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'''Tune Smithy''' is a [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]-based [[shareware]] application, originally was developed awith many [[freeware]] features.
It is an [[algorithmic composition]] tool to make [[fractal music]]. It is now also used frequently as a [[musical tuning|retuning]] tool for [[microtonal music|microtonal composition]],<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=KChoKKhjOb0C&pg=PA157&dq=tune+smithy#v=onepage&q=tune%20smithy References to Tune Smithy in Tuning, timbre, spectrum, scale By William A. Sethares]</ref> and for [[music therapy]] in conjunction with Barbara Hero’s Lambdoma keyboard<ref>[http://www.lambdoma.com(contracted; show full)

==Bounce Metronome==

The polyrhythm metronome task in Tune Smithy was developed into a separate program Bounce Metronome Pro which uses conducting visuals to help the musician keep time while playing polyrhythms and other rhythms.<ref>[http://bouncemetronome.com/review.htm Short Review of Bounce Metronome in Sound On Sound Magazine] - requires subscription to read the original of it
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==Freeware Features==

The Scales Composer<ref>[http://robertinventor.com/software/tunesmithy/scales.htm Scales Composer]</ref>, a tool to make microtonal scales, is free.

Also the chord progression player - a tool to play any chord progression you paste into it in standard chord notation such as C, A7, etc, is free when used as a player (exporting the chord progression to midi and advanced functions are shareware).

==Related links==

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Tune Smithy (for Windows) is one of the three main programs used by microtonal composers for software midi retuning. The other main ones are SCALA and L'il Miss Scale Oven (for Mac). There are a few other less frequently used ones as well. See [[Microtuner]]

==External links==
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*[http://www.robertinventor.com/software/tunesmithy/music.htm Tune Smithy Home Page]
*[http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Oct04/articles/pcmusician.htm Review in Sound on Sound, October 04]
* [http://www.robertinventor.com/software/3.0/index.htm Fractal Tunes you can make with Tune Smithy 3.0] sample fractal tunes made with Fractal Tune Smithy
[[Category:Computer music software]]
[[Category:MIDI]]
[[Category:Shareware]]
[[Category:Electronic music]]
[[Category:Musical tuning]]