[CAUT] huge pitch raise question

[David Ilvedson]

Oh it can definitely go psychotic...that's why we retain our ears....

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044


----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
Received: 1/9/2007 4:43:25 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] huge pitch raise question




>> An SAT resets and calibrates to 440 when you turn it on.  I'd guess the 
>> others do too.  You can also use the "calibrate" function, but I like to 
>> turn mine off and on after a tuning pass if I've used the pitch raise 
>> feature to be sure it recalibrates before I do a fine tuning.  There is 
>> a scenario where the pitch can reset without you realizing what has 
>> happened, but it has to do with the way you use the "measure/reset" 
>> feature and changing from memory mode to tune mode.  If you aurally 
>> check intervals regularly, you should catch it before you have to redo 
>> too much.  Even so, a semitone reset is pretty unlikely unless you tell 
>> it to do that on purpose.
>> 
>> I had similar wonderings back when I was just a young fork basher myself :-)
>> Jeff

>Thanks Jeff. It's been a lot of years since I bashed a *young* 
>fork, but the possibility of an ETD gone psychotic seemed 
>possible. Sounds unlikely though. Looks like we're down to 
>evil spirits.
>Ron N