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Well, for my money calling RCT anything but a "single partial" device is
more then a little misleading, because that is indeed exactly what it is.
Beyond its initial sampling of 5 or 6 A's it listens only to one partial
at a time. Indeed while you are actually tuning the instrument it is "listening"
to only one partial of one note at a time. To compare this to what the
ear does in aural tuning is directly misleading.
<p>Now dont get me wrong... the RCT does what it does very well, and the
tunings it provides are very good. But it IS a single partial device that
bases its calculations on the partial ladders of the notes it samples.
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<br><font size=+0>By the way, I think that calling RCT a "single partial"
device is a little misleading. The software listens to all
partials together, and balances the coincident partials into a tuning,
just like the ear does.</font></blockquote>
<p>--
<br>Richard Brekne
<br>RPT, N.P.T.F.
<br>UiB, Bergen, Norway
<br><A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A>
<br><A HREF="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A>
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