verituner corrections/ pitch raises

[Keith Hamilton]

I am selling my Verituner for a variety of reasons. I am in
complete agreement with Tom on this post.

Keith Hamilton
w8gx@arrl.net


----- Original Message -----
From: <Tvak@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 12:06 AM
Subject: Re: verituner corrections/ pitch raises


>
> In a message dated 1/22/02 3:18:27 PM, drwoodwind@hotmail.com writes:
>
> <<From what I've heard, people unhappy with the pitch-raise function have
all
> used RCT first. >>
>
> Count me in that group.  Although I have never tried the Verituner, I have
> seen the screen display for pitch raise mode and it seems primitive.  So
much
> of my work involves pitch raises.  I can't bring myself to spend that much
> time with that needle display (in pitch raise mode).  Also I can't imagine
> that I could target in as accurately as I do in RCT's pitch raise mode.
You
> can argue that one doesn't have to come that close in a pitch raise pass,
and
> in reality I don't try to stop the RCT's spinning wheel in pitch raise
mode,
> but I can still see exactly how close I am, quickly and easily, and if I
> wanted to, I could get it right on the money.  I think this helps to make
my
> pitch-raised tuning more stable, so this is a concern of mine.
>
> I will admit that my priorities are out of order here, but I confess to
enjoy
> the RCT's color screen display, the spinning wheel, the blush;  it's
> intuitive, it's practical, and I can, and do, spend hours looking at it.
> Although I have to listen critically when tuning with RCT, whereas perhaps
> with VT I could just follow the screen, I would personally find the VT a
more
> viable alternative if it had a more interesting visual display.  LCDs
screens
> were state-of-the-art in the 70's.
>
> Just my feelings on the subject,
> Tom Sivak
>
>