Snarky Tuner ($12 Tuner Mod for Modular)

pulplogic · Post by **pulplogic** » Tue Dec 25, 2012 11:28 pm

The Snark SN-2 makes a descent little tuner for modular. It costs around $12 on ebay and the mods for adding a 3.5mm phone connection is fairly easy to do. I simply removed the internal piezo sensor and connected directly to its connections.
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aladan · Post by **aladan** » Tue Dec 25, 2012 11:51 pm

That's way cool... couldn't stop myself, just bought one!

pulplogic · Post by **pulplogic** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 12:34 pm

aladan wrote:That's way cool... couldn't stop myself, just bought one!

Thanks, here are a couple of assembly pictures:

Cut the tabs down so they don't contact the piezo sensor and solder the ground and signal wires.

The flex tube was scavenged from a broken usb led lamp. Hot glue secures it into the socket.

aladan · Post by **aladan** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 5:07 pm

pulplogic wrote:Thanks, here are a couple of assembly pictures:

Very helpful, thank you!

L-1 · Post by **L-1** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 5:30 pm

Great! Ordered one.

pulplogic · Post by **pulplogic** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 6:45 pm

HereÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s a little more info on how to modify the Snark SN-2 tuner.
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aladan · Post by **aladan** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 7:18 pm

Still waiting for mine to arrive in Oz *sigh*

makers · Post by **makers** » Wed Nov 27, 2013 3:32 pm

I just did this and it works really well!

joshuagoran · Post by **joshuagoran** » Wed Nov 27, 2013 10:22 pm

@makers did you use a USB lamp flex tube, too, or did you figure something else out? I'm glad to see this dug up, looks like a great tool!

makers · Post by **makers** » Thu Nov 28, 2013 7:01 am

I used the original arm with a ball joint on each end. I removed the ball from one end so it fit into an 1/8" jack. Then used heat shink to keep those two parts together. The wires had to enter the 1/8" jack through a hole I drilled in the side. Finicky build but it works well with minimal parts. The pitch tracking on the latest model seems very stable.

craigwilliamsmusic · Post by **craigwilliamsmusic** » Thu Nov 28, 2013 11:59 am

i built two of these (one for me and one for a friend that lent me his 909 and 101) and they work great.

diablojoy · Post by **diablojoy** » Fri Nov 29, 2013 3:37 am

I panelised an SN-8 version
a couple of months back
added a 3.3v regulator so no battery any more
brought all the switches out to the panel and added an in and buffered through jack
really useful module
also bought a couple of even cheaper ENO music ET-33
tuners , i plan to do the same with them.

joshuagoran · Post by **joshuagoran** » Fri Nov 29, 2013 10:59 pm

@diablojoy I would love to see a picture if you get a chance! That sounds like a really graceful setup.

squarewavesurfer · Post by **squarewavesurfer** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 7:09 pm

Thanks for this DIY!

ES · Post by ES » Thu Apr 02, 2015 8:05 pm

Awesome! Ive been looking for a direct and quick way to tune up my oscillators this is perfect thanks!!!

touyube · Post by **sduck** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 12:00 pm

Just got a superSnark at guitar center - looking forward to doing this mod thing.

mothertongue · Post by **mothertongue** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 12:07 pm

Sweet! I have an extra Snark tuner in my bag

Mr. Enjin · Post by **Mr. Enjin** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 3:09 pm

That's awesomely simple and cheap!

widdly · Post by **widdly** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 11:52 pm

This is a neat idead but damn you banana plugs!

jgb · Post by **jgb** » Fri Apr 10, 2015 2:18 am

Must. Have. Tuner! The same procedure for modding the super snarks?

touyube · Post by **sduck** » Fri Apr 10, 2015 8:33 am

It looks pretty similar inside. I haven't wired mine up yet, but I'd presume it's the same.

Mr. Enjin · Post by **Mr. Enjin** » Fri Apr 10, 2015 8:53 am

Just ordered 3 of em from scAmazon for 9.95 a pop...extras..ya know, 'cause it seems there's always at least one person in any band that never fecking has a tuner

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touyube · Post by **sduck** » Fri Apr 10, 2015 9:30 pm

Ok, this was a lot easier than I thought it was going to be. First, I scoured the whole house, trying to find some kind of flexi tube I could use, cause that looks really cool. After spending way too much time doing that, I realized I was probably just overthinking things, and that I could just use the clip that comes with it, attach it to a jack of a clipped off patch cord. So I picked out a suitably colored Hosa patch cord and got busy (purple works best!

).

Opened it up, removed the piezo, drilled a hole, stripped the wires, soldered them on, put little bits of electrical tape over the business side to prevent accidental contacts on reassembly, re-attached the little button pieces, reassembled the whole thing, it works great!

The super snark has a little spring thing for the ground contact, otherwise the connections are the same as in the pictures and videos above.

This method might not work so well with euro size patch cords, but with 1/4" ones it's fine.

squarewavesurfer · Post by **squarewavesurfer** » Sun Apr 12, 2015 10:01 am

sduck wrote:The super snark has a little spring thing for the ground contact, otherwise the connections are the same as in the pictures and videos above.

I should have mentioned that my SN-2 (pictured above) also had a spring for the ground contact. This is probably just the way they are making these tuners now.

hangovercat · Post by **hangovercat** » Sun Apr 12, 2015 12:26 pm

That's going to be super handy. Thanks a ton.

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Snarky Tuner ($12 Tuner Mod for Modular)

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