And again, I totally agree on what has been said by Ron Koval, and I do not get commissions either. friendly greetings from Antares, Amsterdam, Holland "where music is, no harm can be" > From: "Ron Koval" <drwoodwind@hotmail.com> > Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org > Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 17:29:49 > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: sat-rct-vt-tlp > > I'll try to add a little to the Veritune/ pitch adjustment discussion. > > When using Veritune, I usually play A5, A4, A3, A2, A1 and then go to A0. > (this gives me an idea of the starting pitch across the scale, and pitch > raising starts from A0) At this point, the machine has calculated a full > tuning on par with tunelab, rct, and the sat. It's a little misleading to > say that the Veritune NEEDS two passes to do a tuning. > > As the first pass is completed, (yes, quick and dirty will do) the machine > samples all the notes up to the 7th octave. Now, with the added > information, verituner has been calculating and recalculating a tuning that > the other machines can't match, especially on less than perfect scales. > > I understand the reluctance of some to rely on a machine to make tuning > choices. For me, it's all about trust. It IS possible to get a great > tunings aurally, or with any of the above listed machines. Tuning is just > solving a big puzzle for me. Yet, there are some instruments that force > choices that make me 'back up' farther than I'd like to go. Many times it's > problems across the break that causes trouble. Start shifting things there, > and you have to go back to even things out. I tune an alternate temperament > most of the time, so that's not as big of a problem anymore, but those of > you that want to stay strictly equal temperament sometimes are forced to > choose between even progressions of one interval over another. > > Last June, for our chapter, I set a tuning on one piano with a maximum > offset from equal temperament of one cent. Using any kind of checks, this > was clearly NOT et anymore. So if your choices force you to optomize one > interval over another, shifting something about one cent or more, is it > still et? It doesn't take much to stray from et! > > So..... with this new machine, I feel that I can trust the choices it makes, > based on the first pass. I'm free to concentrate on posture, breathing, > hammer technique and unisons. (working meditation?) > > The custom stretch option lets YOU set the octave widths. Split between 4-2 > and 6-3 in the temperament? No problem. Balance between double triple and > single octaves in the 7th octave? Sure! > > I haven't really taken the time to try out all the options on this new tool. > > I was happy with my Korg, setting an octave and working out from there. > I was happy with my new Korg (MT-1200), taking a big step with more > precision and with some built-in stretches, checking intervals as I went. > I was happy with RCT, taking another big step using digital sampling to > calculate a tuning for an individual piano. > I was happy with the upgraded RCT, using the preview graphs to help decide > what stretches to tweak in different parts of the piano. > I'm happy with Verituner, bringing a new level of calculated tunings to help > my clients make music with their instruments. > > Listen to the people with experience with this tool. It's not like the > others. > > (I get no comissions from Verituner) > > Ron Koval > Chicagoland > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > >
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