1) Tuning and balancing is easy with the built in Bubble Meters. 2) Use a microphone stand while balancing. 3) After balancing, it all depends on your technique, just take a little practice and technique You forget; especially how little you paid and saved $$$ to buy a stabilizer vest to expand your movements. I've tried cheap and expensive electronic stabilizers, they broke, were stiff and "terrible". Don't think about the balancing process, just center the bubble gauge and you're done. π