Ringing Room

“Congratulations, you're in a tower and ready to ring! You should see a circle of either ropes or handbells in the center of the screen; if you click on any of these, it will cause it to ring; anyone else currently in the tower will also see and hear that bell. Most people prefer to ring using the keyboard: By default, the space bar will always ring the bell in the bottom-right corner of the circle, while the left & right arrow keys or the f & j keys will ring the two bells in the bottom left and right (useful for ringing a handbell pair).”

“You can use external motion controllers such as eBells or ActionXLs directly with Ringing Room. You should see the Controllers box in the Tower Controls whenever you have your controllers connected; if it doesn't appear, try moving one of the controllers to make it send a signal for Ringing Room to detect.”

“Wheatley is a computer ringer for Ringing Room, made by Ben White-Horne and Matthew Johnson and designed to be a 'ninja helper with no ego' - i.e. Wheatley will ring any number of bells to whatever you want to ring, but should fit in as much as possible to what you're ringing. Wheatley is now available directly inside Ringing Room, without any installation.”

“Now, you need to tell Wheatley what you want to ring. Wheatley can ring any method you want, and will respond to any calls made through Ringing Room via the hotkeys while ringing.”

“To ring something with Wheatley, assign Wheatley to any bells that you need filled. You can use the Fill In button in the Wheatley box to quickly assign all unassigned bells to Wheatley.”

“You can set the ringing speed, but it waits for the humans to ring and also adjusts its speed to fit in with the speed of the human ringers. Optionally you can turn that feature off and have something more like Abel, but if you keep the adaptive speed setting it's very convenient because you don't even have to worry about whether you set the correct speed at the beginning.”

“Now, you need to tell Wheatley what you want to ring. