ETDs

[Alan McCoy]

Hi,

My 2c worth. I tuned aurally for 15 yrs, Sat II for 3 yrs and RCT for 5yrs.
Haven't tried tunelab or verituner. I wouldn't go back to strictly aural
tuning not that aural tuning is not good, just too exhausting by the end of
the day. Nor would I go back to the SAT, not that it can't help produce a
great tuning. Just don't like the display or the difficulty (compared to
RCT) in customizing a tuning. I like Cybertuner which I have used on a
laptop and now on a Dell Axim pocket pc (which easily goes a full day of 4-5
tunings without recharge). It helps produce a good solid tuning. Because it
is run on a computer, I have a computer with me. I can do lots of things
with this computer in addition to tuning. I like that capability. RCT does a
great job, but without your ears, you won't produce a good tuning no matter
what device you choose. A pocket computer is very small and light and offers
a multitasking tool. For those reasons I would recommend checking out
tunelab or RCT, especially if the extra computer capabilities interest you.
I probably won't ever check out Verituner because it is a single purpose,
heavy machine, even though it may help create very good tunings.

Alan McCoy



> -----Original Message-----
> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of
> James Ellis
> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 6:06 PM
> To: caut@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: ETDs
>
>
> I formed the habit of tuning aurally 60 years ago, and the habit
> is hard to
> break, so I still do it that way.  Interestingly enough, I use my SAT II
> more for making precise measurements than I do for just tuning.  A few
> years ago, I calibrated my B&K frequency/peroid counter from the NIST
> (formerly NBS) station WWV carrier on 15 MHz, and then checked my SAT with
> a tunable oscillator and the frequency counter.  It's accuracy was
> fantastic.  I don't recall the numbers right now, but I published them in
> an article on "Tuning Forks" in the May 1995 JOURNAL.  At the PTG
> Convention that year, I asked Dr. Sanderson if he had read my article, and
> he said, "Yes, three times".
>
> Sincerely, Jim Ellis
>
>
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