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* [[@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.
* [[@http://terpstrakeyboard.com/play-it-now/|Terpstra Keyboard WebApp]] Cross-platform web app that allows mapping of any tuning (in Scala format) on any form of generalized hexagonal layout. Settings are stored in the address bar for easy sharing.
* [[@http://terpstrakeyboard.com/play-it-now/|Terpstra Keyboard WebApp]] Cross-platform web app that allows mapping of any tuning (in Scala format) on any form of generalized hexagonal layout. Settings are stored in the address bar for easy sharing.
* [[https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/orphion/id495465097?mt=8|Orphion]] An ipad/iphone touch-to-play app with customizable layout and scales.


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&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:0:&amp;lt;h1&amp;gt; --&gt;&lt;h1 id="toc0"&gt;&lt;a name="Electronic composing &amp;amp; software"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:0 --&gt;Electronic composing &amp;amp; software&lt;/h1&gt;
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  &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://csound.github.io/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Csound&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Csound" rel="nofollow"&gt;Wikipedia article&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.untwelve.org/microcsound" rel="nofollow"&gt;microcsound&lt;/a&gt; A Python-based front-end to Csound specifically geared to microtonal composition (&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.untwelve.org/static/microcsound/tutorial.txt" rel="nofollow"&gt;A tutorial for the same&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.tallkite.com/alt-tuner.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;alt-tuner&lt;/a&gt; microtuning plug-in, does adaptive tunings, on-the-fly retuning, and scale analysis.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.nonoctave.com/tuning/LilMissScaleOven/" rel="nofollow"&gt;L’il Miss' Scale Oven&lt;/a&gt; Tuning and scale analysis&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.math.tu-dresden.de/%7Emutabor/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Mutabor&lt;/a&gt; – open source dynamic microtuner, allowing mutable and static scales and tunings using flexible language developed for musicians with GUI (&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://schlemmersoft.de/en/Mutabor%20tutorial" rel="nofollow"&gt;Tutorial for the same&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.badmuthahubbard.com/cgi-bin/rationaleinfo.py" rel="nofollow"&gt;Rationale: A Just Intonation Sequencer&lt;/a&gt; - open source software based on &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Csound"&gt;Csound&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Python"&gt;Python&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Scala&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scala_%28program%29" rel="nofollow"&gt;Wikipedia article&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://timidity.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow"&gt;TiMidity&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TiMidity%2B%2B" rel="nofollow"&gt;Wikipedia article&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://tonalsoft.com/tonescape.aspx" rel="nofollow"&gt;Tonescape&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class="wiki_link_ext"&gt;Music&lt;/span&gt; composition, analysis and educational tool&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://robertinventor.com/software/tunesmithy/music.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;Tune Smithy&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tune_Smithy" rel="nofollow"&gt;Wikipedia article&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://blue.kunstmusik.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;blue&lt;/a&gt; a composition environment and frontend for &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Csound"&gt;Csound&lt;/a&gt; with python-based scripting capabilities&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.dynamictonality.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Dynamic Tonality&lt;/a&gt;Freely available dynamic tonality synthesizers and sequencers. (&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_tonality" rel="nofollow"&gt;Info&lt;/a&gt; on dynamic tonality)&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;TonesInTune&lt;/a&gt; Make music in any intonation - also dynamic - by embedding musical events in a spreadsheet (see &lt;em&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.dragonssoft.com/2012/11/2013-youtube-downloader-395.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.celemony.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Melodyne Editor v. 2&lt;/a&gt; Commercial audio software with editing and analysis functions for scales and tunings&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://offtonic.com/synth" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Offtonic Microtonal Synthesizer&lt;/a&gt; JavaScript browser app that lets you play around with tunings&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow"&gt;ZynAddSubFX&lt;/a&gt; freeware microtonal-capable softsynth which runs as a standalone program (Windows/Linux) or as a VST plugin for Windows&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.jhhl.net/iPhone/Droneo/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Droneo&lt;/a&gt; , 8-voice polyphonic droning iPhone app, defines intervals in Just rations, equal divisions of an interval, or interactively with a tone spiral. Sounds nice, too.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://justonic.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Justonic Pitch Palette 2&lt;/a&gt; Retuning software primarily aimed at changing root of custom 12-tone tunings in real-time. (The Windows version works on all Win releases from 2007 til now.)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://12equalboresme.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Scala Microtuners for Kontakt and SynthEdit&lt;/a&gt; which enable real-time scale or key change for an ensemble of soft synths by means of note events on designated midi channels.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://schismata.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Schismata&lt;/a&gt; Musical composition tool in any user defined tuning. Supports polyrhythms, tuning changes in real-time, sliding notes, instrument design.