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== Audio workstation software (DAWs) ==
: ''See [[DAWs]].''


== Composing software ==
== Composing software ==
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* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/mutabor/ Mutabor] – open-source dynamic microtuner, allowing mutable and static scales and tunings using flexible language developed for musicians with GUI ([http://schlemmersoft.de/en/Mutabor%20tutorial tutorial]).
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/mutabor/ Mutabor] – open-source dynamic microtuner, allowing mutable and static scales and tunings using flexible language developed for musicians with GUI ([http://schlemmersoft.de/en/Mutabor%20tutorial tutorial]).
* [https://radical-harmony.com/create/ Nondiscrete Piano Roll] – with this tool one can compose microtonal pieces in a custom [[JI]] or [[tempered]] tuning; developed by [[Joaquín Aldunate]]
* [https://radical-harmony.com/create/ Nondiscrete Piano Roll] – with this tool one can compose microtonal pieces in a custom [[JI]] or [[tempered]] tuning; developed by [[Joaquín Aldunate]]
* [https://yuxshao.github.io/ptcollab/ pxtone collab] - a "multiplayer music editor" with pitch snapping from 7edo to 36edo (and possibly more if you edit the source code and build it yourself), free pitch and fine tuning.
* [https://yuxshao.github.io/ptcollab/ pxtone collab] — a "multiplayer music editor" with pitch snapping from 7edo to 36edo (and possibly more if you edit the source code and build it yourself), free pitch and fine tuning.
* [http://rationale.sourceforge.net/ Rationale] – open-source just intonation sequencer based on [[Csound]] and Python.
* [http://rationale.sourceforge.net/ Rationale] – open-source just intonation sequencer based on [[Csound]] and Python.
* [http://schismata.net/ Schismata] – musical composition tool in any user defined tuning. Supports polyrhythms, tuning changes in real-time, sliding notes, instrument design.
* [http://schismata.net/ Schismata] – musical composition tool in any user defined tuning. Supports polyrhythms, tuning changes in real-time, sliding notes, instrument design.
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=== Browser-based ===
=== Browser-based ===
* [https://microtone.cc/ Microtone] – open-source microtonal tracker
* [https://autotel.co/forbidden-music/ forbidden-music] – piano roll which is not quantized in the vertical axis, and offers a few tuning rules in the form of "snaps" to create harmony
* [[Xenpaper]] – text-based microtonal sequencer, like a notepad. Write down musical ideas and share the link around
* [[Xenpaper]] – text-based microtonal sequencer, like a notepad. Write down musical ideas and share the link around
* [https://autotel.co/forbidden-music/ forbidden-music] – piano roll which is not quantized in the vertical axis, and offers a few tuning rules in the form of "snaps" to create harmony
 
== Notation software ==
* [http://moinejf.free.fr/ abcm2ps] – free, open-source, ASCII-based editor with support for some microtonal accidentals.
* [http://www.lilypond.org Lilypond] – free, open-source, outstanding notation software that produces beautiful engraving-quality output on a par with commercial applications like Sibelius.
** Thanks to the [http://x31eq.com/lilypond/ work of Graham Breed], can use [[Sagittal notation|Sagittal]] glyphs.
** With the [http://www.ekmelic-music.org/en/extra/ekmelily.html Ekmelily] extension, it can support several other notation styles, namely Tartini, Richter Herf/Madel and Sims
** With [https://github.com/BridgeTheMasterBuilder/heji-ly heji-ly] it can use [[HEJI]]
* [http://www.computermusicnotation.com/ MaxScore] – a Java object for Max/MSP. It is based on Nick Didkovsky's JMSL which natively supports quarter-tone notation, but is capable of playing back microtonal music with unlimited precision. In the most recent version of MaxScore, microMaps have been implemented in the score canvas that allow the display of microtonal inflections in any kind of notation system provided that a font exists to represent those inflections. So far, microMaps for 48tet and 72tet exist. It is planned to develop an standalone editor which does not require any Max programming expertise.
* [http://www.mus2.com.tr/en/ Mus2] – microtonal score editor with intonationally-correct playback. It allows the retuning of staves and import of symbols from graphics files and fonts to be used as accidentals.
** [https://www.steinberg.net/dorico/ Dorico] – expensive but a leading notation software with full support with the same method as Mus2 above. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaadFpqm3-U
* [https://musescore.org/ MuseScore] – open-source notation software. See [[MuseScore]] for the dedicated page.
** (MuseScore 3.6) Full xenharmonic support through [https://github.com/euwbah/musescore-xen-tuner euwbah's XenTuner]
** (MuseScore 4) The [https://musescore.org/en/project/xentuner Xentuner] plugin by [[Keenan Pepper]] works through JSON files specifying tuning.
** (MuseScore 4) The [https://github.com/AzureDevs/XenKit XenKit] plugin works for free style JI and edos.


