TuneLab97 system requirements

[Frank Weston]

Rob,

The review of TL97 on your webpage seems to be out of date.  TL97 now
provides the capability to measure inharmonicity, and a graphic display and
editor that is a tremendously powerful tool.  You are correct in your
assessment that TL97 does require some analysis and user input, but, the
results and insights that can be had with TL97 easily justify the
requirement for a little headwork on the part of the tuner.  I would highly
recommend TL97 to anyone considering a VTD, and given the price, to anyone
who already owns a VTD and who has a PC, laptop or otherwise.  It is a
tremendously useful analytical tool.  I'm in no way associated with Bob
Scott or TuneLab, I'm just a happy user.

Frank Weston 
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> From: atonal@planet.eon.net
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: TuneLab97 system requirements
> Date: Tuesday, March 17, 1998 5:20 PM
> 
> 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