Auto-stepping test

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Thanks Jim for the info.  It is encouraging to know that the response time
is so quick.
Joe Goss <G>

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> From: Jim Coleman, Sr. <pianotoo@imap2.asu.edu>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Auto-stepping test
> Date: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 10:55 AM
> 
> Here is a note which I sent to Wim last night. He suggested others might
> be interested in it.
> 
> << Hi Wim:
> 
>  I just did a test between the RCT 2300 auto note switcher and the SAT
III
>  auto-stepping. I started at A0 playing next note as soon as the machine
>  triggered to the its next note. Here are the results as I did the test.
> 
>  RCT  1 minute 35 seconds with 4 stops to manually move to the next note.
>  SAT  1 minute 30 seconds with 3 stops to manually move to the next note.
> 
>  That is close to an average of 1 second per note. 90 seconds, 87 notes
>  I suppose I could do both of them a little faster with practice. In some
>  areas the auto-stepping takes place faster than in others. The 3 SAT
notes
>  which had to be manually moved were the top 3 notes. The 4 RCT notes
which
>  had to be moved manually were more spread out. I actually did another
test
>  in which I could not get the RCT to move to the next note for 3 notes 
>  starting at C1 after moving the computer around to many different 
>  positions. Of course in cases like this it is wiser to just reach up and

>  hit the up arrow or space key.
> 
>  Still, all in all, the auto-stepping is a great feature on both
machines.
>  For SAT users, there is still the foot switch or thumb switch available.
>  I don't know if there is any such thing for the RCT for those who wish
to
>  move from note to note at meteor speed (assuming that meteors do not
exceed
>  the speed of light or electric current).
> 
>  Jim Coleman, Sr.