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== Electronic composing ~~&~~ software ==

== Audio recording software (DAWs) ==

:''See [[DAWs]]''

== Electronic composing software ==

* [http://www.tallkite.com/alt-tuner.html alt-tuner] microtuning plug-in, does adaptive tunings, on-the-fly retuning, and scale analysis.

* [https://savethehuman5.com/ Chameleon] – a customizable MIDI controller interface that can be used to create, among other things, virtual microtonal keyboards.

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**[http://12equalboresme.com/ Scala Microtuners for Kontakt and SynthEdit] which enable real-time scale or key change for an ensemble of soft synths by means of note events on designated midi channels

* [https://github.com/maxwellpollack/scalemap scalemap] – drop-in microtonal note-to-frequency mapping for C, C++, and Javascript

* [https://sevish.com/scaleworkshop/ Scale Workshop] Browser-based scale-creation site by Sevish. Allows playing via QWERTY computer keyboard. Can also export .scl and .kbm files.

* [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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* [https://www.thumbjam.com/ ThumbJam] – an iPad/iPhone touch-to-play app with customizable layout and scales. It can open any .scl (Scala) files.

* [http://timidity.sourceforge.net/ TiMidity++] (→ [[Wikipedia: TiMidity++]])

*[http://tonalsoft.com/tonescape.aspx Tonescape] – music composition, analysis and educational tool.

*[http://robertinventor.com/software/tunesmithy/music.htm Tune Smithy].

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*[https://www.microsoft.com/p/xenharmonic-keyboard/9ppbl2brsk6z Xenharmonic Keyboard] – a Windows-only isomorphic microtonal MIDI keyboard.

== ~~Software plugins (VST etc.)~~ ==

== Mathematics software ==

* [http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-centsratio.htm Cents to Ratio Calculator] - and much more! Also, [http://robertinventor.com/software/tunesmithy/help/cents_and_ratios.htm another one] with extensive instructions.

:~~''See~~ [[~~List of Microtonal Software Plugins~~]]''

* [http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/hosted-sites/R.Knott/Fibonacci/cfCALC.html Continued Fraction Calculator]

* [http://www.mindspring.com/~alanh/fracs.html Fast Decimal to Fraction Approximations]

~~== Audio recording software~~ (~~DAWs~~) ==

* [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=an.FracPro Fraction Calculator] — An 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

:~~''See~~ [[~~DAWs~~]~~]''~~

* [http://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/math/lcd.php Least Common Denominator of Fractions (LCD) Calculator] - put your JI ratios in here!

* [https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/245142985/ Number To Fractions] — Finds fractions to a number that improve over the previous. Allows restricting to 3–limit, 5–limit, 7–limit, 11–limit or 13–limit. Type a number to be approximated by JI ratios, or the binary logarithm of a ratio to be approximated by edo intervals.

* [http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ Octave] - a 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

== Notation software ==

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* [https://musescore.org/ MuseScore] open-source notation software. Can be microtuned with the [https://github.com/euwbah/musescore-microtonal-edo-plugin retuner plugin for almost any edo]. The [https://musescore.org/en/project/xentuner Xentuner] plugin by [[Keenan Pepper]] is also very good. See [[MuseScore]] for the dedicated page.

== Research ==

== Research software ==

*[http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/hosted-sites/R.Knott/Fibonacci/cfCALC.html Continued Fraction Calculator]

* [[Interval calculator|Interval calculator—a nice online interval calculator tool, shows linear fraction and EDO fraction expansions, too]]

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* [http://www.untwelve.org/static/javascript_demos/MOSring.html Untwelve.org animated Javascript Moment of Symmetry (MOS) ring demo]

*[http://www.toverlamp.org/static/wickisynth/wickisynth.html Wicksynth - An excellent Firefox browser tuning demo synthesizer]

== Software plugins (VST etc.) ==

:''See [[List of Microtonal Software Plugins]]''

== Tuning manipulation software ==

* [http://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala/ Scala] - the ''de facto'' standard software for creating, manipulating and analyzing tunings

**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scala_%28program%29 Wikipedia article on Scala]

** instructions for [[Creating_Scala_scl_files_for_rank_two_temperaments|Creating Scala scl files for rank two temperaments]]

* [http://www.tallkite.com/alt-tuner.html alt-tuner] - a tuning plug-in that does adaptive tunings, on-the-fly retuning, and scale analysis by Kite Giedraitis

* [http://robertinventor.com/software/tunesmithy/music.htm Fractal Tune Smithy & Bounce Metronome] - by Robert Walker

