I am selling my Verituner for a variety of reasons. I am in complete agreement with Tom on this post. Keith Hamilton w8gx@arrl.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <Tvak@AOL.COM> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 12:06 AM Subject: Re: verituner corrections/ pitch raises > > In a message dated 1/22/02 3:18:27 PM, drwoodwind@hotmail.com writes: > > <<From what I've heard, people unhappy with the pitch-raise function have all > used RCT first. >> > > Count me in that group. Although I have never tried the Verituner, I have > seen the screen display for pitch raise mode and it seems primitive. So much > of my work involves pitch raises. I can't bring myself to spend that much > time with that needle display (in pitch raise mode). Also I can't imagine > that I could target in as accurately as I do in RCT's pitch raise mode. You > can argue that one doesn't have to come that close in a pitch raise pass, and > in reality I don't try to stop the RCT's spinning wheel in pitch raise mode, > but I can still see exactly how close I am, quickly and easily, and if I > wanted to, I could get it right on the money. I think this helps to make my > pitch-raised tuning more stable, so this is a concern of mine. > > I will admit that my priorities are out of order here, but I confess to enjoy > the RCT's color screen display, the spinning wheel, the blush; it's > intuitive, it's practical, and I can, and do, spend hours looking at it. > Although I have to listen critically when tuning with RCT, whereas perhaps > with VT I could just follow the screen, I would personally find the VT a more > viable alternative if it had a more interesting visual display. LCDs screens > were state-of-the-art in the 70's. > > Just my feelings on the subject, > Tom Sivak > >
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