This is Whistle Calculator running as an applet. It demonstrates the core functionality of the program. The full functionality (for example load and save) can only be used when the 'stand-alone' application is downloaded and run. This is not some evil scheme to get my code onto your machine, but a feature of Java's 'sand box' philosophy of protecting your computer from potentially harmful code on the web.
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User Guide
New feature in Version 2:
Version 2 of Whistle Calculator has some important differences, enhancing it's power and flexibility as a tool for aiding whistle design.
- New method of selecting whistle key - choose high / low / bass and the note name. All the chromatic notes of three octaves are available as base notes for the whistle.
- New way of specifying Scale Patterns - allows for temperaments other than 12TET, allows for thumbholes, even allows for whistles where there are notes below the 'base note'.
- Thumb Holes: You can specify a thumb hole for the top hand to get that elusive strong Cnat on a D whistle.
- New calculation algorithms, with parameters to finne tune them.
- User-defined drill sets: specify the drills you have, and only they will be available in the hole size selector.
- The Underlying 12 tone equal temperament scale can be set to any reference frequency.
- Multiple whistles loaded at the same time - flick between them.
- Whistles have user-defined names and fully editable comments.
- Scale Patterns have user-defined comments and names.
- New file formats
- Offset controls can be hidden (that is for you, Hans...).
- Configuration saved at close, and reloaded at start-up.
Previous Version 1.02