Cyber ears

[Richard Brekne]

Jos wrote:

> Richard Brekne wrote:
> >
> > Hi list
> >
> > I am intrigued with these computer tuners ie. cyber-ear and tunelab 97. But as I
> > dont have access to a portable puter I havent been able to fool around with the
> > latter yet.
> >
> > What I would like, if anyone out there uses them and would bother to take the
> > time to gather the data, is a read out of a fully sampled piano after tunning,
> > with as many partials as the program can pick up for all 88 notes.
> >
> > I suppose I am asking a lot <grin> and will have to wait till I can justify
> > buying my own portable. But I thought I might give it a shot anyways.
> >
> > If anyone can be of help you can mail me at
> >
> > Richardb@c2i.net
> >
> > thanx
>
> Hi!
>
> I tried tunelab
>
> http://www.wwnet.net/~rscott/
>
> I think, tuning programs should follow the same strategy as aural tuners
> do. An aural tuner doesn't tune using absolute hearing, he listens to
> beats! So maybe, a tuning program should try and  listen to beats to:
> record
> the pitch and modulating frequency of a beat, and use that to tune. Jos.

I have thought much along those lines. A tuning machine that simply repeats in real
time the actual beats per second registered for any given interval. This would leave
much more control in the hands of the tuner. It would also be an invaluable learning
tool with regards for getting a feel for beats per second.

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