Hi Greg, For measurement purposes RCT uses a2 to a6. This is not currently user selecteable. And of course you are right to compare tunings the same notes should be sampled. At 02:42 PM 2/27/02 -0500, you wrote: >Ron, > I wonder what the difference might be using the same notes, A's or C's who >cares, for all three programs. TuneLabPro will use any notes you choose in my >experience so too will RCT I think. If Veritune is listening at the same time, >good. Does this sound like a fair test? Was the piano tuned first or no? If not >how far off was it to start? I have to go back and look again but the curve >between TuneLab and Veritune didn't seem all that different except in the bass. >they may be a few cents off but it's fairly parallel throughout. Did I remember >it correctly? O.K. Now i have to go look again. > >Greg > >Ron Koval wrote: > >> Greg wrote >> > >> Ron, >> There does indeed appear to be a difference. You say that you did not >> tune the piano. How did you come up with the numbers from the Veritune? What >> notes did you sample for each program. The same notes for each? >> > >> snip >> >> I tried to follow the directions that come with each machine. So, for >> Tunelab, I sampled all the C's, plus the notes at the stringing break, and >> A4. For RCT, I sampled the 5 A's. For the Verituner, I let it listen as I >> was doing the other samples, plus I let it hear all the wound strings. In >> fine tune mode, the VT lists multiple partial offsets, so I just picked the >> ones that matched the other machines. >> >> Hope this helps! (no I haven't graphed them yet) >> >> Ron Koval >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. >> http://www.hotmail.com > >-- >Greg Newell >mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net > > > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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