RCT

[Marvin McDonald]

Richard Brekne wrote:

> Leslie W Bartlett wrote:
>
> > I'm absolutely new to electronic tuning-  have tuned ONE piano with a SAT
> > III, and hated it!  Of course, I hated tuning by ear for the first
> > thousand hours of practice or so..........     It occurs to me that
> > carrying around a laptop, with all its electronic sophistication, plus
> > its tendency to be fragile would be considerably more of a hassle than
> > the very portable SAT.  I haven't seen many comment about this, and,
> > since I am being swayed by electronics, having been shown how little I
> > know about tuning by those nasty little lights, would appreciate thoughts
> > in this regard.
> >
> > Thanks
> > les bartlett
> > houston
> >
>
> Hi Leslie... I too am new to El-tunings. Have had my RCT for about 3 weeks
> now. And have a copy of Tunelab I am also checking out. One thing I noticed
> right away was that tuning a piano straight to RCT just didnt work. Let me
> refine that a bit. It worked ok... but the stretch was way wrong for the
> piano (or my ear) But it was a very even tuning regardless of the stretch
> amount. After about 5 tunings I started getting the hang of deciding which
> stretch settings I liked best for which instruments, and now after about 15
> tunings I am able to produce tunings using both my ear and the RCT as a
> reference (and a aid to keep me tuning evenly) that are as good as any ear
> tuning I have ever done. I find that most often if I just tune by ear, the
> RCT will agree, but if I go the other way around my ear argues more often. I
> believe as time goes by and I get more familiar with what RCT can really do I
> will really be glad I have it with me.
>
> One thing I like about Tunelab, is that it makes no decisions for you. You
> can use it exactly like you use your ear. You want to set the 4th partial of
> A3 to the 2nd of A4, then you just do it, and you use both your ear and the
> machine to make it right. Draw back with it is that it takes a good deal of
> time to tune this way, but I am looking at possibilities with it. In general
> I am more comfortable being 100% in control of the decision makeing process.
> Still I find that with each new RCT tuning, I am more able to let my ear and
> the RCT work together.
>
> So if you had a bad experience on the first shot... well what did you expect
> ??? grin. Just keep at it and find a way of making it be what its meant to
> be.. an aid. Thats the course I am on in any case
>
> Richard Brekne
> I.C.P.T.G.  N.P.T.F.
> Bergen, Norway

Hello Rich,
I think there may be some confusion here.  You ARE NOT USING RCT.  Your using
Tunelab.  They are two different products with vastly different approaches and
results.  Your using an EDT (Electronic Tuning Device).

----Marvin McDonald