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=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]]
** instructions for [[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://x31eq.com/temper/|Temperament finder]] - site by [[Graham Breed]]
* [[http://tonalsoft.com/tonescape.aspx|Tonescape]] - Music composition, analysis and educational tool by Joe Monzo
* [[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

=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 (Firefox only)]]
* [[http://www.untwelve.org/static/javascript_demos/MOSring.html|Animated MOS ring demo]]
* [[http://sjoerdvisscher.handcraft.com/keyboard.html|Hexagonal Keyboard Demo]] - by Sjoerd Visscher
* [[http://micro.soonlabel.com/Scott_Thompson/edjiruler.html|edjiruler v0.0.1]] - visualize JI intervals close to equal divisions of whole numbers
* [[http://micro.soonlabel.com/Scott_Thompson/r2rtg.html|Rank 2 Regular Temperament Generator]] - generate rank2 regular temperaments
* [[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
* [[http://www.mikebattagliamusic.com/HE-JS/HE.html|Harmonic Entropy Calculator]] - Interactive Harmonic Entropy curves.
* [[http://musictheory.zentral.zone/huntsystemcalc.html|Online H-System Calculators]] - Hunt Intonation Quality Grade Point Average (IQGPA) Calculator
* [[http://www.microtonalsoftware.com/scale-tree.html|Microtonal Software Scale Tree]] - ET Scale Tree Playground
* [[http://www.toverlamp.org/static/wickisynth/wickisynth.html|Wickisynth]] - tuning demo synthesizer with Wicki-Hayden key layout
* [[https://academo.org/demos/19-tet-keyboard/|Online 19-edo keyboard]]
* [[http://www.brandlew.com/keyboard/keys.htm?fundamental=440&right=3&upright=10&size=60&rotation=343.863&instrument=rhodes&enum=false&equivSteps=17&no_labels=false&spectrum_colors=false&fundamental_color=#41ff2e&scale=!%20wilcent17.scl%0A!%0A11-limit%2017%20tone%20scale%20by%20Erv%20Wilson%0A!%20Fokblock(%5B64%2F63%2C%2056%2F55%2C%20968%2F945%2C%2036%2F35%5D%2C%20%5B5%2C%206%2C%2011%2C%206%5D)%20%3D%20%0A!%20Fokblock(%5B64%2F63%2C%2056%2F55%2C%2036%2F35%2C%20704%2F675%5D%2C%20%5B5%2C%203%2C%206%2C%2011%5D)%20%3D%0A!%20Fokblock(%5B64%2F63%2C%20968%2F945%2C%2036%2F35%2C%20704%2F675%5D%2C%20%5B5%2C%2013%2C%206%2C%206%5D)%20wakalix%0A17%0A!%0A22%2F21%0A11%2F10%0A9%2F8%0A7%2F6%0A11%2F9%0A5%2F4%0A4%2F3%0A11%2F8%0A22%2F15%0A3%2F2%0A11%2F7%0A44%2F27%0A5%2F3%0A7%2F4%0A11%2F6%0A15%2F8%0A2%2F1&names=R%0A22%2F21%0A11%2F10%0A9%2F8%0A7%2F6%0A11%2F9%0A5%2F4%0A4%2F3%0A11%2F8%0A22%2F15%0A3%2F2%0A11%2F7%0A44%2F27%0A5%2F3%0A7%2F4%0A11%2F6%0A15%2F8&note_colors=47A2FF%0AFFE496%0AFFC37D%0A47A2FF%0AFFE496%0AFFC37D%0A47A2FF%0A47A2FF%0AFFC37D%0AFFC37D%0A47A2FF%0AFFE496%0AFFC37D%0A47A2FF%0AFFE496%0AFFC37D%0A47A2FF|I want a Terpstra!]] - Online Terpstra keyboard
* [[http://microtone.isans.net/|Microtone]] - A HTML5 uniform keyboard demo with any equal temperament
* [[http://the-monochord.rhcloud.com/|The Monochord]] - Try out just intervals from a base frequency.