== Software instruments ==
== Software instruments ==
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* [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/orphion/id495465097?mt=8 Orphion] – iPad/iPhone touch-to-play app with customizable layout and scales.
* [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/orphion/id495465097?mt=8 Orphion] – iPad/iPhone touch-to-play app with customizable layout and scales.
* [https://academo.org/demos/19-tet-keyboard/ Online 19-edo keyboard]
* [https://academo.org/demos/19-tet-keyboard/ Online 19-edo keyboard]
* [https://hexatone.plainsound.org/ Plainsound Hexatone and Sequencer] by [[Lumi Pakkanen]](?)
* [http://fritzo.org/keys/#style=piano Rational Keyboard] – JI keyboard with keys that grow in size
* [http://fritzo.org/keys/#style=piano Rational Keyboard] – JI keyboard with keys that grow in size
* [https://sonic-pi.net/ Sonic Pi - The Live Coding Music Synth for Everyone] – besides ''live coding'', you can also record to WAV format, microtonal capabilities are provided through adding decimals to MIDI numbers.
* [https://sonic-pi.net/ Sonic Pi - The Live Coding Music Synth for Everyone] – besides ''live coding'', you can also record to WAV format, microtonal capabilities are provided through adding decimals to MIDI numbers.
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* [http://www.toverlamp.org/static/wickisynth/wickisynth.html Wickisynth] – tuning demo synthesizer with Wicki-Hayden key layout
* [http://www.toverlamp.org/static/wickisynth/wickisynth.html Wickisynth] – tuning demo synthesizer with Wicki-Hayden key layout
* [https://www.microsoft.com/p/xenharmonic-keyboard/9ppbl2brsk6z Xenharmonic Keyboard] – Windows-only isomorphic microtonal MIDI keyboard.
* [https://www.microsoft.com/p/xenharmonic-keyboard/9ppbl2brsk6z Xenharmonic Keyboard] – Windows-only isomorphic microtonal MIDI keyboard.
* [https://xentar.net/ Xentar: Microtonal Guitar Playground] - versatile app for guitarists by [[Ben Spees]]
* [https://xentar.net/ Xentar: Microtonal Guitar Playground] — versatile app for guitarists by [[Ben Spees]]
* [https://mshaf397.github.io/AllProjects-/synth2.html Adjustable Grid Web Synth] - Web synth with support for EDOs, nonoctave tunings, and JI. Also has adjustable base frequency, adjustable key size, and adjustable number of keys using rows/columns input fields.
* [https://mshaf397.github.io/AllProjects-/synth2.html Adjustable Grid Web Synth] — Web synth with support for EDOs, nonoctave tunings, and JI. Also has adjustable base frequency, adjustable key size, and adjustable number of keys using rows/columns input fields.


