On 8/22/07 1:47 PM, "Jeff Tanner" <jtanner at mozart.sc.edu> wrote: > Temperament 41 is the library tuning for Baldwin Hamilton - F/A/C = > 17.9/6.2/6.0 (old curve) > Temperament 1 is the same FAC recalculated to SAT III curve > Temperament 2 is same as Temperament 1, with F number changed to 10.0 >> > Note Temperament > 1 2 41 (old curve) > A0 -20.6 -13.4 -11.9 > C1 -16.5 -10.6 -10.5 > C2 -4.3 -2.6 -4.7 > B2 +3.2 +2.2 +3.0 > C3 -3.6 -2.3 -5.0 > F3 -1.0 -0.4 -2.0 > A3 +0.8 +1.0 +0.3 > C4 +2.2 +2.4 +2.1 > F4 +5.0 +5.0 +5.1 > A4 +7.7 +7.7 +7.8 > C5 +2.6 +2.5 +2.5 > C6 +4.4 +3.8 +3.7 > C7 +11.4 +11.2 +10.7 > C8 +35.0 +34.2 +33.4 > Hi Jeff, Interesting. I get significantly different numbers on my old (1995) SAT, including for your library tuning, using those numbers. I don¹t have any explanation. For the record, here are my results: Note Tuning (first is 17.9/6.2/6.0, second 10.0/6.2/6.0) A0 17.6 -13.2 C1 13.5 -10.3 C2 3.4 -2.7 B2 1.9 1.7 C3 2.7 -2.0 F3 0.6 -0.4 A3 1.0 1.0 C4 2.4 2.4 F4 5.0 5.0 A4 7.7 7.7 C5 2.4 2.4 C6 3.4 3.3 C7 10.6 10.5 C8 33.5 33.3 It just doesn¹t jibe at all with your numbers. I do grant that the differences (on my machine) from F3 down to C3 would be somewhat significant, so if you do a C3 to E4 temperament, that would be part of the temperament (I did a C#3 to F4, nearly the same span). And, again with my machine, I preferred a default low F number¹s results. But even going down that far, the differences are gradual and reach a maximum of 0.7 cents, hardly earthshaking. Obviously the SAT III produces different calculations, and what I have been writing applies only to SAT I/II (same mathematical guts in both I and II, as far as I know. That¹s what they always said). But I am puzzled by the difference between your ³library² and my calculation of the same numbers. The degree of difference doesn¹t make any sense. The B2 to C3 shift (6th partial to 4th partial) is probably the most troublesome spot on the SAT, or used to be. A spot to keep a close eye on, and possibly to do a little intervention to smooth it out. But the difference in the B2D#3 M3s between my two FAC tunings is a pretty negligible 0.2 cents (B2 moved up 0.2, D#3 up 0.4), not the 2 cent difference you found. I guess the SAT III is a far different animal. As I had remembered, no note from F3 through C8 changed value more than 0.2 cents with a change in F number of as much as 8.0. So I guess that we are talking at cross-purposes to some extent, as we have different machines. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20070822/8187b2e1/attachment-0001.html
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