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* [[http://www.xen-arts.com/p/download-vsti.html|Xenharmonic FMTS]] VST FM-synthesizer capable of [[Bill Sethares|Setharesian]] timbres (freeware from [[http://xen-arts.com|Xen-Arts]])
* [[http://www.xen-arts.com/p/download-vsti.html|Xenharmonic FMTS]] VST FM-synthesizer capable of [[Bill Sethares|Setharesian]] timbres (freeware from [[http://xen-arts.com|Xen-Arts]])
* [[http://www.cakewalk.com/products/Z3TA+/|Z3TA+]] 2.1 commercial VST synthesizer which accepts Scala files. Cost Oct 2011 $99. Example which uses 6 instances of Z3TA+ [[xenharmonic/9 8ths equal temperament|A Sonnet for Albert Einstein]]
* [[http://www.cakewalk.com/products/Z3TA+/|Z3TA+]] 2.1 commercial VST synthesizer which accepts Scala files. Cost Oct 2011 $99. Example which uses 6 instances of Z3TA+ [[xenharmonic/9 8ths equal temperament|A Sonnet for Albert Einstein]]
=**DAWS**:=
see [[DAWs|xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/DAWs]]


==Notation software==  
==Notation software==  
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&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:2:&amp;lt;h2&amp;gt; --&gt;&lt;h2 id="toc1"&gt;&lt;a name="x-Software plugins (VST etc.)"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:2 --&gt;Software plugins (VST etc.)&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:2:&amp;lt;h2&amp;gt; --&gt;&lt;h2 id="toc1"&gt;&lt;a name="x-Software plugins (VST etc.)"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:2 --&gt;Software plugins (VST etc.)&lt;/h2&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/synths-samplers/absynth-5/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Absynth&lt;/a&gt; Advanced softsynth with a library of built-in tunings and an editor to create custom tunings. Commercial, available for Mac/PC (VST/AU)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.u-he.com/cms/ACE" rel="nofollow"&gt;ACE (Any Cable Everywhere)&lt;/a&gt; Semi-modular softsynth that loads Scala .tun files. Available for Mac/PC (VST/AU), ~$69&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.xen-arts.com/p/download-vsti.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Ivor&lt;/a&gt; VST virtual analog synthesizer (freeware from &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://xen-arts.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Xen-Arts&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.xen-arts.com/p/download-vsti.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Xenharmonic FMTS&lt;/a&gt; VST FM-synthesizer capable of &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Bill%20Sethares"&gt;Setharesian&lt;/a&gt; timbres (freeware from &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://xen-arts.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Xen-Arts&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.cakewalk.com/products/Z3TA+/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Z3TA+&lt;/a&gt; 2.1 commercial VST synthesizer which accepts Scala files. Cost Oct 2011 $99. Example which uses 6 instances of Z3TA+ &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/9%208ths%20equal%20temperament"&gt;A Sonnet for Albert Einstein&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/synths-samplers/absynth-5/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Absynth&lt;/a&gt; Advanced softsynth with a library of built-in tunings and an editor to create custom tunings. Commercial, available for Mac/PC (VST/AU)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.u-he.com/cms/ACE" rel="nofollow"&gt;ACE (Any Cable Everywhere)&lt;/a&gt; Semi-modular softsynth that loads Scala .tun files. Available for Mac/PC (VST/AU), ~$69&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.xen-arts.com/p/download-vsti.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Ivor&lt;/a&gt; VST virtual analog synthesizer (freeware from &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://xen-arts.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Xen-Arts&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.xen-arts.com/p/download-vsti.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Xenharmonic FMTS&lt;/a&gt; VST FM-synthesizer capable of &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Bill%20Sethares"&gt;Setharesian&lt;/a&gt; timbres (freeware from &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://xen-arts.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Xen-Arts&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.cakewalk.com/products/Z3TA+/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Z3TA+&lt;/a&gt; 2.1 commercial VST synthesizer which accepts Scala files. Cost Oct 2011 $99. Example which uses 6 instances of Z3TA+ &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/9%208ths%20equal%20temperament"&gt;A Sonnet for Albert Einstein&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:4:&amp;lt;h2&amp;gt; --&gt;&lt;h2 id="toc2"&gt;&lt;a name="x-Notation software"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:4 --&gt;Notation software&lt;/h2&gt;
