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Abel version 3.6 is now available from the downloads section. It includes the ability to start ringing in the middle of a method or composition, and also the many small enhancements requested by users that were in version 3.5.3: for details see the release notice. Installing version 3.6 also removes the Windows Vista "issues" that were previously described on this website.
The website now includes sample recordings of Abel ringing, so that you can hear the sound of Abel.
What is Abel? Abel is the most popular change ringing simulator in the world, for both home and tower use. It is the latest in a line of bellringing simulator programs starting with abel 1 running under DOS, back in 1993. Abel runs on Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP and Windows Vista. Over 3500 copies of Abel have been sold for use on Windows PCs, and ringers bought more than 1500 copies of the old DOS version too. All profits from the sale of Abel go to charities, including bell restoration. Abel has a wide range of features, simulating nearly all the situations you're likely to encounter in real-life tower- and hand-bell ringing. You can use Abel to:
For further details of the facilities of Abel see the product documentation, or you can read the review that was published in The Ringing World of 4th December 1999.
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