== Mathematics software ==
== Software plugins (VST etc.) ==
* [http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/hosted-sites/R.Knott/Fibonacci/cfCALC.html Continued Fraction Calculator]
: ''See [[List of Microtonal Software Plugins]] for many more.''  
* [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=an.FracPro Fraction Calculator] – Android app that [[User:PiotrGrochowski]] recommends to install. Allows to do arithmetic on fractions, while ''not'' outputting a mixed fraction.
* [https://www.kvraudio.com/product/imaginary-instruments-by-mirryou  Imaginary Instruments] - VST3 physical modeling synth that simulates things like toroidal drums, 4D spheres, etc, and you can change parameters like geometry and building material
* [http://www.numberempire.com/fractionscalculator.php Fraction Expression Calculator] – easily do ratio arithmetic
** [https://mirryouser.gumroad.com/l/dfgpat (earlier build)]
* [http://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/math/lcd.php Least Common Denominator of Fractions (LCD) Calculator] – put your JI ratios in here!
* [https://www.audiopluginsforfree.com/partialstring-free-physical-modeling-synth/#:~:text=Free%20Physical%20Modeling%20Synth%20That%20Simulates%20Real,time%20using%20the%20Finite%2DDifference%20Time%2DDomain%20(FDTD)%20method. PartialString VSTi] — a physical modelling synthesiser that supports MTS-ESP
* [http://untwelve.org/online_tools UnTwelve Tools] – UnTwelve's online tools suite, including MOS visualization, Stern-Brocot Tree visualization, and an interval calculator which does ratio and EDO continued fractions.
* [http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ Octave] – free, open source equivalent to MATLAB; useful for working with matrices and much more
* [http://www.codecogs.com/latex/eqneditor.php Online LaTeX Equation Editor] – create mathematical expressions in LaTeX format for wiki pages etc.
* [http://www.wolframalpha.com Wolfram Alpha] – perform a variety of intensive mathematical calculations in your browser
** [[Wolfram Alpha Regular Temperament Widgets]]


== Notation software ==
== Audio workstation software (DAWs) ==
* [http://moinejf.free.fr/ abcm2ps] – free, open-source, ASCII-based editor with support for some microtonal accidentals.
: ''See [[DAWs]].''  
* [http://www.lilypond.org Lilypond] – free, open-source, outstanding notation software that produces beautiful engraving-quality output on a par with commercial applications like Sibelius.
** Thanks to the [http://x31eq.com/lilypond/ work of Graham Breed], can use [[Sagittal notation|Sagittal]] glyphs.
** With the [http://www.ekmelic-music.org/en/extra/ekmelily.html Ekmelily] extension, it can support several other notation styles, namely Tartini, Richter Herf/Madel and Sims
** With [https://github.com/BridgeTheMasterBuilder/heji-ly heji-ly] it can use [[HEJI]]
* [http://www.computermusicnotation.com/ MaxScore] – a Java object for Max/MSP. It is based on Nick Didkovsky's JMSL which natively supports quarter-tone notation, but is capable of playing back microtonal music with unlimited precision. In the most recent version of MaxScore, microMaps have been implemented in the score canvas that allow the display of microtonal inflections in any kind of notation system provided that a font exists to represent those inflections. So far, microMaps for 48tet and 72tet exist. It is planned to develop an standalone editor which does not require any Max programming expertise.
* [http://www.mus2.com.tr/en/ Mus2] – microtonal score editor with intonationally-correct playback. It allows the retuning of staves and import of symbols from graphics files and fonts to be used as accidentals.
** [https://www.steinberg.net/dorico/ Dorico] – expensive but a leading notation software with full support with the same method as Mus2 above. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaadFpqm3-U
* [https://musescore.org/ MuseScore] – open-source notation software. See [[MuseScore]] for the dedicated page.
** (MuseScore 3.6) Full xenharmonic support through [https://github.com/euwbah/musescore-xen-tuner euwbah's XenTuner]
** (MuseScore 4) The [https://musescore.org/en/project/xentuner Xentuner] plugin by [[Keenan Pepper]] works through JSON files specifying tuning.
** (MuseScore 4) The [https://github.com/AzureDevs/XenKit XenKit] plugin works for free style JI and edos.
 
