely, and it’s also ideal for ear training. Refining your ear is a particularly helpful practice method for the beginner.

* This function is available when there is a connection either to the INPUT jack or to the headphone jack (or both).

 

 

 

Metronome

A metronome section that’s useful for practicing a variety of styles

 

Easily set the tempo using three different methods

You can set the tempo using three different methods: «pendulum step» lets you increase or decrease the tempo value in the same way as the settings on a standard pendulum-type metronome, «full step» lets you specify the tempo in single-step increments in the range of 30–252, and «tap tempo» lets you specify the desired tempo by pressing the switch in time with the song you’re playing.

 

Fifteen rhythm variations for practicing a wide range of musical genres

There are 15 different built-in rhythms* including time signatures from 0 through 9 as well as duplets, triplets, triplets with the middle note omitted, quadruplets, and quadruplets with the middle notes omitted, and the tempo can be freely specified in the range of 30–252 beats per minute. Sophisticated rhythms such as triplets or quadruplets with the middle notes omitted are used in a wide range of styles from classical to rock and jazz.

* When using the tuner function and metronome function simultaneously, you can’t specify triplets, triplets with the middle note omitted, quadruplets, or quadruplets with the middle notes omitted.

 

Convenient memory backup function and auto power-off function

The memory backup function ensures that the tuner section’s calibration and reference tone settings, and the metronome section’s tempo, time signature, pendulum/full-step, and backlight settings are remembered even when the power is turned off. (These settings are initialized when you replace the batteries.) If 20 minutes elapses while the metronome is not operated and no sound is being input to the tuner, the auto power-off function automatically turns the power off.

 

Enhanced ease of use with a newly designed stand and battery compartment cover

The design of the TM-60 pays careful attention to every detail of the unit. A folding stand lets you position the unit stably. The battery compartment cover is designed as a single piece with the unit itself, eliminating any danger of the cover being lost when you replace the batteries.