Going through old email...that program was probably written by Mark Anderson of the SF Chapter. That was a long time ago. He got into computer programing...and still does that... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: Don <pianotuna at yahoo.com> To: fg at floydgadd.com, pianotech at ptg.org Received: 1/3/2009 12:22:50 AM Subject: [pianotech] Aural Tuning Training Software >Hi Floyd, >In the old days an oscilloscope and two frequency generators would give you both >aural and visual display of beating of coincident partials. >For a while there was a program that ran on the Mac that would allow one to >"mouse" for various partial matches--but as computers got faster--the developer >didn't bother to keep it current. Too bad--I had a demo copy of the program and it >was quite wonderful. >At 09:45 PM 1/2/2009 -0600, you wrote: >>This is probably a hare-brained idea, but I'm curious. >> >>Are any of you aware of anyone who has developed computer software to visual >>the beating of coincident partials in real time? For instance, the user >>might enter the names of two pitches, play the notes on a piano, and see the >>beats he is hearing displayed as visual pulses on the screen, maybe even >>with the beat speed of each set of coincident partials displayed. The >>objective the program would be to speed the training of the ears/aural >>awareness through visual reinforcement. >> >>With all the software development happening "out there", I can't imagine >>that I would be the first to come up with the idea. Maybe someone has >>explored it and found it doesn't actually help anyone, but I'm still >>curious. >> >>Floyd Gadd >>Manitoba Chapter >> >Regards, >Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. >Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat >mailto:pianotuna at yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ >3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 >306-539-0716 >
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