<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1251"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <P> <DIV>Ric said: "<FONT size=+0>I did want to bring the overall levels down quite a bit... especially in </FONT> <DIV><FONT size=+0>the treble where it was really high. But I'm looking at the bass tenor </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>transition and juggling inharmonicity against Z and keeping an eye on </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>both Tension and breaking % T. A nice Z curve with the kind of T and </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>%bT seems easy to get but it means a bit of a jump in inharmonicity at </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>the break. At note 23 (first tenor) Inharmonicity starts off droping a </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>bit for a couple notes (24-26) and then rises nice and evenly... but at </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>22 it drops a good chunck from 23 and rises evenly as one progresses </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>down the scale.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>So...whats to prefer ?... a nice even inharmonicity curve at the break </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>or a nice Z curve holding T and %T relatively steady ?"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>Cheers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>Ric,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>That is exactly what I was referring to in my last post. I prefer to get the Z as smooth as possible, while monitoring the inharmonicity/tension, etc. I've found that most voicing problems go away with this approach. Early in my scaling endeavors, I got hung up on the Inharmonicity thing and had a few "rebuilds" that didn't come out as expected, because of it. Since I have put more emphasis on the Z factor, most of those problems have gone away. All of it is a major compromise, but the emphasis on Z is the lesser of the ever present evils, IMO. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>BTW, what mass coefficient number are you using for Pure Sound Wire? If that is not plugged into the math, then you'll really not have a clear picture of what that stuff does in real time. At present, I have not used Pure Sound. It sounds like it might be an answer for some of my "relics" that I care for, but until I can get the proper mass coefficient, I have no way of fortelling the results of using it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Regards,</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.</DIV> <DIV>Captain of the Tool Police</DIV> <DIV>Squares R I</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></BODY></HTML>