1. Introduction
1.1. Basic concepts
SetManipulator operates in seven modes: ordered pitch-class, ordered microtonal pitch-class, ordered pitch, ordered contour-pitch, unordered pitch-class, unordered microtonal pitch-class, and unordered pitch. The mode that you are in determines which features are immediately available.
Nomenclature in this program follows the conventions of Robert Morris's Composition with Pitch Classes: A Theory of Compositional Design. By default, SetManipulator calculates prime forms by packing from the right. However, packing to the left is available as an option. This setting only affects a handful of set-classes in the chromatic system.
1.2. Installation
Binaries for Windows are located in the folder SetManipulator/SetManipulator/bin/Release/net6.0/. Copy them to a directory on your computer (for example, a folder in the C:\Program Files directory). You will need to install the .NET Desktop Runtime 6.x to run SetManipulator.
1.3. Copyright and license
SetManipulator is copyright © 2022 by Jeffrey Martin. This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. To view the GNU General Public License v.3.0, visit https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html.