---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment >Howdy again- > >Yes, what you say certainly makes sense..... I suppose Dave Carpenter >would be the one to ask. Yes, he would. We can only speculate based on what we think we know, which is proven to be less than we thought too often to be final. Of course, Dave's probably already playing with a breadboard version of the V-2 ballistic tuner and time machine that lets you put in all the tunings you'll ever do on a particular piano in one sitting. Then you just need to send an invoice every six months as the tuning is scheduled to appear in the piano without you having to even show up after the first time. That's the one I want! There would still be the usual pencilectomy, pedal squeak, voicing, and regulation service calls in addition - naturally. >It may very well have something to do with the "map is not the territory" >syndrome. Paul Revenko-Jones used this example in a class to describe >that no matter how good the map is, it still isn't a perfect >representation of the landscape. I'm assuming that likewise, now matter >how well it SEEMS that we can predict a string's vibration, (or >soundboard, or bridge, etc) there may well be some surprises in a real >piano. Also, I think the multi-partial approach hopes to get the >strongest signal into the machine, by not inadvertantly focusing on a weak >partial. > >Ron Koval Good points. And just because I'm not smart enough to understand how all these partials can be individually read to the required accuracy and mixed in real time doesn't remotely mean that there aren't plenty of folks out there who are. I don't know hardware, and there are chip sets out there that do things you just can't get away with in software. If it is done all at once like that, I'd love to know how. It has to be a really slick and wonderful process. Ron N ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.525 / Virus Database: 322 - Release Date: 10/9/2003 ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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