*[http://www.microtonalsoftware.com/ Scala to TUN and MTS online converter] - by MicrotonalSoftware.com

* [https://github.com/maxwellpollack/scalemap scalemap] - drop-in microtonal note-to-frequency mapping functionality for C, C++, and Javascript

* [http://x31eq.com/temper/ Temperament finder] - site by [[Graham_Breed|Graham Breed]]

* [http://tonalsoft.com/tonescape.aspx Tonescape] - Music composition, analysis and educational tool by Joe Monzo

== Tuning manipulation software (browser-based) ==

*[http://www.untwelve.org/static/javascript_demos/MOSring.html Animated MOS ring demo]

* [https://www.desmos.com/calculator/0ple0quvkd Diatonic Scale Explorer] - Visualize the diatonic scale with different sizes of fifths

* [http://micro.soonlabel.com/Scott_Thompson/edjiruler.html edjiruler v0.0.1] - Visualize JI intervals close to equal divisions of whole numbers

* [https://maxis.cool/frex Frequency Explorer] - a browser-based synthesizer + sequencer with precisely-configurable musical scale and harmonic spectrum

* [http://www.mikebattagliamusic.com/HE-JS/HE.html Harmonic Entropy Calculator] - Interactive Harmonic Entropy curves.

*[http://sjoerdvisscher.handcraft.com/keyboard.html Hexagonal Keyboard Demo]{{Dead link}} - by Sjoerd Visscher

* [[Interval calculator]] - a nice online interval calculator tool, shows linear fraction and EDO fraction expansions, too

* [http://www.chord-book.com/microtonal/scale_intervals_calculator.php JI Scale Interval Calculator] - Shows a list of all JI intervals in your JI scale

*[[Just_Intonation_--_EDO_calculator|Just Intonation -> EDO calculator]]

* [http://www.microtonalsoftware.com/scale-tree.html Microtonal Software Scale Tree] - ET Scale Tree Playground

* [https://microtonal-tuner.herokuapp.com Microtonal-tuner] - Wilckerson Ganda's tuner for all EDOs and EDONOIs (be sure to use https: not http:)

*[http://microtone.isans.net/ Microtone]{{Dead link}} - A HTML5 uniform keyboard demo with any equal temperament

*[http://the-monochord.rhcloud.com/ The Monochord]{{Dead link}} - Try out just intervals from a base frequency.

*[http://ia801408.us.archive.org/1/items/mosedo.html/mosedo.html?p=12&g=5 MOSedo] - Moments of Symmetry in equal divisions of the octave calculator

* [https://jeremiahgoyette.com/calculators/ Music Calculators | Jeremiah Goyette] (mostly set calculators)

* [http://offtonic.com/synth/index.html Offtonic Microtonal Synth]

* [https://academo.org/demos/19-tet-keyboard/ Online 19-edo keyboard]

* [http://musictheory.zentral.zone/huntsystemcalc.html Online H-System Calculators] - Hunt Intonation Quality Grade Point Average (IQGPA) Calculator

* [http://http://terpstrakeyboard.com/web-app/keys.htm Online Terpstra keyboard (isomorphic hexagonal keyboard)]

*[http://micro.soonlabel.com/Scott_Thompson/r2rtg.html Rank 2 Regular Temperament Generator] - generate rank2 regular temperaments

*[http://fritzo.org/keys/#style=piano Rational Keyboard] - JI keyboard with keys that grow in size

* [http://sevish.com/scaleworkshop/ Scale Workshop] - Generate tuning files in your browser

*[https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/247892491/ Selected just intervals by error]

*[https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/249278782/ Selected just intervals by error (MediaWiki output)]

*[https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/247966069/ Table of edo intervals]

*[https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/247936394/ Tempered out comma finder]

*[https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/247941879/ Tempering out edo finder]

*[http://www.jhhl.net/tonespiral.html Tonespiral] - Listen to harmonics visualized as a spiral

*[http://www.toverlamp.org/static/wickisynth/wickisynth.html Wickisynth] - tuning demo synthesizer with Wicki-Hayden key layout

*[[Wolfram Alpha Regular Temperament Widgets]]

* [https://www.yacavone.net/xen-calc/ Xen-calc] An interval calculator that translates to/from ratios, cents, FJS and color notation, much more too.

