TuneLab97 system requirements

[atonal@planet.eon.net]

Hi Susan (and other interested folk)

	Bob Scott, creator of TuneLab97 says that a Pentium processor (90 
mhz or better) is pretty much needed. However, this is the low end of 
the spectrum for notebooks. You might be able to find a used one, but 
at that speed, Windows 95 will definitely crawl. Windows 95 expects 
16 Meg of memory (more is always nice). 
	Before you invest in all that hardware, be sure that this is what 
you want. TuneLab97 is not a forget-the-program-and-tune kind of 
program like the RCT, but I see it as  more of a workshop and 
'experimental' rig. But this doesn't mean it's limited, far from it!, 
Having made and stored tunings, you can easily use TuneLab to 
re-create desired tunings, and temperaments. It is fairly accurate 
re: stretch, but can be pretty stupid over scaling changes. It's up 
to you to keep all this in mind when working with the program. I find 
I'm tuning the program as well as the piano when I'm using it, and 
learning about scaling changes in the process. 

	I'll be at the Banff convention with my laptop rig, happy to play 
with the program and lend it out (on a real long, heavy chain....)

PS:, if you have the time, check out my TuneLab97 review at: 
http://www.planet.eon.net/~atonal/techdoc.html

Happy St. Pats, 


Rob Kiddell, 
Registered Piano Technician, PTG
atonal@planet.eon.net