[pianotech] tunelab vs. verituner

[David Renaud]

I have used Tunelab for many years, and this year added verituner to my kit.

Both are running on iPad2.

I still use Tunelab for some applications. 
Some of my custom tunings, aural tunings, I have saved from 
Pianos I've tuned at concert halls hundreds of times, tweaked and saved
On Tunelab. Some features on Tunelab I miss when using verituner. The 
Spectral display is useful when pitch raising to see the individual peaks
Of the 3 strings. There are over features I became accustomed to and miss.
I still like Tunelab, and for the money it is the best bang for the buck, and 
A very very good tuning program. 
Never less, I was  fussing and tweaking the generic curve for
Individual inharmonic variations note to note crossing stringing scale jumps.
Verituner does address this very effectively, and  produces an aural style
Tuning with smooth progressions  compensating for every quirk of the stringing
Scale according to custom preferences. It does do a superior high level tuning.
I am quite impressed with the verituner, and i spend the majority of my tuning time with
Verituner now. I will keep using Tunelab though. I am use to its pitch raise function, 
Its features, And it does a good tuning. 
      To surmise, Tunelab in my humble opinion has some superior features I have 
Become accustomed to. Verituner in my opinion addresses concerns that drove me
To be forever be "tweaking" aurally on fine pianos for fine tuning. I really like the tuning
Quality verituner is producing for me.  Tunelab remains a permanent and useful part of 
My kit though. 

                         Cheers
                           Dave Renaud 



Sent from my iPad

On 2012-05-04, at 10:38 AM, Ron Koval <drwoodwind at hotmail.com> wrote:

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> Hi Gary,I suppose it depends on what you expect from the ETD...
> Each platform has strengths.  The Verituner collects themost information and then uses that information similar to the way an aural tuner creates a tuning - by direct comparison back to the temperament.  The needle is very accurate, you don't really need the barn doors or blush to tell when you areas close as you decide you want to be.  If you want to be really tough, there is the real-time numeric display down to a tenthof a cent... See how hard it is to get the three strings to show 0.0!
> The real strength of the Verituner is the custom styles. (stretch)You can save styles, which is like an aural recipe for tuning and thenapply that style to pianos of the same make.  Once you've found the "perfect" approach for a Wurlidorferway spinet, each time you approachanother one, you don't need to start over to find the best tuning.
> So if you want an upgrade to the way the ETD matches the piano with yourinput via the custom styles, Verituner is the way to go.  I often hear backfrom techs how much better the pianos sound after they switch and learn to manipulate the software.
> There is a user forum that is pretty quiet, but a lot of good informationis available there. (tons of style suggestions)
> The iphone/ipod touch/ipad is a great way of working with Verituner.  I think because of apple's ability to handle videos so well, the display is just really good - better than the box or the pocket pc.
> Ron Kovalchicagoland
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> **********************************************************Seems like my ipaq is about to give up the ghost.  I've been using 
> Tunelab for years (Cybertuner before that) and am interested in 
> Verituner to round out the trinity of the big 3 in software.  I think 
> I'd miss the option of doing the muteless pitchraise that Tunelab gives 
> me.  Any thoughts or opinions from anyone who  has both?
> Thanks,
> gary