David, have you tried Ron Koval's custom style profiles on the VT? If you haven't, you will enjoy them. If you have, I'm surprised to hear your comments. Terry Farrell > I found that in spite of the Verituner hearing all partials, the > decisions it made on some notes (not to mention style selections) > periodically needed correction. Even if the machine hears everything, > it still must make a decision on where to put the note. To a certain > degree, that decision is not made by the machine but by the programmer. > The style settings in the VT indicate which coincident partials will be > favored and to what degree in deciding how wide to make the octaves. > While these styles can be tweaked for different pianos the question will > always arise as to whether the style you have chosen is a perfect fit > for the piano. While hearing all partials might increase accuracy due > to the greater amount of information available, it is not foolproof. > The ear must ultimately be the final arbiter. > > David Love > davidlovepianos@comcast.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On > Behalf Of Don > Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 2:16 PM > To: Pianotech > Subject: Re: working with etd's and the customers' la-di-da > > Hi André, > > I always thought the human ear *automatically* heard all the partials at > once. In fact that's why I believe that even the verituner is subject to > the "taste" of the tuner. I am aware you can choose "styles" with etd's, > and that there is a lot of flexibility--but just like your wonderful > food...the human has to eat it. :) > > This is also why I prefer "human unisons" to "machine unisons" (though I > might change my mind if I had a verituner to play with). Tunelab > products > do a display of all partials as well, but again I've not used that > product. > > At 08:20 PM 05/02/2005 +0100, you wrote: > > > >I always explain that my miracle machine listens to 8 partials at the > same > >time and is able to process those 8 partials far better than most piano > >tuners ever were able to (have they ever been able to hear more than 3 > or 4 > >partilas?). > >Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.5 - Release Date: 03/02/2005 > > Regards, > Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. > Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat > > mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca > http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ > > 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 > 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.5 - Release Date: 03/02/2005 > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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