*[https://xenpaper.com/ Xenpaper.com] - A text-based microtonal sequencer, like a notepad. Write down musical ideas and share the link around

== About ==

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 {{todo|merge articles|inline=1|comment=Merge [[Useful Tools]] into [[Software]] and move to [[List of music software]]}}
-== Electronic composing &amp; software ==
+== Audio recording software (DAWs) ==
+:''See [[DAWs]]''
+== Electronic composing software ==
 * [http://www.tallkite.com/alt-tuner.html alt-tuner] microtuning plug-in, does adaptive tunings, on-the-fly retuning, and scale analysis.
 * [https://savethehuman5.com/ Chameleon] – a customizable MIDI controller interface that can be used to create, among other things, virtual microtonal keyboards.
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 **[http://12equalboresme.com/ Scala Microtuners for Kontakt and SynthEdit] which enable real-time scale or key change for an ensemble of soft synths by means of note events on designated midi channels
 * [https://github.com/maxwellpollack/scalemap scalemap] – drop-in microtonal note-to-frequency mapping for C, C++, and Javascript
 * [https://sevish.com/scaleworkshop/ Scale Workshop] Browser-based scale-creation site by Sevish. Allows playing via QWERTY computer keyboard. Can also export .scl and .kbm files.
 * [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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 * [https://www.thumbjam.com/ ThumbJam] – an iPad/iPhone touch-to-play app with customizable layout and scales. It can open any .scl (Scala) files.
 * [http://timidity.sourceforge.net/ TiMidity++] (→ [[Wikipedia: TiMidity++]])
 *[http://tonalsoft.com/tonescape.aspx Tonescape] – music composition, analysis and educational tool.
 *[http://robertinventor.com/software/tunesmithy/music.htm Tune Smithy].
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 *[https://www.microsoft.com/p/xenharmonic-keyboard/9ppbl2brsk6z Xenharmonic Keyboard] – a Windows-only isomorphic microtonal MIDI keyboard.
-== Software plugins (VST etc.) ==
+== Mathematics software ==
+* [http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-centsratio.htm Cents to Ratio Calculator] - and much more! Also, [http://robertinventor.com/software/tunesmithy/help/cents_and_ratios.htm another one] with extensive instructions.
-:''See [[List of Microtonal Software Plugins]]''
+* [http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/hosted-sites/R.Knott/Fibonacci/cfCALC.html Continued Fraction Calculator]
+* [http://www.mindspring.com/~alanh/fracs.html Fast Decimal to Fraction Approximations]
-== Audio recording software (DAWs) ==
+* [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=an.FracPro Fraction Calculator] — An 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
-:''See [[DAWs]]''
+* [http://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/math/lcd.php Least Common Denominator of Fractions (LCD) Calculator] - put your JI ratios in here!
+* [https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/245142985/ Number To Fractions] — Finds fractions to a number that improve over the previous. Allows restricting to 3–limit, 5–limit, 7–limit, 11–limit or 13–limit. Type a number to be approximated by JI ratios, or the binary logarithm of a ratio to be approximated by edo intervals.
+* [http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ Octave] - a 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
 == Notation software ==
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 * [https://musescore.org/ MuseScore] open-source notation software. Can be microtuned with the [https://github.com/euwbah/musescore-microtonal-edo-plugin retuner plugin for almost any edo]. The [https://musescore.org/en/project/xentuner Xentuner] plugin by [[Keenan Pepper]] is also very good. See [[MuseScore]] for the dedicated page.
-== Research ==
+== Research software ==
 *[http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/hosted-sites/R.Knott/Fibonacci/cfCALC.html Continued Fraction Calculator]
 * [[Interval calculator|Interval calculator—a nice online interval calculator tool, shows linear fraction and EDO fraction expansions, too]]
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 * [http://www.untwelve.org/static/javascript_demos/MOSring.html Untwelve.org animated Javascript Moment of Symmetry (MOS) ring demo]
 *[http://www.toverlamp.org/static/wickisynth/wickisynth.html Wicksynth - An excellent Firefox browser tuning demo synthesizer]
+== Software plugins (VST etc.) ==
+:''See [[List of Microtonal Software Plugins]]''
+== Tuning manipulation software ==
+* [http://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala/ Scala] - the ''de facto'' standard software for creating, manipulating and analyzing tunings
