Hi Richard, My point is that current edt's can't do wonderful unisons. We as visual tuners don't yet know whether it is the loudest partial that should be beat free (zero?)--or the *highest* partial that should be beat free--or if it is something else....I'm beat up now *grin*. Or perhaps Zorro will come visit me? *double grin*. Weighted averaging of partials on unisons? At 05:57 PM 03/24/2001 +0100, you wrote: > >er... grin.. of course not. But since an ETD s only listens to one partial at a >time I am not sure I understand your point. > >> I believe the ear *locks* onto the loudest partial and that an aural >> unison is a composite sound where the ear tries to balance all the partials >> to the limits of it's resolution. Coupling muddies the waters of this. For >> an edt to do this it would have to simultaniously measure 8 to 16 >> partials--and do some sort of "balanced" display of them all. And it would >> have to have the resolution to listen to *2* such partial ladders. (3 would >> be better) > >Ah... I think I see what you are getting at... but why would you want the ETD to >copy the ears way of tuning unisons in the first place ? Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts drose@dlcwest.com http://donrose.xoasis.com/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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