Re: soundcard pitch accuracy

Hi Joseph,

> > It's true that pitch bends are somewhat limited in
> accuracy, although
> > John deLaubenfels and Joe Monzo have *both* made
> adequate use of
> > them... but maybe they were not going for the kind
> of precise effect
> > you are looking for in your, essentially,
> development of regular 12-
> > equal temperament...
> >
> > It is true that other synthesizers would be
> better. Graham Breed has
> > a *very* accurate one... Kyma, Rayma (??)
> Anyway, it goes to, I
> > believe, a fraction of a cent.. (??)
> >
> > However, it's rather costly...

My SB Live! soundcard is not bad for accuracy
of pitch - correct to within +-0.2 cents. I don't know
how typical or otherwise this is for a modern soundcard.

The new section in Fractal Tune Smithy for wave counting,
though in a very unfinished state, is already quite useful for checking
the pitch accuracy of a soundcard, especially if one can
find a sine wave like MIDI voice to play, or a repeating waveform
(if interested, maybe I'll add a section to the beta preview
download page explaining how to use it to do this).

Robert