== Software plugins (VST etc.) ==
: ''See [[List of Microtonal Software Plugins]].''  


== Tuner software==
== Instrument tuner software==
* [https://www.ekips.org/tools/guitar/fretfind2d/ FretFind2D] - web app for measuring out where to place frets on guitars - supports equal and many unequal microtonal tunings
* [https://www.ekips.org/tools/guitar/fretfind2d/ FretFind2D] — web app for measuring out where to place frets on guitars — supports equal and many unequal microtonal tunings
* [https://www.nongnu.org/lingot/ LINGOT] for GNU/Linux – free software, universal tuner that supports [[Scala]] files
* [https://www.nongnu.org/lingot/ LINGOT] for GNU/Linux – free software, universal tuner that supports [[Scala]] files
** [https://lingot.gitara.org.pl/ LINGOT for Windows] – third-party port of LINGOT
** [https://lingot.gitara.org.pl/ LINGOT for Windows] – third-party port of LINGOT
* [https://euwbah.github.io/mu-tune/ mu-tune] – by euwbah, browser-based, supports all [[equal tuning]]s and their subsets
* [https://euwbah.github.io/mu-tune/ mu-tune] – by euwbah, browser-based, supports all [[equal tuning]]s and their subsets
* [https://github.com/burningcicada/warbl-scala-fingering-laboratory/releases/tag/v1.0.0 WARBL Scala Fingering Laboratory] — a browser-based tool for exploring how WARBL fingerings can map onto Scala tunings (eg for woodwinds)
* [https://microtonal-tuner.onrender.com/ Wilckerson Ganda's Microtonal Tuner] – Wilckerson Ganda's tuner for all edos and edonois
* [https://microtonal-tuner.onrender.com/ Wilckerson Ganda's Microtonal Tuner] – Wilckerson Ganda's tuner for all edos and edonois


