can anybody tell me if this is right?

Over all intervals, n-ET has a max error of 600/n cents.
But what is the average error? 300/n cents?

-Carl

--- In tuning-math@yahoogroups.com, Carl Lumma <ekin@l...> wrote:
>
> Over all intervals, n-ET has a max error of 600/n cents.
> But what is the average error? 300/n cents?
>
> -Carl
>

That's the way I see it - in 12-et, you get 50 cents max and 25 cents
average. (You could also calculate standard deviation and confidence
interval etc)

--- In tuning-math@yahoogroups.com, Carl Lumma <ekin@l...> wrote:
>
> Over all intervals, n-ET has a max error of 600/n cents.
> But what is the average error? 300/n cents?

Yes, if you don't care about consistency.