1961TC4ME wrote:Hello all,
Questions: How do I re-set the values back zero to try a new detuning value, or in other words set the instrument back to as it was delivered with no additional retuning? Or, if I simply enter a new value, say 2.2 as an example and then click 'start detuning' will the utility then re-tune to the new value? I'm assuming that's the case.
Open the voicing window (should be like "Organ settings > Ranks routing ... panning" or something).
Select ALL the stops at once, then select the tuning entry in the drop down menu (I guess it's the first entry).
Now, at the lower-left end of the window pane that display the sliders for each note, you shall see a "Reset" button.
Click it and voilà
1961TC4ME wrote:And finally, is anyone else thinking 2.5 is too much and have they come up with a better value to try?
As for St Maximin, I don't play it very often but I was so far satisfied with the original (untuned) temperament. I just need from times to times to check that I have not inadvertantly reverted to the default equal temperament.
The original temperament being the actual tuning at recording time, that may explain why you need to set a very low value.
I've not very much played with the utility yet and it was mostly with Caen while waiting for 2.66.
I've first tried with a 2.5 deviation. I was not very impressed.
Then I've tried with 4. I was then like "woah that organ deserves a good tuning!" It was so realistic!
Then I've tried with 3.5. I found it amazing with a few notes deserving a bit of tuning
I'm now experimenting with the regions of 3.2~3.4.
I'm currently performing tests with Zwolle. This organ is so dead flat... I haven't found the sweet spot yet, perhaps because this organ has many multi-ranks stops that are so sterile by themselves. But it will probably be in the 3~3.5 region too.
I'm not in a hurry to test with other instruments as I think Oloron, St Michel are already FANTASTIC and my daily work horse of Dudelange (I have my actual lessons there) is already realistic enough (I use the untuned flavor).
I wish you lots of renewed joy playing with this app and many many thanks again to Andy for producing this life-changing piece of software!