For all those who have been patiently waiting for the results of Project Template, the new version of the TuneLab program is now available at http://www.wwnet.net/~rscott Based partly on the extrapolation of the inharmonicity measurements that some of you folks made, together with some basic theory on scale design, an improved tuning curve generator has been added to TuneLab. It is such a significant advance that it is called version 3.0. In the graphical tuning editor, press the 'T' button (for Template) and see what I mean. Also fixed in this version is a bug that occasionally caused the graphics to change color and eventually stop working when a long time was spent in the graphical editor. Now you can can edit tuning curves all day long if you like without any ill effects. And if you have ever programmed in a cents offset without realizing it, that mistake will be harder to make now. Whenever the offset is non-zero, the offset display is highlighted to remind you that an offset is in effect. And you can keep A4 = 0 cents in the graphical tuning editor automatically without having to manually shift the curve. Finally, the 59 historical temperaments from Jorgensen are now part of the standard installation (instead of making them a separate download). Inharmonicity measurements are more reliable than in the past and TuneLab is now better at hearing weak partials. When you measure inharmonicity, you will get more good readings. And best of all, the program is still shareware, so you can try it without risk. Thanks to those who sent me their inharmonicity measurements and checkout out the beta test version of this program. Sincerely, Robert Scott Real-Time Specialties
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