[pianotech] Verituner question

[Andrew Anderson]

The autonote function on the VT can follow you around.  When IH is  
measured on a note, I have no difficulties doing arpeggios and  
chords.  I do not like the out-of-the-box tuning priorites that the VT  
has, too FACish for my liking, not good around the break.  The great  
thing is you can change that and set up your own "Style" that works  
matching your aural tuning preferences.

A word about relying on the machine:  the VT gave me a bad tuning on  
one of those "little monsters" because following my generic priorities  
didn't match the dominant partials this nasty beast had.  You've got  
to have ears.  It is only an aid.

Andrew Anderson

On Jan 27, 2011, at 9:10 AM, Avery Todd wrote:

> List,
>
> John Formsma. just posted an interesting question and since I didn't  
> want to take away from the responses to that one, I'm doing mine  
> this way. He also uses a Verituner, as do I. Previously I used an  
> SAT at the university until I retired but had to leave it, since the  
> U. bought it. <grin>
>
> My question is this: Is there a way a previously aural tuner who now  
> also uses an ETD check the tuning as you go with this particular  
> machine? It's constantly reading for each note and doing checks  
> could mess things up, as I understand it. There wasn't that problem  
> with the SAT since it calculates the tuning differently. I rarely do  
> concert work anymore except as a substitute, so it's not quite as  
> critical. But it still bugs me a little that there doesn't seem to  
> be a way of doing that. I love the tunings the VT gives and rarely  
> have a problem with what it calculates.
>
> Just something that came to mind when John mentioned the Verituner.  
> Thanks for any exexperiences with doing this.
>
> Avery Todd
> Houston