Re: Sixth Comma Meantone

2004-08-02 Thread Candace Magner
s.walsh asked about the computer program called Tune!It (or any other, I assume): > > How do you use the program to tune your Baroque guitar? > > Do you take one string - maybe the first or fifth? and go up fret by fret with the program, shifting the frets around? > I tune each of the strings indi

Re: Re: Sixth Comma Meantone

2004-08-02 Thread s.walsh
> > I have been using a very nifty computer program called Tune!It. Go to > http://www.zeta.org.au/~dvolkmer/tuneit.html to learn about the program. I > also keep it on my small laptop which I carry when travelling. Alas, it is > not really a stand-alone box but it has every imaginable tuning. I

Re: Sixth Comma Meantone

2004-07-23 Thread Ed Durbrow
> >Best wishes, > >Stewart. > > > > > >- Original Message - >From: "Ed Durbrow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "lute list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 12:03 PM >Subject: Re: Sixth Comma Meantone

Re: Sixth Comma Meantone

2004-07-23 Thread Ed Durbrow
>The Peterson V-SAM allows you to save user definable temperament. >They claim an accuracy of one one-thousandth of a Cent. Oops that should have read 1/1000th of a semitone not cent. http://www.petersontuners.com/products/modelvsam/index.cfm -- Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan http://www9.plala.or.jp/

Re: Sixth Comma Meantone

2004-07-23 Thread James A Stimson
Dear All: Pardon me if I've missed one of the many postings on this matter, but I thought I'd throw my two cents in. Korg makes an "orchestral" tuner with various temperament settings. I don't have one, but I gather it's similar to their former MT-1200 "Master Tune" model. This tuner, which I

Re: Sixth Comma Meantone

2004-07-23 Thread Ed Durbrow
>Does anyone know whether there is an electronic tuner that can be set = >for the various meantone tunings, or at least one that will show exactly = >at how many vibrations per second a given string is resonating? The Peterson V-SAM allows you to save user definable temperament. They claim an acc

Re: Sixth Comma Meantone

2004-07-22 Thread Candace Magner
I have been using a very nifty computer program called Tune!It. Go to http://www.zeta.org.au/~dvolkmer/tuneit.html to learn about the program. I also keep it on my small laptop which I carry when travelling. Alas, it is not really a stand-alone box but it has every imaginable tuning. I've tried to

Re: Sixth Comma Meantone

2004-07-22 Thread Gernot Hilger
Also, you might wish to have a look at http://www.zib.de/vgp/unheard/materialien/externeApplets/music_apps/javatuner/acc.html This is a Java applet which does several nice things including sound output if you've got MIDI on your computer. It also shows the deviation tables for various temperaments

Re: Sixth Comma Meantone

2004-07-22 Thread Gernot Hilger
> Does anyone know whether there is an electronic tuner that can be set = > for the various meantone tunings, or at least one that will show exactly = > at how many vibrations per second a given string is resonating? Normally, tuners have an indicator which shows the deviation from the intended no