[CAUT] Tunic OnlyPure Software

[ricb at pianostemmer.no]

Hi David

Sure !  It was good for a nice smile most of the evening. If my reply
was a bit more serious... well.... its a good subject really. Tuning
with 12ths as a basis instead of octaves.

Cheers
RicB

You did see my tongue firmly planted, right?

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Richard Brekne" <ricb at pianostemmer.no>
To: caut at ptg.org
Received: 3/3/2009 2:52:26 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Tunic OnlyPure Software


>Funny you should mention that David.  Kent claims "magic" several
places 
>all over his article.... what was that quote from Arthur C.
Clark..... 
>?   I make the opposite point.  This aint magic, and if you stop and 
>think about the consequences of not compensating for individual 
>instrument inharmonicity you will quickly see that that claim cant
hold 
>water either.  In fact Kent quotes  Stopper saying exactly that.
This is 
>no doubt a fine piece of softeware... but lets not try and pass it
off 
>for something it isnt.  "Magic" doesnt do Stopper justice at all. He 
>spent a lot of hard work and long hours working all this out... with 
>maths mind you... so it all does make perfect... and quite rational
sense.

>Cheers
>RicB