ETD Displays

[Greg Newell]

Richard,
    The world is your oyster! Write one! I'm sure we'd all love to see
it! I know I would {:>)

Greg

Richard Brekne wrote:

> Got to re-reading some posts from the last couple weeks and came
> by one of  Jim Colemans contributions to the Natural Beats
> thread. In this note Jim uses some ascii art to make a point
> about partial matching that I will re print here.
>
> Personally I could really get into an ETD that displayed tuning
> information in a manner very similiar to this. The lower line
> would represents the zeroed reference note (already tuned) and
> the upper line the note presently being tuned. The lower line
> then would always be still, and the upper line would vary
> depending on the tuners movement of the tuning pin for that note.
>
> Its easy (at least for me) to imagine this upper line sliding
> back and forth as the pin is adjusted, at the same time listening
> (and watching) for the "best" partial and "wholistic" match. Its
> also very easy for me to imagine the usefullness of such a
> display in learning / teaching about just what tuning really is.
> Combined with present day curve graphs such a tool could be
> invaluable as a teaching / learning / tuning aid.
>
> Again I must say I fail to see why there is so much resistance to
> multipartial displays amoung ETD authors. Isnt it time we move
> past the dancing dial ?
>
> --
> Richard Brekne
> RPT, N.P.T.F.
> Bergen, Norway
> mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no

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