working with etd's and the customers' la-di-da

[Terry]

David, have you tried Ron Koval's custom style profiles on the VT? If you
haven't, you will enjoy them. If you have, I'm surprised to hear your
comments.

Terry Farrell


> I found that in spite of the Verituner hearing all partials, the
> decisions it made on some notes (not to mention style selections)
> periodically needed correction.  Even if the machine hears everything,
> it still must make a decision on where to put the note.  To a certain
> degree, that decision is not made by the machine but by the programmer.
> The style settings in the VT indicate which coincident partials will be
> favored and to what degree in deciding how wide to make the octaves.
> While these styles can be tweaked for different pianos the question will
> always arise as to whether the style you have chosen is a perfect fit
> for the piano.  While hearing all partials might increase accuracy due
> to the greater amount of information available, it is not foolproof.
> The ear must ultimately be the final arbiter.
>
> David Love
> davidlovepianos@comcast.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
> Behalf Of Don
> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 2:16 PM
> To: Pianotech
> Subject: Re: working with etd's and the customers' la-di-da
>
> Hi André,
>
> I always thought the human ear *automatically* heard all the partials at
> once. In fact that's why I believe that even the verituner is subject to
> the "taste" of the tuner. I am aware you can choose "styles" with etd's,
> and that there is a lot of flexibility--but just like your wonderful
> food...the human has to eat it. :)
>
> This is also why I prefer "human unisons" to "machine unisons" (though I
> might change my mind if I had a verituner to play with). Tunelab
> products
> do a display of all partials as well, but again I've not used that
> product.
>
> At 08:20 PM 05/02/2005 +0100, you wrote:
> >
> >I always explain that my miracle machine listens to 8 partials at the
> same
> >time and is able to process those 8 partials far better than most piano
> >tuners ever were able to (have they ever been able to hear more than 3
> or 4
> >partilas?).
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> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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