* [[http://fritzo.org/keys/#style=piano|Rational Keyboard]] - JI keyboard with keys that grow in size
* [[http://www.jhhl.net/tonespiral.html|Tonespiral]] - Listen to harmonics visualized as a spiral
* [[Wolfram Alpha Regular Temperament Widgets]]

=Useful tools for math in general= 
* [[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.
* [[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.mindspring.com/~alanh/fracs.html|Fast Decimal to Fraction Approximations]]
* [[http://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/math/lcd.php|Least Common Denominator of Fractions (LCD) Calculator]] - put your JI ratios in here!
* [[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.

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 <ul><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala/" rel="nofollow">Scala</a> - the <em>de facto</em> standard software for creating, manipulating and analyzing tunings<ul><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scala_%28program%29" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia article on Scala</a></li><li>instructions for <a class="wiki_link" href="/Creating%20Scala%20scl%20files%20for%20rank%20two%20temperaments">Creating Scala scl files for rank two temperaments</a></li></ul></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.tallkite.com/alt-tuner.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">alt-tuner</a> - a tuning plug-in that does adaptive tunings, on-the-fly retuning, and scale analysis by Kite Giedraitis</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://x31eq.com/temper/" rel="nofollow">Temperament finder</a> - site by <a class="wiki_link" href="/Graham%20Breed">Graham Breed</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://tonalsoft.com/tonescape.aspx" rel="nofollow">Tonescape</a> - Music composition, analysis and educational tool by Joe Monzo</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://robertinventor.com/software/tunesmithy/music.htm" rel="nofollow">Fractal Tune Smithy &amp; Bounce Metronome</a> - by Robert Walker</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.microtonalsoftware.com/" rel="nofollow">Scala to TUN and MTS online converter</a> - by MicrotonalSoftware.com</li></ul><br />
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 <ul><li><a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/Interval%20calculator">Interval calculator</a> - a nice online interval calculator tool, shows linear fraction and EDO fraction expansions, too</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.untwelve.org/static/javascript_demos/sb_tree.html?start=0,1,1,0" rel="nofollow">Animated Stern-Brocot tree (Firefox only)</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.untwelve.org/static/javascript_demos/MOSring.html" rel="nofollow">Animated MOS ring demo</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://sjoerdvisscher.handcraft.com/keyboard.html" rel="nofollow">Hexagonal Keyboard Demo</a> - by Sjoerd Visscher</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://micro.soonlabel.com/Scott_Thompson/edjiruler.html" rel="nofollow">edjiruler v0.0.1</a> - visualize JI intervals close to equal divisions of whole numbers</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://micro.soonlabel.com/Scott_Thompson/r2rtg.html" rel="nofollow">Rank 2 Regular Temperament Generator</a> - generate rank2 regular temperaments</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://ia801408.us.archive.org/1/items/mosedo.html/mosedo.html?p=12&amp;g=5" rel="nofollow">MOSedo</a> - Moments of Symmetry in equal divisions of the octave calculator</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.mikebattagliamusic.com/HE-JS/HE.html" rel="nofollow">Harmonic Entropy Calculator</a> - Interactive Harmonic Entropy curves.