---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment --=====================_24487765==.ALT Very well written Dave. You've put into words many of the things I'd be unable to describe. Kudos to you and also to Bob Scott! Greg Newell At 05:23 PM 3/31/2003, you wrote: >Dave: > >I really know nothing about RCT but I can tell you what I like about >TuneLab Pro. > >1> I like the moving bar display. It is easy to see, its meaning is >obvious and it doesn't make me dizzy. > >2> I like the spectrum display. It is great for tuning at the top of >pianos. It shows you graphically the frequencies that make up "false" >beats, and it really helps in pitch raises. > >3> I like the fact that I can read inharmonicity on any notes rather than >proscribed ones. That way if one note I'm reading has a funky sound, I >can read another close by. > >4> I like the fact that setting the stretch uses real life terms like 8:4 >octaves, or 4:2 octaves etc. I can relate to that better than a stretch #5. > >5> I like the fact that I can decide which partials for the program to >listen for. I can also change partials on-the-fly. If I get a funky 6th >partial, I can switch to the 7th or 8th and the inharmonicity offset is >changed to get the same result. > >6> I like being able to tell the program where the scale break is, and >measure that break so it can create a tuning that really fits the piano. > >7> I like the stability. I've had every version from the first TuneLab97 >to the latest TuneLab Pro and none of them has ever crashed my system. > >Well, you get the idea. I've used TuneLab since just after it was >released. I think you'd be happy with it. Of course I think you could be >happy with RCT, SAT or Verituner too. I've just found what works for me. > >dave >*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > >On 3/31/2003 at 12:11 AM Dave Foster wrote: >Well, the PDA of choice is still being researched extensively by >myself. I've done alot of comparison shopping of PDA's and I'm still >looking. But that's really isn't the issue. So far, I've heard a lot >about RCT and Tunelab. Many more poeple seem to prefer RCT, though. I >can only imagine that it is going to be a slightly better program then >TuneLab because of it's userablity, functionality, and price. But is the >price difference REALLY worth it? If I'm able to get a good, stable >pitch-raise from TuneLab that is pretty much indifferent from RCT's >pitch-raise then why spend the extra money. I've been tuning about 4 >years and I've established a pretty good aural routine that I like. I >really just want the ETD to help with pitch-raises and hard-to-hear >tonality. I'm not really looking to change my way of tuning, at least not >yet. So, again, is the extra money for RCT really worth it? > >Dave Foster > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <mailto:jgrassi@silverlink.net>Jeannie Grassi >To: <mailto:foster29@earthlink.net>'Dave Foster' ; ><mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>'Pianotech' >Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 12:01 PM >Subject: RE: Pocket PC > >Dave, >In my opinion there is no comparison. RCT is by far the way to go! You >won't regret it. Dell is offering really great deals on their PDAs right >now. I don't know how long they will have such good prices. > >jeannie > > >Jeannie Grassi, RPT >Associate Editor, Piano Technicians Journal ><mailto:jgrassi@silverlink.net>mailto:jgrassi@silverlink.net >-----Original Message----- >From: <mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org>pianotech-bounces@ptg.org >[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Dave Foster >Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 6:50 PM >To: pianotech@ptg.org >Subject: Pocket PC > >List, hopefully this summer I will upgrading (in my opinion ungrading) to >a Pocket PC ETD. I have some experience with TuneLab, and absolutly no >knowledge of the Reyburn Cybertuner. I'm sure this has been a subject of >many discussions, and I apologize for the repetition of this topic, but >what are some of the advantages/disadvantages of one or the other? I >would like to find out some of your opinions of these programs and what >might your recommendations be. >I will be testing and playing around with these programs in the upcoming >MARC in Pittsburgh, and I would like to know a bit more about them so that >I don't look at them unknowingly. > >Dave Foster > > > > >_____________________________ >David M. Porritt >dporritt@mail.smu.edu >Meadows School of the Arts >Southern Methodist University >Dallas, TX 75275 >_____________________________ >--- > >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.465 / Virus Database: 263 - Release Date: 3/25/2003 Greg Newell mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net --=====================_24487765==.ALT An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/26/ac/e7/c0/attachment.htm --=====================_24487765==.ALT-- ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment --- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). 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