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see &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/DAWs"&gt;xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/DAWs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:6:&amp;lt;h2&amp;gt; --&gt;&lt;h2 id="toc3"&gt;&lt;a name="DAWS:-Notation software"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:6 --&gt;Notation software&lt;/h2&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://moinejf.free.fr/" rel="nofollow"&gt;abcm2ps&lt;/a&gt;Free, open source, ASCII-based editor with support for some microtonal accidentals.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://hudsonlacerda.webs.com/abc/microabc.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;microabc&lt;/a&gt;Hudson Lacerda's hack of abcm2ps to add Sagittal notation.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.lilypond.org" rel="nofollow"&gt;Lilypond&lt;/a&gt;Free, open source, outstanding notation software that produces beautiful engraving-quality output on a par with commercial applications like Sibelius. Thanks to the work of Graham Breed, can use &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Sagittal%20notation"&gt;Sagittal&lt;/a&gt; glyphs.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.mus2.com.tr/en/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Mus2&lt;/a&gt; is a 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.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.algomusic.com/maxscore/" rel="nofollow"&gt;MaxScore&lt;/a&gt; is an 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 doesn't require any Max programming expertise. For more information send an email to [email protected].&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.h-pi.com/MSCfeatures.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;MegaScore&lt;/a&gt; is a proof-of-concept cross-platform app for H-System notation.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://moinejf.free.fr/" rel="nofollow"&gt;abcm2ps&lt;/a&gt;Free, open source, ASCII-based editor with support for some microtonal accidentals.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://hudsonlacerda.webs.com/abc/microabc.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;microabc&lt;/a&gt;Hudson Lacerda's hack of abcm2ps to add Sagittal notation.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.lilypond.org" rel="nofollow"&gt;Lilypond&lt;/a&gt;Free, open source, outstanding notation software that produces beautiful engraving-quality output on a par with commercial applications like Sibelius. Thanks to the work of Graham Breed, can use &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Sagittal%20notation"&gt;Sagittal&lt;/a&gt; glyphs.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.mus2.com.tr/en/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Mus2&lt;/a&gt; is a 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.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.algomusic.com/maxscore/" rel="nofollow"&gt;MaxScore&lt;/a&gt; is an 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 doesn't require any Max programming expertise. For more information send an email to [email protected].&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.h-pi.com/MSCfeatures.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;MegaScore&lt;/a&gt; is a proof-of-concept cross-platform app for H-System notation.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://x31eq.com/temper/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Temperament finder&lt;/a&gt; - site by &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Graham%20Breed"&gt;Graham Breed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Interval%20calculator"&gt;Interval calculator--a nice online interval calculator tool, shows linear fraction and EDO fraction expansions, too&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.untwelve.org/javascript_demos/sb_tree.html?start=0,1,1,0" rel="nofollow"&gt;An animated Stern-Brocot tree, courtesy untwelve.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.untwelve.org/javascript_demos/MOSring.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;An animated Javascript Moment of Symmetry (MOS) ring demo, another untwelve.org creation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.toverlamp.org/static/wickisynth/wickisynth.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;An excellent Firefox browser tuning demo synthesizer, 'Wicksynth'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/hosted-sites/R.Knott/Fibonacci/cfCALC.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Continued Fraction Calculator&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.jhhl.net/tonespiral.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;The Tone Spiral - Web based interval visualization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://x31eq.com/temper/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Temperament finder&lt;/a&gt; - site by &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Graham%20Breed"&gt;Graham Breed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Interval%20calculator"&gt;Interval calculator--a nice online interval calculator tool, shows linear fraction and EDO fraction expansions, too&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.untwelve.org/javascript_demos/sb_tree.html?start=0,1,1,0" rel="nofollow"&gt;An animated Stern-Brocot tree, courtesy untwelve.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.untwelve.org/javascript_demos/MOSring.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;An animated Javascript Moment of Symmetry (MOS) ring demo, another untwelve.org creation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.toverlamp.org/static/wickisynth/wickisynth.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;An excellent Firefox browser tuning demo synthesizer, 'Wicksynth'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/hosted-sites/R.Knott/Fibonacci/cfCALC.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Continued Fraction Calculator&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.jhhl.net/tonespiral.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;The Tone Spiral - Web based interval visualization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Creating%20Scala%20scl%20files%20for%20rank%20two%20temperaments"&gt;Creating Scala scl files for rank two temperaments&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Creating%20Scala%20scl%20files%20for%20rank%20two%20temperaments"&gt;Creating Scala scl files for rank two temperaments&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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