[CAUT] The fundamental - Where is it?

Jim Moy jim at moypiano.com
Mon Mar 29 09:37:11 MDT 2010


On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Cy Shuster <cy at shusterpiano.com> wrote:
> TuneLab and RCT will show the relative volume of partials, and it's easy to
> see that there's essentially no audible fundamental until you get up a few
> octaves...

That may not be an accurate gauge, since Robert Scott has said Tunelab
ignores the fundamental below a certain point.

http://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/1279533/Re:%20curious%20about%20inharmonicit.html#Post1279533

He didn't say precisely where the threshold was.  But I think you'd
have to go to a different package if you want to measure those.

Jim


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