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can anybody tell me if this is right?

🔗Carl Lumma <ekin@lumma.org>

10/20/2005 11:47:02 PM

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

-Carl

🔗Paul G Hjelmstad <paul_hjelmstad@allianzlife.com>

10/21/2005 7:40:59 AM

--- 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)

🔗Paul Erlich <perlich@aya.yale.edu>

10/25/2005 12:23:32 PM

--- 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.