CORRECTION: Was: tuning forks and beat rates

[Richard Moody]

It never occured to use C#3--F3 to "lay the bearings" but I use F4--A4 all the time.
I mean why listen to only two thirds of the first octave you set?  The first thirds
I listen to are A-C#-F-A.  For me if these are not right, where would you go from
there?. Besides I like to listen to the succession of thirds at least from A3 to
F4--A4. 

I always wanted to build a "beat generator" in Basic, but never got around to it. 
Now I am hoping a spread sheet will come out with @SOUND. That way I could set
@sound1=440 and @sound2=349.228 to see what 13.86 bps sounds like at pitch even.    
For a homespun idea of beat rates four per second is sixteenth notes at metronome
60.  I would still like to make a pendulum but forgot how long the string has to be
for one second.  The most "real" beats I have heard are from a Roland Juno 60
Synthesizer.  But not all electronic keyboards are "equal"  Another Roland digital
was terrible! Even some unisons sounded off.  
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> From: John M. Formsma <jformsma@dixie-net.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: CORRECTION: Was: tuning forks and beat rates
> Date: Friday, October 29, 1999 7:27 AM
> 
> Folks,
> 
> The Beat Rater actually produces the beat rates for four thirds rather than
> the three I mentioned in the message below.  Oops.  (I don't often use the
> C#3-F3 third in my temperament.)
> 
> The beat rates are for the following 3rds:  C#3-F3, F3-A3, A3-C#4, C#4-F4.
> Sorry for any confusion.
> 
> John Formsma
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
> Of John M. Formsma
> Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 6:39 AM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: RE: tuning forks and beat rates
> 
> 
> <<What I did was to buy the Sanderson Beat Rater, which produces the
> theoretically perfect beat rates for the three main thirds in the
> temperament octave.  >>
>