SAT III (long)

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Jim, you wrote that the new SAT3 has more memory.  How many tunings (pages) is
maximum on this machine?  The SAT 2 could go to 208, and I've almost maxed out
the two machines I carry with me!

Jim Coleman, Sr. wrote:

> Hi John:
>
> The new SAT III has only two additional buttons more than the fully loaded
> SAT II. The new buttons are the UP/DN PAGE buttons which make selecting
> the memory page a little easier. In the location where the Test SCORE
> button used to be, there is now a second SHIFT 2 button. This allows several
> regular buttons to have a second and third use. Kinda' like the CTRL and ALT
> keys on a computer, or the Command and option keys on a MACintosh.
> With the SHIFT 2 button and the DN CENTS buttons you can now see how much
> battery charge is left. With the regular SHIFT button held down, you can
> now set up the SAT III to auto-step either up or down or both directions.
> For those who like to practice their aural temperament scheme with each
> tuning, there is the capability of storing 4 different tuning schemes which
> can be selected with the SHIFT-UP/DN OCTave buttons. For those who would
> like to turn a regular FAC Equal Temperament tuning into an Historical
> Tuning, one of 14 previously stored temperaments can be selected with the
> use of the regular SHIFT button and the UP/DN OCTave buttons. For those who
> would like less stretch or more stretch, Holding down the reg. SHIFT button
> and touching the UP/DN CENTS buttons will allow one to control the stretch
> of the double octave matching with a commensurate change in the single
> octave matching. This can be used anywhere "on-the-fly" so to speak. So, if
> there are some parts of the scale where you would like a little more
> stretch, just go for it. The normal stretch gives 1 bps stretch of the
> double octave. You can vary that in increments of .1 beat.
>
> The SHIFT 2 Green button is used primarily in giving yourself a PTG
> Tuning Test. Holding down SHIFT 2 and touching NOTE DN button will store
> whatever note you had selected before as being the lowest note of your
> temperament to be scored. Holding down SHIFT2 and touching DN OCTave button
> will begin the scoring of your Temperament previously selected. All SAT
> III's have all of these functions in addition to the MIDI capability for
> storing all memory to a computer or another SAT II or III.
>
> One can now have up to 4 Master Tunings for the PTG TEST program. ie, if you
> are a CTE, and are working two or more Tuning Testing rooms, you don't have
> to re-enter a complete Master Tuning more than once to give tests in both
> rooms, actually, up to 4 rooms. All of the PTG Testing programs are in the
> same location as they were in the earlier SATs, 5 separate pages below page
> zero. They are called EEE for Examinee's tuning page, POI for Points Score
> page, SUP for SUPer Tuning or Master tuning page, DFF for Difference page,
> UUU for UntUUning page. Once you have read in a Master Tuning from an FAC
> tuning, you can give yourself an aural tuning test. I'm still doing that
> for myself until I get 100% scores in everything. I've only done it
> twice in the temperament area so far, I'm still working at it. Both times
> I used the Baldassin Sanderson Kimbell Tremper aural temperament. When I
> get to where my DFF page shows no difference more than .3 cents from the
> SUP page, I will feel that I'm a really good tuner. I'm within .7 cents
> now. I'm not bragging, just showing you the fun of the challenge.
>
> The LCD displays have an additional digit in each window to indicate a
> particular status.
>
> My favorite new features are the auto-stepping and the Stretch control of
> the double octave.
>
> The new machine is smaller, and can be held in one hand. Double buttons
> can be touched with one hand. The battery lasts longer. I used the machine
> off an one for two weeks before the battery dropped down to 75% charge.
>
> There is more memory as standard. The display is the same dependable eight
> LEDs which display in beat fashion which is more related to what we hear.
> Improved filter system makes reading even the F3 partial 8 easier and the
> FAC numbers are now saved with the tuning record.
>
> Oh well, you asked for it. Please excuse me if I seem to be over exuberant.
>
> Jim Coleman, Sr.
>
> On Sat, 23 May 1998, John Ross wrote:
>
> > Hi Jim,
> > Now that you have brought up the subject of SAT 111, would it be
> > possible to give us an initial preview of your evaluation.
> > I for one would really like to know.
> > Regards,
> > John M. Ross
> > PTG Assoc.
> > Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
> >
> >