Synth tuning resolution /Ensoniqs/Yamahas

>>So,the MR series resolution is good enough that one might, in all
>>probability ,never wish for more ?
>
> I'm inclined to guess that there's not a lot of economic incentive for
>synth manufacturers to supply better than 0.1Hz resolution, but I certainly
>don't know that for sure of course.

Uh,I think we got our lines crossed again.What I should have said is :
Is the res. of the MR series "good enough" for all practical purposes in
actual use ?
Thing is, nice ( & cheap) as software synths are,they don't offer
much/any instant gratification,and
the tedium and length of time it would take to put together an hour of
decent music on those things is indecent,so I'm looking around.

I've been reading through the discussion on Ensoniqs that was going on
here recently,and I don't
quite get something : You said that the MR and ASR-X can hold only one
"global" tuning,does this mean that it can only use one tuning at a time
on all MIDI channels ? The brochure for the MRs
sates " 1 RAM location for receiving a Pitch Table..." ,I thought this
meant that each MIDI channel/
"instrument' could have a different tuning.Also,Is there any way to
switch tunings on an individual channel during performance,perhaps via
real-time sys-ex ?


I've been crunching some numbers,and it looks as though Yamahas like the
FB-01,TX-81Z,etc. can get to within 0.1 to 0.2 Hz of pure just intervals
(the TX-802 seems even better at mostly within 0.1Hz). Can anyone confirm
? Also,would this resolution be good enough for "educational" purposes ?


-Drew

"Oh you wouldn't know them Darling, they're respectable."
Myrna Loy in 'After the Thin Man'