| Re: Recording drums and Drumagog ;-) [message #69950] |
Tue, 04 July 2006 08:55 |
LaMont
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Registered: October 2005
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tempered scale....
>>anywhere on the neck where there is mathematically "correct" intonation
> of
>>the instrument. On such an intonated instrument our happy sounding major
>
>>3rd interval is technically correct but musically flawed. The intonated
> 3rd
>>always sounds a little sharp (or wide to be scientific about it) and there
>
>>is typically some 'beating' going on in that interval. This is where
>>orchestral string players have an advantage us fretted players. They play
>
>>the interval so that it is musically pleasing. The difference is around
> 15
>>cents or, said another way, the natural pure sounding major 3 interval is
>
>>about 14% narrower than a "perfect" 3rd.... thus your interval between G
> and
>>B when each is "correctly" tuned sounds bad. To be factual, that meaty
>
>>sounding 1/5 power chord is also screwed... our ears just don't sweat that
>
>>one as much.
>>
>>There is a lot I could write on this as I have studied it quite a bit for
>
>>the same reason DC wants to cut is way into solving the unsolvable at the
>
>>narrow end of the fingerboard. Won't happen Don but Buzzy Featon managed
> to
>>cheat it a little bit with cuts and tuning procedure that starts with the
> D
>>string. I think what I'll do here is google for some good info on these
> two
>>related topics and paste some links. Look for another post.
>>
>>WMW
>>
>>"Aaron Allen" <nospam@not_here.dude> wrote in message
>>news:44e264cd$1@linux...
>>> Very interested.. I custom slotted and filed a nut on my LP trying to
> get
>>> this issue to go away on the B string... it helped, but not a complete
>
>>> solution.
>>>
>>> AA
>>>
>>> "DC" <dc@spammersinchulavista.org> wrote in message
>>> news:44e25d2a$1@linux...
>>>>
>>>> No, I am not talking about a politician with a Tele...
>>>>
>>>> For the last 2 days I have been working on an idea for a intonated
>>>> nut for guitars and basses.
>>>>
>>>> Want to see something reall scary? Get a good chromatic tuner,
>>>> tune all your strings to pitch. Not press down each string at the
>>>> first
>>>> fret and check your tuning again...
>>>>
>>>> Unless you have a very lucky accident, most of the strings will be
>>>> out of tune at the first fret. This is why guitars don't play in
>>>> tune when changing from open to fretted notes. Yes, the bridge
>>>> intonation is vitally important, but the nut being intonatable is
>>>> also very important.
>>>>
>>>> Today I finished installing my first made-from-scratch intonatable
>>>> nut on my Anderson strat. (and no this is not the same as the
>>>> Feiten tuning system).
>>>>
>>>> I've got to go out for a while, but if several of you are interested,
> I
>>>> will post the details on how to do this when I get a chance.
>>>>
>>>> It works. The guitar is more in tune, by far, than ever before.
>>>>
>>>> DC
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>Nah, I simply meant to cover the basses on the standard WinXP install, just
as you did with SP1. There were many users that didn't catch the installer
adding a 'parispro' to the install routine when the Beta XP drivers for
Paris came out.... as to PACE, there were updated drivers that needed put in
before installing Paris Pro software.. 'if' you're into using Pace. I think
the GI docs covered all that.
Carry on.
AA
"Wayne Carson" <carson_wayne@msn.c
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