sat-rct-vt-tlp

[antares]

And again, I totally agree on what has been said by Ron Koval, and I do not
get commissions either.

friendly greetings
from

Antares,

Amsterdam, Holland

"where music is, no harm can be"

> From: "Ron Koval" <drwoodwind@hotmail.com>
> Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 17:29:49
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: sat-rct-vt-tlp
> 
> I'll try to add a little to the Veritune/ pitch adjustment discussion.
> 
> When using Veritune, I usually play A5, A4, A3, A2, A1 and then go to A0.
> (this gives me an idea of the starting pitch across the scale, and pitch
> raising starts from A0) At this point, the machine has calculated a full
> tuning on par with tunelab, rct, and the sat.  It's a little misleading to
> say that the Veritune NEEDS two passes to do a tuning.
> 
> As the first pass is completed, (yes, quick and dirty will do) the machine
> samples all the notes up to the 7th octave.  Now, with the added
> information, verituner has been calculating and recalculating a tuning that
> the other machines can't match, especially on less than perfect scales.
> 
> I understand the reluctance of some to rely on a machine to make tuning
> choices.  For me, it's all about trust. It IS possible to get a great
> tunings aurally, or with any of the above listed machines.  Tuning is just
> solving a big puzzle for me.  Yet, there are some instruments that force
> choices that make me 'back up' farther than I'd like to go.  Many times it's
> problems across the break that causes trouble.  Start shifting things there,
> and you have to go back to even things out.  I tune an alternate temperament
> most of the time, so that's not as big of a problem anymore, but those of
> you that want to stay strictly equal temperament sometimes are forced to
> choose between even progressions of one interval over another.
> 
> Last June, for our chapter, I set a tuning on one piano with a maximum
> offset from equal temperament of one cent.  Using any kind of checks, this
> was clearly NOT et anymore.  So if your choices force you to optomize one
> interval over another, shifting something about one cent or more, is it
> still et?  It doesn't take much to stray from et!
> 
> So..... with this new machine, I feel that I can trust the choices it makes,
> based on the first pass.  I'm free to concentrate on posture, breathing,
> hammer technique and unisons. (working meditation?)
> 
> The custom stretch option lets YOU set the octave widths.  Split between 4-2
> and 6-3 in the temperament?  No problem.  Balance between double triple and
> single octaves in the 7th octave? Sure!
> 
> I haven't really taken the time to try out all the options on this new tool.
> 
> I was happy with my Korg, setting an octave and working out from there.
> I was happy with my new Korg (MT-1200), taking a big step with more
> precision and with some built-in stretches, checking intervals as I went.
> I was happy with RCT, taking another big step using digital sampling to
> calculate a tuning for an individual piano.
> I was happy with the upgraded RCT, using the preview graphs to help decide
> what stretches to tweak in different parts of the piano.
> I'm happy with Verituner, bringing a new level of calculated tunings to help
> my clients make music with their instruments.
> 
> Listen to the people with experience with this tool.  It's not like the
> others.
> 
> (I get no comissions from Verituner)
> 
> Ron Koval
> Chicagoland
> 
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