I have another Cen-Tech that is not auto ranging that is not worth the shelf space it occupies. One of these days I might get around to calibrating it. Best Multimeter for Muscial Equipment? Start new topic. Recommended Posts. Infi-del Posted May 15, Posted May 15, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options Bryan Posted May 15, Danocoustic Posted May 15, Author Members.
Which fluke? Belva Posted May 15, Wayne2 Posted May 15, That Fluke is pretty badass. Grumpy Posted May 15, Which Fluke though The competition 20 years ago was for the most part cheap junk Given the increase in quality and options of imports, those meters no longer hold the stature they used to.
This one has auto ranging, and auto shutoff. Both are handy functions for forgetful techs focused on troubleshooting. When you carry one around all day you quickly find something lightweight, durable and efficiant is all you need. Bryan Posted May 16, Posted May 16, You asked for the best, I recommended the best. Infi-del Posted May 16, Even the cheap ones have all those functions and will do the same job as most. Both are handy functions for forgetful techs.
I carreied them in a toolcase banging around for 10 years and I still have the same meter 20 years later and it still works like new. If anything auto ranging would make life easire for you. You dont have to worry about being set on the wrong range and pinning the meter or switching the knob to the proper multiplication factor. If its volts, it will display volts or milivolts, amps or miliamps, ohms, or kilohms etc.
Theres just not enough difference in the quality any more to justify it. If there was, I'd be the first to steer you away from other brands. The fact is, you open the backs up, look at the manufacturers of the components, and you'll see all the same names, Hitachi, Toshiba etc. You inspect the build of the circuit boards, case, etc, thay are all built well now, all have runbber gloves so they bounce off the floor.
I order new meters for all of our techs where I work. We used to use flukes like everyone else. It caused the pushbuttons to stick. Once you start having your products manufactured in China the design gets stolen and they have a field day selling generics. I'm not getting into a pissing contest here, I'm simply pointing out features that are handy as hell and wont bust your wallet. If your brand loyalty makes you blind to the competition out there then I cant help you.
If you work in the industry professionally, most major companies will buy you your meter. You can do all that stuff with a cheap cheap radio shack meter if you know what you're doing. If you do highly complex adjustments within circuits, very low voltages, small tolerences like I been doing for the last 30 years, then you'll want something more accurate and stable. You wont know how handy those items are until you've used them.
I've had to use regular probes dating back to the 60's when I used my old RCA tube meter. Any competant tech should know how to test all electronic components with a simple VOM. Our company gets them at half price when they buy them in bulk but thats still too much for a dam VOM meter that often gets lost or abused. If you dont know the name, then you probibly havent worked professionally in the electronics business much. My 25 year old Beckman still works great even with its battle scars from being hauled around in a tool case to throusands of customers.
The only thing you'd have to make sure is you turned it off or the battery would go dead. Other than that its as accurate as the day it was bought. Danocoustic Posted May 17, Posted May 17, I still have my first Simpson which was one of the earley digital VOM meters. Dont find much use in them any more other than my own stuff. Manufacturers dont even repair to component level now. Its all board swap stuff.
Techs dont need to be that good, they simply black box it down to a board and swap it with a new one. Its a shame because figuring out what components were bad was where the real fun was. Entire boards of chips are cheaper now than single chips were back in the beginning. Techs have been engineered out of the whole repair process in this disposable society. I also have my old dual trace Techtronics scope and a portable scope that still work. Manufacturers dont even. Techs dont need to be that good, they.
Its a shame because figuring. Simple meter simple time can be defined as a meter where each beat in a measure can be subdivided by two.
Compount meter compound time can be defined as a meter where each beat in a measure can be subdivided by three. It is commonly distinguished by dotted note. Complex meter complex time can be defined as a meter that does not fit into the usual duple, triple, or quadruple categories, including most odd numbers and unusual beats per measure.
All indications of meter are subject to the interpretation of the composer and of the performer. In realizing their musical ideas, composers need to work within the existing notation , augment the existing notation, or create new notation. Although creating new notational systems were popular in the first half of the twentieth century, the problems they created often exceeded the value of the composition and are not commonly used.
Therefore, it is not uncommon for composers to create music using existing notation that is perceived as being inconsistent with what is performed. When the tempo or speed of the music is very slow or very fast, the beat can be perceived as being different from the meter as notated. The written meter is still correct, only the performance of the composition gives the perception of something different.
Similarly, when a composition is performed very slowly, the listener can often hear or feel twice the number of beats than are notated. Note that this means that children can be introduced to the concept of meter long before they are reading music. Meters can be classified by counting the number of beats from one strong beat to the next.
Meters can also be classified as either simple or compound. In a simple meter, each beat is basically divided into halves.
In compound meters, each beat is divided into thirds. One of the most common examples of this is the use of triplets to add some compound meter to a piece that is mostly in a simple meter. To learn to recognize meter, remember that in most Western music the beats and the subdivisions of beats are all equal and even. So you are basically listening for a running, even pulse underlying the rhythms of the music.
To help you get started, the figure below sums up the most-used meters. To help give you an idea of what each meter should feel like, here are some animations with sound of duple simple , duple compound , triple simple , triple compound , quadruple simple , and quadruple compound meters.
You may also want to listen to some examples of music that is in simple duple , simple triple , simple quadruple , compound duple , and compound triple meters. Figure 1.
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