Jim, What do you consider as being a default RCT stretch? With RCT you can choose between 9 stretch styles, including the possibility to manually tweak up or down any part of the stretch curve for each one of them. Michel Lachance, RPT > > Hi Terry, In comparing the results of computing with the SAT and >RCT, I have found that the default RCT stretch tends to (but not always) >put >C8 a few (3-10) cents sharper than the SAT. Conversely, many times RCT >puts >A0 sharper than the SAT. It is possible to sharpen the treble with the >SAT >by raising the C stretch # of the SAT. I believe this was discussed in a >past >issue of the Journal in a artlcle by Jim Coleman. On both machines this >stretch can vary a lot depending on how clean sounding the sampled string >is. >When in doubt you can check another string and average the two/ or throw >out >the wilder of the samples. Hope this helps. >Jim Love >PTG Associate >Midland, Tx. >In a message dated 9/6/00 10:26:15 PM, charly_tuner@hotmail.com writes: > ><< How many of you fellow SAT (II & III) users find that you have to add >MORE >stretch (mostly on the treble end)) than what you typically get from your >FAC input? I find that most pianos will still sound noticeably FLAT if >extra >stretch is not added. Just curious. >> > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
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