verituner spinner

[Ron Koval]

Hi Terry,

This might be better answered on the Verituner forum, but here goes:

Let's see.... you asked:

Would it not be only the partials that are addressed in the "style" =
data? Let's say in a case where you wanted a clean (beatless) 4:2 octave =
and you specified no other partial relationships, the spinner presumably =
would stop when this condition was met.

  This is my guess, you'd have to talk with Dave to see if he'd give you a 
better answer.  Now,  back up some first.The purpose for getting all that 
information in the machine, is to make some use of it, right?  So as full 
information is gathered, the VT knows the relationships between the partials 
of each note, as well as between notes.  So, based on that information, it 
calculates a target for each partial that is used for each particular note, 
based on the style recipe.  That's the numbers you see in fine tune mode.  I 
really don't know if it comes up with a single target first, and then fills 
in the rest, or some other method.  But now, it has multiple partials to 
target, which should all agree, but in the real world probably don't. (like 
in mismatched strings, and other random acts of pianos)  Now as you tune, 
depending on the strength of each partial, the VT can be listening to 
different partials on each note to try and come up with the calculation.  
So, based on your example, even though the specification was for a pure 4:2 
octave, the machine might not be focusing on the 4th partial of the bottom 
note, or the 2nd partial of the top note, if another partial is much 
stronger or clearer.  It can only do this because it has already predicted 
where the other partials should be tuned, based on the measuring it's 
already done.  ****whew****

Now, doesn't that want you to make sure you are getting the best possible 
measurements?

Ron Koval
Chicagoland

_________________________________________________________________
Enjoy MSN 8 patented spam control and more with MSN 8 Dial-up Internet 
Service.  Try it FREE for one month!   http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup