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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">=Software for manipulating scales and tunings=  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* [[http://www.untwelve.org/static/javascript_demos/sb_tree.html?start=0,1,1,0|Animated Stern-Brocot tree]] - courtesy untwelve.org

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

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

* [[Wolfram Alpha Regular Temperament Widgets]]

* [[http://www.numberempire.com/fractionscalculator.php|Fraction Expression Calculator]] - easily do ratio arithmetic

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

* [[http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/|Octave]] - a free, open source equivalent to MATLAB; useful for working with matrices and much more

* [[http://www.wolframalpha.com|Wolfram Alpha]] - perform a variety of intensive mathematical calculations in your browser

* [[http://www.codecogs.com/latex/eqneditor.php|Online LaTeX Equation Editor]] - create mathematical expressions in LaTeX format for wiki pages etc.</pre></div>

<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;title&gt;Useful Tools&lt;/title&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:0:&amp;lt;h1&amp;gt; --&gt;&lt;h1 id="toc0"&gt;&lt;a name="Software for manipulating scales and tunings"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:0 --&gt;Software for manipulating scales and tunings&lt;/h1&gt;

  &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Scala&lt;/a&gt; - the &lt;em&gt;de facto&lt;/em&gt; standard software for creating, manipulating and analyzing tunings&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scala_%28program%29" rel="nofollow"&gt;Wikipedia article on Scala&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;instructions for &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;/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; - a tuning plug-in that does adaptive tunings, on-the-fly retuning, and scale analysis&lt;/li&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_ext" href="http://tonalsoft.com/tonescape.aspx" rel="nofollow"&gt;Tonescape&lt;/a&gt; - Music composition, analysis and educational tool&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;

&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:2:&amp;lt;h1&amp;gt; --&gt;&lt;h1 id="toc1"&gt;&lt;a name="Browser-based tuning tools (JavaScript etc.)"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:2 --&gt;Browser-based tuning tools (JavaScript etc.) &lt;/h1&gt;

  &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/Interval%20calculator"&gt;Interval calculator&lt;/a&gt; - a nice online interval calculator tool, shows linear fraction and EDO fraction expansions, too&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.untwelve.org/static/javascript_demos/sb_tree.html?start=0,1,1,0" rel="nofollow"&gt;Animated Stern-Brocot tree&lt;/a&gt; - courtesy untwelve.org&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.untwelve.org/static/javascript_demos/MOSring.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Animated MOS ring demo&lt;/a&gt; - another untwelve.org creation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.toverlamp.org/static/wickisynth/wickisynth.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Wickisynth&lt;/a&gt; - tuning demo synthesizer with Wicki-Hayden key layout&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Wolfram%20Alpha%20Regular%20Temperament%20Widgets"&gt;Wolfram Alpha Regular Temperament Widgets&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.numberempire.com/fractionscalculator.php" rel="nofollow"&gt;Fraction Expression Calculator&lt;/a&gt; - easily do ratio arithmetic&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.gnu.org/software/octave/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Octave&lt;/a&gt; - a free, open source equivalent to MATLAB; useful for working with matrices and much more&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.wolframalpha.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Wolfram Alpha&lt;/a&gt; - perform a variety of intensive mathematical calculations in your browser&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.codecogs.com/latex/eqneditor.php" rel="nofollow"&gt;Online LaTeX Equation Editor&lt;/a&gt; - create mathematical expressions in LaTeX format for wiki pages etc.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</pre></div>