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://terpstrakeyboard.com/play-it-now/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Terpstra Keyboard WebApp&lt;/a&gt; Cross-platform web app that allows mapping of any tuning (in Scala format) on any form of generalized hexagonal layout. Settings are stored in the address bar for easy sharing.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://csound.github.io/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Csound&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Csound" rel="nofollow"&gt;Wikipedia article&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.untwelve.org/microcsound" rel="nofollow"&gt;microcsound&lt;/a&gt; A Python-based front-end to Csound specifically geared to microtonal composition (&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.untwelve.org/static/microcsound/tutorial.txt" rel="nofollow"&gt;A tutorial for the same&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.tallkite.com/alt-tuner.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;alt-tuner&lt;/a&gt; microtuning plug-in, does adaptive tunings, on-the-fly retuning, and scale analysis.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.nonoctave.com/tuning/LilMissScaleOven/" rel="nofollow"&gt;L’il Miss' Scale Oven&lt;/a&gt; Tuning and scale analysis&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.math.tu-dresden.de/%7Emutabor/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Mutabor&lt;/a&gt; – open source dynamic microtuner, allowing mutable and static scales and tunings using flexible language developed for musicians with GUI (&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://schlemmersoft.de/en/Mutabor%20tutorial" rel="nofollow"&gt;Tutorial for the same&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.badmuthahubbard.com/cgi-bin/rationaleinfo.py" rel="nofollow"&gt;Rationale: A Just Intonation Sequencer&lt;/a&gt; - open source software based on &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Csound"&gt;Csound&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Python"&gt;Python&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Scala&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scala_%28program%29" rel="nofollow"&gt;Wikipedia article&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://timidity.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow"&gt;TiMidity&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TiMidity%2B%2B" rel="nofollow"&gt;Wikipedia article&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://tonalsoft.com/tonescape.aspx" rel="nofollow"&gt;Tonescape&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class="wiki_link_ext"&gt;Music&lt;/span&gt; composition, analysis and educational tool&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://robertinventor.com/software/tunesmithy/music.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;Tune Smithy&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tune_Smithy" rel="nofollow"&gt;Wikipedia article&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://blue.kunstmusik.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;blue&lt;/a&gt; a composition environment and frontend for &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Csound"&gt;Csound&lt;/a&gt; with python-based scripting capabilities&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.dynamictonality.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Dynamic Tonality&lt;/a&gt;Freely available dynamic tonality synthesizers and sequencers. (&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_tonality" rel="nofollow"&gt;Info&lt;/a&gt; on dynamic tonality)&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;TonesInTune&lt;/a&gt; Make music in any intonation - also dynamic - by embedding musical events in a spreadsheet (see &lt;em&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.dragonssoft.com/2012/11/2013-youtube-downloader-395.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.celemony.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Melodyne Editor v. 2&lt;/a&gt; Commercial audio software with editing and analysis functions for scales and tunings&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://offtonic.com/synth" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Offtonic Microtonal Synthesizer&lt;/a&gt; JavaScript browser app that lets you play around with tunings&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow"&gt;ZynAddSubFX&lt;/a&gt; freeware microtonal-capable softsynth which runs as a standalone program (Windows/Linux) or as a VST plugin for Windows&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.jhhl.net/iPhone/Droneo/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Droneo&lt;/a&gt; , 8-voice polyphonic droning iPhone app, defines intervals in Just rations, equal divisions of an interval, or interactively with a tone spiral. Sounds nice, too.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://justonic.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Justonic Pitch Palette 2&lt;/a&gt; Retuning software primarily aimed at changing root of custom 12-tone tunings in real-time. (The Windows version works on all Win releases from 2007 til now.)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://12equalboresme.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Scala Microtuners for Kontakt and SynthEdit&lt;/a&gt; which enable real-time scale or key change for an ensemble of soft synths by means of note events on designated midi channels.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://schismata.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Schismata&lt;/a&gt; Musical composition tool in any user defined tuning. Supports polyrhythms, tuning changes in real-time, sliding notes, instrument design.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://terpstrakeyboard.com/play-it-now/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Terpstra Keyboard WebApp&lt;/a&gt; Cross-platform web app that allows mapping of any tuning (in Scala format) on any form of generalized hexagonal layout. Settings are stored in the address bar for easy sharing.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/orphion/id495465097?mt=8" rel="nofollow"&gt;Orphion&lt;/a&gt; An ipad/iphone touch-to-play app with customizable layout and scales.&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://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;li&gt;More examples are in the &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/List%20of%20Microtonal%20Software%20Plugins"&gt;list of microtonal software plugins&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;li&gt;More examples are in the &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/List%20of%20Microtonal%20Software%20Plugins"&gt;list of microtonal software plugins&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;