Should have gotten RCT (Was: Cross-eyed SAT user)

[Farrell]

> "I have found repeated striking of the note
> (at the rate of about twice a second) gives me a "strobe light" effect on
> the visual display, enabling me to obtain a better reading than from a
> single isolated sounding of the note. SAT users can chime in as to whether
> they have tried this technique."

Yes, absolutely. Good point. On the last few notes, sometimes even faster
than twice per second on really screwy pianos.

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Morss" <rdmorss@morssweb.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 9:11 AM
Subject: Should have gotten RCT (Was: Cross-eyed SAT user)


> ----- Original Message -----
> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 7:44 AM
> Subject: Re: Cross-eyed SAT user
>
>
> > should have gotten RCT
>
> I am not that familiar with RCT. I've visted Dean Reyburn's website to
read
> about it, but have not seen the software in action. What is it about the
RCT
> in particular that speaks to the SAT user's question about difficult
> readings in the high treble?
>
> I have been using TuneLab (with the Calcul8 plug-in) for several months
now
> and have been pleased with the results. In the high treble, the relevant
> readout of the visual display occurs just after the attack, and lasts only
a
> short time (less than a second). I have found repeated striking of the
note
> (at the rate of about twice a second) gives me a "strobe light" effect on
> the visual display, enabling me to obtain a better reading than from a
> single isolated sounding of the note. SAT users can chime in as to whether
> they have tried this technique.
>
> Question for those who have used both TuneLab and RCT:
> For the basic day-to-day routines of tuning and pitch raising, what
features
> does RCT have that TuneLab doesn't?
>
> I understand that one big difference is that TuneLab does not calculate
the
> tuning curve automatically at the push of a button, whereas RCT does
(using
> one of the nine octave stretch buttons, right?) The Calcul8 plugin for
> TuneLab addresses this, however.
>
>
> Robert Morss RPT
> Greenwich, Connecticut
>
>
>