</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://musictheory.zentral.zone/huntsystemcalc.html" rel="nofollow">Online H-System Calculators</a> - Hunt Intonation Quality Grade Point Average (IQGPA) Calculator</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.microtonalsoftware.com/scale-tree.html" rel="nofollow">Microtonal Software Scale Tree</a> - ET Scale Tree Playground</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.toverlamp.org/static/wickisynth/wickisynth.html" rel="nofollow">Wickisynth</a> - tuning demo synthesizer with Wicki-Hayden key layout</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://academo.org/demos/19-tet-keyboard/" rel="nofollow">Online 19-edo keyboard</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.brandlew.com/keyboard/keys.htm?fundamental=440&amp;right=3&amp;upright=10&amp;size=60&amp;rotation=343.863&amp;instrument=rhodes&amp;enum=false&amp;equivSteps=17&amp;no_labels=false&amp;spectrum_colors=false&amp;fundamental_color=#41ff2e&amp;scale=!%20wilcent17.scl%0A!%0A11-limit%2017%20tone%20scale%20by%20Erv%20Wilson%0A!%20Fokblock(%5B64%2F63%2C%2056%2F55%2C%20968%2F945%2C%2036%2F35%5D%2C%20%5B5%2C%206%2C%2011%2C%206%5D)%20%3D%20%0A!%20Fokblock(%5B64%2F63%2C%2056%2F55%2C%2036%2F35%2C%20704%2F675%5D%2C%20%5B5%2C%203%2C%206%2C%2011%5D)%20%3D%0A!%20Fokblock(%5B64%2F63%2C%20968%2F945%2C%2036%2F35%2C%20704%2F675%5D%2C%20%5B5%2C%2013%2C%206%2C%206%5D)%20wakalix%0A17%0A!%0A22%2F21%0A11%2F10%0A9%2F8%0A7%2F6%0A11%2F9%0A5%2F4%0A4%2F3%0A11%2F8%0A22%2F15%0A3%2F2%0A11%2F7%0A44%2F27%0A5%2F3%0A7%2F4%0A11%2F6%0A15%2F8%0A2%2F1&amp;names=R%0A22%2F21%0A11%2F10%0A9%2F8%0A7%2F6%0A11%2F9%0A5%2F4%0A4%2F3%0A11%2F8%0A22%2F15%0A3%2F2%0A11%2F7%0A44%2F27%0A5%2F3%0A7%2F4%0A11%2F6%0A15%2F8&amp;note_colors=47A2FF%0AFFE496%0AFFC37D%0A47A2FF%0AFFE496%0AFFC37D%0A47A2FF%0A47A2FF%0AFFC37D%0AFFC37D%0A47A2FF%0AFFE496%0AFFC37D%0A47A2FF%0AFFE496%0AFFC37D%0A47A2FF" rel="nofollow">I want a Terpstra!</a> - Online Terpstra keyboard</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://microtone.isans.net/" rel="nofollow">Microtone</a> - A HTML5 uniform keyboard demo with any equal temperament</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://the-monochord.rhcloud.com/" rel="nofollow">The Monochord</a> - Try out just intervals from a base frequency.</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://fritzo.org/keys/#style=piano" rel="nofollow">Rational Keyboard</a> - JI keyboard with keys that grow in size</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.jhhl.net/tonespiral.html" rel="nofollow">Tonespiral</a> - Listen to harmonics visualized as a spiral</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Wolfram%20Alpha%20Regular%20Temperament%20Widgets">Wolfram Alpha Regular Temperament Widgets</a></li></ul><br />
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 <ul><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-centsratio.htm" rel="nofollow">Cents to Ratio Calculator</a> - and much more! Also, <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://robertinventor.com/software/tunesmithy/help/cents_and_ratios.htm" rel="nofollow">another one</a> with extensive instructions.</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.numberempire.com/fractionscalculator.php" rel="nofollow">Fraction Expression Calculator</a> - easily do ratio arithmetic</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/hosted-sites/R.Knott/Fibonacci/cfCALC.html" rel="nofollow">Continued Fraction Calculator</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.mindspring.com/~alanh/fracs.html" rel="nofollow">Fast Decimal to Fraction Approximations</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/math/lcd.php" rel="nofollow">Least Common Denominator of Fractions (LCD) Calculator</a> - put your JI ratios in here!</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/" rel="nofollow">Octave</a> - a free, open source equivalent to MATLAB; useful for working with matrices and much more</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.wolframalpha.com" rel="nofollow">Wolfram Alpha</a> - perform a variety of intensive mathematical calculations in your browser</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.codecogs.com/latex/eqneditor.php" rel="nofollow">Online LaTeX Equation Editor</a> - create mathematical expressions in LaTeX format for wiki pages etc.</li></ul></body></html>