Reyburn Cybertuner

[Greg & Mary Ellen Newell]

On Fri, 20 Dec 1996 00:29:25 -0400, Dean L. Reyburn, RPT wrote:

>Greg Newell writes;
>>	I wonder if any of you out there have enough experience with Dean's
>>newest offering to share your experience with it's use in high noise
>>environments. This has long been one of the draws in having one of
>>these toys. I feel that I do a good job tuning aurally when I can
>>actually hear what I'm tuning but as we all know that aint always
>>possible.  I just saw Dean's program in demo at our local chapter
>>meeting and forgot to ask this one very important consideration.
>>	Dean if your out there feel free to chime in a response if you wish.
>>Any input from all the rest of you is also most welcome.
>
>Thanks Greg;
>Reyburn CyberTuner is all digital.  It uses a software digital filter to
>get rid of everything but the one pitch for which it is single-mindedly
>listening.
>
>The point being that digital filters have a much higher rejection ratio
>than analog filters.  RCT rejects noise in a similar way that digital
>recording for Compact Disks rejects hiss and other noise in the recording
>process.  In practice this bears out, and RCT works great under severe
>conditions.  I sometimes tune for concerts where the conditions are, well,
>less than optimum for aural tuning, and RCT comes through for me.  I've
>never had a complaint on this, the RCT users just take if for granted
>that it works fine under noisy conditions.
>
>As RCT user Tom Cole pointed out, RCT's automagic noteswitcher doesn't
>work as well if the noise is real bad or if the noise is close to the
>note at which RCT is listening.  In any case RCT is compatible with the
>Fairchild Accu-Pickup, a magnetic pickup available from Inventronics
>or any SAT dealer for $75.  The magnetic pickup is stuck to the plate
>near the sounding string.  This gives either the Sanderson Accu-Tuner or
>Reyburn CyberTuner an even greater rejection of outside noise.
>
>In practice I have never had to use the magnetic pickup in tuning since
>RCT rejects noise quite well, I just use the pickup for experimenting.
>
>Hope that helps!
>
>Happy Holidays too all!
>
>-Dean
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Dean L. Reyburn, RPT
> 2695 Indian Lakes Road
> Cedar Springs, Michigan, USA             web page:   www.reyburn.com
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>


Dean,
	Just the answer I was looking for! Thanks!  Now all I have to do is
figure out how to afford it.
				regards,
					Greg
Greg & Mary Ellen Newell
Greg's Piano Forte'
12970 Harlon Ave.
Lakewood, OH 44107

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