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=Software for manipulating scales and tunings=

<ul><li>[http://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala/ Scala] - the ''de facto'' standard software for creating, manipulating and analyzing tunings<ul><li>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scala_%28program%29 Wikipedia article on Scala]</li><li>instructions for [[Creating_Scala_scl_files_for_rank_two_temperaments|Creating Scala scl files for rank two temperaments]]</li></ul></li><li>[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</li><li>[http://x31eq.com/temper/ Temperament finder] - site by [[Graham_Breed|Graham Breed]]</li><li>[http://tonalsoft.com/tonescape.aspx Tonescape] - Music composition, analysis and educational tool by Joe Monzo</li><li>[http://robertinventor.com/software/tunesmithy/music.htm Fractal Tune Smithy &amp; Bounce Metronome] - by Robert Walker</li><li>[http://www.microtonalsoftware.com/ Scala to TUN and MTS online converter] - by MicrotonalSoftware.com</li></ul>

=Browser-based tuning tools (JavaScript etc.)=

<ul><li>[[Interval_calculator|Interval calculator]] - a nice online interval calculator tool, shows linear fraction and EDO fraction expansions, too</li><li>[http://www.untwelve.org/static/javascript_demos/MOSring.html Animated MOS ring demo]</li><li>[http://sjoerdvisscher.handcraft.com/keyboard.html Hexagonal Keyboard Demo] - by Sjoerd Visscher</li><li>[http://micro.soonlabel.com/Scott_Thompson/edjiruler.html edjiruler v0.0.1] - Visualize JI intervals close to equal divisions of whole numbers</li><li>[http://sevish.com/scaleworkshop/ Scale Workshop] - Generate tuning files in your browser</li><li>[http://micro.soonlabel.com/Scott_Thompson/r2rtg.html Rank 2 Regular Temperament Generator] - generate rank2 regular temperaments</li><li>[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</li><li>[http://www.mikebattagliamusic.com/HE-JS/HE.html Harmonic Entropy Calculator] - Interactive Harmonic Entropy curves.</li><li>[http://musictheory.zentral.zone/huntsystemcalc.html Online H-System Calculators] - Hunt Intonation Quality Grade Point Average (IQGPA) Calculator</li><li>[http://www.microtonalsoftware.com/scale-tree.html Microtonal Software Scale Tree] - ET Scale Tree Playground</li><li>[http://offtonic.com/synth/index.html Offtonic Microtonal Synth]</li><li>[http://www.toverlamp.org/static/wickisynth/wickisynth.html Wickisynth] - tuning demo synthesizer with Wicki-Hayden key layout</li><li>[https://academo.org/demos/19-tet-keyboard/ Online 19-edo keyboard]</li><li>[http://http://terpstrakeyboard.com/web-app/keys.htm Online Terpstra keyboard (isomorphic hexagonal keyboard)]</li><li>[http://microtone.isans.net/ Microtone] - A HTML5 uniform keyboard demo with any equal temperament</li><li>[http://the-monochord.rhcloud.com/ The Monochord] - Try out just intervals from a base frequency.</li><li>[http://fritzo.org/keys/#style=piano Rational Keyboard] - JI keyboard with keys that grow in size</li><li>[http://www.jhhl.net/tonespiral.html Tonespiral] - Listen to harmonics visualized as a spiral</li><li>[[Wolfram_Alpha_Regular_Temperament_Widgets|Wolfram Alpha Regular Temperament Widgets]]</li><li>[[Just_Intonation_--_EDO_calculator|Just Intonation -&gt; EDO calculator]]</li></ul>

 

=Useful tools for math in general=

<ul><li>[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.</li><li>[http://www.numberempire.com/fractionscalculator.php Fraction Expression Calculator] - easily do ratio arithmetic</li><li>[http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/hosted-sites/R.Knott/Fibonacci/cfCALC.html Continued Fraction Calculator]</li><li>[http://www.mindspring.com/~alanh/fracs.html Fast Decimal to Fraction Approximations]</li><li>[http://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/math/lcd.php Least Common Denominator of Fractions (LCD) Calculator] - put your JI ratios in here!</li><li>[http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ Octave] - a free, open source equivalent to MATLAB; useful for working with matrices and much more</li><li>[http://www.wolframalpha.com Wolfram Alpha] - perform a variety of intensive mathematical calculations in your browser</li><li>[http://www.codecogs.com/latex/eqneditor.php Online LaTeX Equation Editor] - create mathematical expressions in LaTeX format for wiki pages etc.</li></ul>