Quickly and accurately tune your guitar? Easy peasy. We present to your attention Roadie - a “smart” guitar tuner with Bluetooth connection.
The authors of the project are the clients of the Haxlr8r venture capital fund located in China. The organization contributes to the realization of the most daring ideas of start-up companies in the field of hardware. It took just a few days for the American company Band Industries to collect the stated amount of money for their project. At the time of this writing, Roadie earned more than $ 85,000 of the $ 60,000 planned.
For quick and accurate tuning of the guitar, it’s enough to connect the Roadie to the smartphone, put it on a peg, then pull and release the string to extract the sound. Roadie will automatically tune the string to the right note. It is worth noting that Gibson, an American guitar maker, offers a similar tuning system. Roadie, unlike the Gibson auto tuner, works with almost any guitar and musical instrument equipped with the same rods.
The accompanying application can store information about the settings and elasticity of the strings in order to warn the user in advance about the need to replace them. Tuning the guitar is especially relevant for beginner musicians, so the Roadie will be very useful to them.
The device is powered by a lithium-polymer battery, a charge which is enough to set up 6000 strings. Charging is done through a micro USB cable. Roadie is very compact. Measuring 5 x 8 cm, it weighs 100 grams.
The launch of Roadie in retail sale is scheduled for June 2014 at a price of 99 dollars. On Kickstarter device .
It is reported that Roadie has already entered mass production. The guys just left to complete work on applications for Android and iOS. They note that moving to China under the program has significantly accelerated the implementation of their project.
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