He said "Susan and all" - You're included in the "all" part of that Ed. Calling Ed Foote, calling Ed Foote - Ed, where are you?!?!?!?!? I thought I just recently read a post on this very topic from Ed. But gosh, my memory must be truly going out because I remember some sort of comments slightly differing from "an ETD is worse than useless". Ahhhh, it's probably just me...... Terry - getting older and more feeble every day - Farrell PS: Too many epoxy fumes? On Feb 4, 2011, at 6:56 PM, Israel Stein wrote: > Susan and all, > > This issue is even more critical at recording sessions, where the > tuner is typically asked to "check and fix up the piano" during > breaks. So you want to get rid of the "oinkers", but not in such a > way that there is an audible sudden change in pitch when all the > different "takes" are spliced together. (Typically at a recording > session the piece is played through and recorded several times and > then passages where the performers - or "spotters" who are listening > - felt that there were problems are recorded several more times. The > final product is "spliced' together from the best takes...) This is > where you have to trust your ear 100% - an ETD is worse than > useless, it could get you in real trouble... > > Israel Stein >
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