== Tuning manipulation software ==
== Scale/tuning manipulation software ==
* [http://chuck.cs.princeton.edu/ ChucK] – digital audio programming language by Princeton University
* [http://chuck.cs.princeton.edu/ ChucK] – digital audio programming language by Princeton University
** [https://audicle.cs.princeton.edu/mini/ miniAudicle] – development environment by Princeton University which uses ChucK
** [https://audicle.cs.princeton.edu/mini/ miniAudicle] – development environment by Princeton University which uses ChucK
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=== Browser-based ===
=== Browser-based ===
* [https://asrasummersolsticestiltonbabidi.github.io/GeneratorSequence/ Asra3’s generator chain viewer]
* [http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-centsratio.htm Cents to Ratio Calculator] by Sengpiel Audio (also converts to other units too)
* [http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-centsratio.htm Cents to Ratio Calculator] by Sengpiel Audio (also converts to other units too)
** Also, [http://robertinventor.com/software/tunesmithy/help/cents_and_ratios.htm another one] with extensive instructions
** Also, [http://robertinventor.com/software/tunesmithy/help/cents_and_ratios.htm another one] with extensive instructions
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* [https://www.ambientesoterica.com/conv_calc.html Music Maker Calculator] by [[Ambient Esoterica]] – collection of small xenharmonic calculator gadgets
* [https://www.ambientesoterica.com/conv_calc.html Music Maker Calculator] by [[Ambient Esoterica]] – collection of small xenharmonic calculator gadgets
* [http://musictheory.zentral.zone/huntsystemcalc.html Online H-System Calculators] – Hunt Intonation Quality Grade Point Average (IQGPA) Calculator
* [http://musictheory.zentral.zone/huntsystemcalc.html Online H-System Calculators] – Hunt Intonation Quality Grade Point Average (IQGPA) Calculator
* [https://www.pailiaq.com/xen Pailiaq.com/xen] — Pailiaq's collection, a toolbox of polished xenharmonic tuning exploration web apps
** MOS temperament explorer, triad space explorer, interval cent trainer, chord finder, functional harmony explorer
* [https://www.projectivetuningspace.com Projective Tuning Space Interactive Application]
* [https://www.projectivetuningspace.com Projective Tuning Space Interactive Application]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20221207043812/http://micro.soonlabel.com/Scott_Thompson/r2rtg.html Rank 2 Regular Temperament Generator] by Scott Thompson – a web app to generate rank-2 regular temperaments
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20221207043812/http://micro.soonlabel.com/Scott_Thompson/r2rtg.html Rank 2 Regular Temperament Generator] by Scott Thompson – a web app to generate rank-2 regular temperaments
* [https://scala2mts.vercel.app/ Scala2MTS] by Olle Holmberg – Scala file to MIDI Tuning Standard SysEx converter
* [https://scala2mts.vercel.app/ Scala2MTS] by Olle Holmberg – Scala file to MIDI Tuning Standard SysEx converter
* [https://nickvuci.github.io/ScaleCircle/ ScaleCircle] by [[Nick Vuci]] - generates a circle diagram of any scale with a period (JI or tempered)
* [https://nickvuci.github.io/ScaleCircle/ ScaleCircle] by [[Nick Vuci]] — generates a circle diagram of any scale with a period (JI or tempered)
* [https://scaleworkshop.plainsound.org/ Scale Workshop] – scale-creation site by [[Lumi Pakkanen]]. Allows playing via QWERTY computer keyboard. Can also export .scl and .kbm files.
* [https://scaleworkshop.plainsound.org/ Scale Workshop] – scale-creation site by [[Lumi Pakkanen]]. Allows playing via QWERTY computer keyboard. Can also export .scl and .kbm files.
** [https://sevish.com/scaleworkshop1/ Legacy version]
** [https://sevish.com/scaleworkshop1/ Legacy version]
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* [https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/247936394/ Tempered out comma finder]
* [https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/247936394/ Tempered out comma finder]
* [https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/247941879/ Tempering out edo finder]
* [https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/247941879/ Tempering out edo finder]
== Mathematics software ==
* [http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/hosted-sites/R.Knott/Fibonacci/cfCALC.html Continued Fraction Calculator]
* [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=an.FracPro Fraction Calculator] – Android app that [[User:PiotrGrochowski]] recommends to install. Allows to do arithmetic on fractions, while ''not'' outputting a mixed fraction.
* [http://www.numberempire.com/fractionscalculator.php Fraction Expression Calculator] – easily do ratio arithmetic
* [https://narenratan.com/tools/gralculator gralculator] — online [[Gral method]] calculator
* [http://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/math/lcd.php Least Common Denominator of Fractions (LCD) Calculator] – put your JI ratios in here!
* [http://untwelve.org/online_tools UnTwelve Tools] – UnTwelve's online tools suite, including MOS visualization, Stern-Brocot Tree visualization, and an interval calculator which does ratio and EDO continued fractions.
* [http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ Octave] – free, open source equivalent to MATLAB; useful for working with matrices and much more
* [http://www.codecogs.com/latex/eqneditor.php Online LaTeX Equation Editor] – create mathematical expressions in LaTeX format for wiki pages etc.
* [http://www.wolframalpha.com Wolfram Alpha] – perform a variety of intensive mathematical calculations in your browser
** [[Wolfram Alpha Regular Temperament Widgets]]


== Scale collections ==
== Scale collections ==
''See also: [[:Category:Lists of scales]]''
* [https://www.pailiaq.com/xen/mos-explorer MOS Temperament Explorer] — interactive display of generator spectrum of MOS scales (with option to export tunings), by [[Pailiaq Music]]
* The tunings in [https://isartum.net/leimma Leimma]. These all come with sources attributed.
* The tunings in [https://isartum.net/leimma Leimma]. These all come with sources attributed.
* Sevish's [https://sevish.com/music-resources/#tuning-files tuning files] give sources in the accompanying PDFs
* Sevish's [https://sevish.com/music-resources/#tuning-files tuning files] give sources in the accompanying PDFs
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