<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> <DIV>IMH?O I'd mention five things:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>1. A lot of people have held on to beliefs about Tunelab based on the early freeware versions. It has become a VERY sophisticated ETD software package.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>2. If your email to Dean was very recent, he was busy as a teacher, exhibitor, and RPT tester (I think) at the convention. As to Bob at TL, I have always found him very communicative and helpful. He also has obviously listened to his users when upgrading the product.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>3. TL will give you a free download trial so you know exactly what you're getting.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>4. In addition to the normal phase shift bars (or spinners on other ETDs), TL has a spectrum analyzer with graphic display that I find fantastic, very useful for a number of things.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>5. TL is much less than half of CT's price, and six truckloads cheaper than any of the "boxes."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Salem, Missouri</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV>PS: The "box" people tend to advertise based on reliability--no system crashes, no need to upgrade, etc. I think that's kinda bogus. I've never had a "crash" of my iPAQ while running TL, never lost data, never had a tuning session ruined, etc. And, frankly, I think the ability to upgrade software is a GOOD idea, not a weak point.</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=smartin@dodo.com.au href="mailto:smartin@dodo.com.au">Steve Martin</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 06/27/2005 11:51:03 AM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> pocket pc</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi dave</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've just bought a pocket pc and installed RCT and am amazed at the results. I do tune aurally and wonder why it took me so long to convert to ET. Might of course have had something to do with the cost (about $1900.00 - that's Aussie dollars too BTW).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The first piano I tuned was a Yamaha U3 - great piano for a first time test run and I tund it in "easy mode". The result was stunning. Stretch was great and 3rds and sixes were very smooth right throughout the whole piano.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm here to stay.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The only complaint I have, and this may seem a little trite is that I emailed Dean Reybern with  elation and congratulations on his product and he never emailed me back!!</FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Never mind, in my opinion RCT is great. Much more user friendly than Tunelab. But then that's only my opinion.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Steve Martin.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>