on 9/11/01 8:38 AM, Conrad Hoffsommer at hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu wrote: > At 08:58 09/11/2001 -0400, you wrote: > >> Subject: Re: Tuneoff challenge >> >> >>> With this accuracy I would think machines might have an edge over the >>> ear tuning unisons. Yet it is often said the machine is not used to tune >>> unisons. I wonder why? ---ric >>>> >> >> I wonder the same Ric. I use my SAT to tune unisons all the time even for >> the bass with excellent results. My ear is still the final judge. A good >> friend who uses the RCT does the same with the same good results. >> Gina > > > My suspicion is that an ETD is usually just listening to one partial of the > note, but the ear is listening to the entire envelope. > > Any disagreement between the strings' harmonic series at that one ETD > listing point would give a fuzzy unison, whereas the ear and it's > associated wetware would seek the best overall sound. > > My 2¢. > > > > Conrad Hoffsommer - > I live in my own little world, but it's OK, they know me here. > mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu > > > Conrad, I think your comment is worth a lot more than 2 cents! It makes a LOT of sense! -- Ray T. Bentley, RPT Alton, IL ray@bentley.net www.ray.bentley.net The difficult, I do right away. The impossible takes a little longer.
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