Klarinet Archive - Posting 000492.txt from 2000/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Tuning: let's get it sorted out
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 18:49:20 -0400

At 10:34 AM 8/17/2000 +0100, Tony Pay wrote:
>On Wed, 16 Aug 2000 21:49:23 -0400, bhausmann1@-----.com said:
>
>> I may be wrong about this, but I don't think the overtones are exact
>> multiples of the fundamental.
>
>No, that's absolutely right. On a real piano, they aren't.
>
>> And if that is true, you can't just sample one wavelength and repeat
>> it.
>
>Well, you *could* do that; but if you did, the overtones in the result
>then *would* be exact multiples of the fundamental. I suspect that that
>wouldn't alter our perception of the sound, except of course that it
>would have a slightly higher perceived pitch, because the overtones
>wouldn't have the flattening effect.
>
I think that would alter the sound DRASTICALLY!

>This is the bit that we need to find out about -- how the sampling is
>done.
>
>In any case, I'm sure you're now in agreement with me that 'stretch
>tuning' can't be turned on and off, and that the different temperaments
>that are available are something else.
>
I had a meeting to attend today and was not in the store. I'll try to
research it tomorrow, but I still think stretch tuning is defeatable on
some models.

Bill Hausmann NEW ADDRESS: bhausmann1@-----.com
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