+**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scala_%28program%29 Wikipedia article on Scala]
+** instructions for [[Creating_Scala_scl_files_for_rank_two_temperaments|Creating Scala scl files for rank two temperaments]]
+* [http://www.tallkite.com/alt-tuner.html alt-tuner] - a tuning plug-in that does adaptive tunings, on-the-fly retuning, and scale analysis by Kite Giedraitis
+* [http://robertinventor.com/software/tunesmithy/music.htm Fractal Tune Smithy &amp; Bounce Metronome] - by Robert Walker
+*[http://www.microtonalsoftware.com/ Scala to TUN and MTS online converter] - by MicrotonalSoftware.com
+* [https://github.com/maxwellpollack/scalemap scalemap] - drop-in microtonal note-to-frequency mapping functionality for C, C++, and Javascript
+* [http://x31eq.com/temper/ Temperament finder] - site by [[Graham_Breed|Graham Breed]]
+* [http://tonalsoft.com/tonescape.aspx Tonescape] - Music composition, analysis and educational tool by Joe Monzo
+== Tuning manipulation software (browser-based) ==
+*[http://www.untwelve.org/static/javascript_demos/MOSring.html Animated MOS ring demo]
+* [https://www.desmos.com/calculator/0ple0quvkd Diatonic Scale Explorer] - Visualize the diatonic scale with different sizes of fifths
+* [http://micro.soonlabel.com/Scott_Thompson/edjiruler.html edjiruler v0.0.1] - Visualize JI intervals close to equal divisions of whole numbers
+* [https://maxis.cool/frex Frequency Explorer] - a browser-based synthesizer + sequencer with precisely-configurable musical scale and harmonic spectrum
+* [http://www.mikebattagliamusic.com/HE-JS/HE.html Harmonic Entropy Calculator] - Interactive Harmonic Entropy curves.
+*[http://sjoerdvisscher.handcraft.com/keyboard.html Hexagonal Keyboard Demo]{{Dead link}} - by Sjoerd Visscher
+* [[Interval calculator]] - a nice online interval calculator tool, shows linear fraction and EDO fraction expansions, too
+* [http://www.chord-book.com/microtonal/scale_intervals_calculator.php JI Scale Interval Calculator] - Shows a list of all JI intervals in your JI scale
+*[[Just_Intonation_--_EDO_calculator|Just Intonation -&gt; EDO calculator]]
+* [http://www.microtonalsoftware.com/scale-tree.html Microtonal Software Scale Tree] - ET Scale Tree Playground
+* [https://microtonal-tuner.herokuapp.com Microtonal-tuner] - Wilckerson Ganda's tuner for all EDOs and EDONOIs (be sure to use https: not http:)
+*[http://microtone.isans.net/ Microtone]{{Dead link}} - A HTML5 uniform keyboard demo with any equal temperament
+*[http://the-monochord.rhcloud.com/ The Monochord]{{Dead link}} - Try out just intervals from a base frequency.
+*[http://ia801408.us.archive.org/1/items/mosedo.html/mosedo.html?p=12&g=5 MOSedo] - Moments of Symmetry in equal divisions of the octave calculator
+* [https://jeremiahgoyette.com/calculators/ Music Calculators | Jeremiah Goyette] (mostly set calculators)
+* [http://offtonic.com/synth/index.html Offtonic Microtonal Synth]
+* [https://academo.org/demos/19-tet-keyboard/ Online 19-edo keyboard]
+* [http://musictheory.zentral.zone/huntsystemcalc.html Online H-System Calculators] - Hunt Intonation Quality Grade Point Average (IQGPA) Calculator
+* [http://http://terpstrakeyboard.com/web-app/keys.htm Online Terpstra keyboard (isomorphic hexagonal keyboard)]
+*[http://micro.soonlabel.com/Scott_Thompson/r2rtg.html Rank 2 Regular Temperament Generator] - generate rank2 regular temperaments
+*[http://fritzo.org/keys/#style=piano Rational Keyboard] - JI keyboard with keys that grow in size
+* [http://sevish.com/scaleworkshop/ Scale Workshop] - Generate tuning files in your browser
+*[https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/247892491/ Selected just intervals by error]
+*[https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/249278782/ Selected just intervals by error (MediaWiki output)]
+*[https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/247966069/ Table of edo intervals]
+*[https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/247936394/ Tempered out comma finder]
+*[https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/247941879/ Tempering out edo finder]
+*[http://www.jhhl.net/tonespiral.html Tonespiral] - Listen to harmonics visualized as a spiral
+*[http://www.toverlamp.org/static/wickisynth/wickisynth.html Wickisynth] - tuning demo synthesizer with Wicki-Hayden key layout
+*[[Wolfram Alpha Regular Temperament Widgets]]
+* [https://www.yacavone.net/xen-calc/ Xen-calc] An interval calculator that translates to/from ratios, cents, FJS and color notation, much more too.
+*[https://xenpaper.com/ Xenpaper.com] - A text-based microtonal sequencer, like a notepad. Write down musical ideas and share the link around
 == About ==
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+| en = Useful Tools
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+| ja =
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