Cy: The spectrum display on TuneLab Pocket is fine for pitch raises without mutes. I do it all the time. When I went from a laptop to the Pocket PC I too thought I'd miss the larger display but it hasn't made any difference. dave __________________________________________ David M. Porritt, RPT Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 dporritt@mail.smu.edu ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Cy Shuster <741662027@theshusters.org> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 19:05:19 -0400 Subject: Re: Laptops vs ETD's >Yes, TuneLab runs fine on a desktop; go ahead and try it. >I use a laptop all the time, because that's the only PC I have. It's fine >for grands (sits on the struts), but I often run out of room for it with >uprights (I'm thinking about bringing a music stand with me). >Sure, the pocket PCs are convenient, but the displays are a lot smaller, >too. TuneLab in particular shows a lot of info at once. Check out the >screenshots at http://www.tunelab-world.com to see the difference. >For example, one of the biggest timesavers for me is using the spectrum >display for pitch raises. I don't use any mutes, because you can see the >peaks for each string separately, and just crank 'em close (more than one >lever movement is fine tuning, right, Paul C.? :-). Don't know if you can >do that with the pocket versions. >Of course, the pocket option is much cheaper (hardware + software)... but >TuneLab will run on very old laptops, too, so you might find a deal... >--Cy Shuster-- >Bluefield, WV >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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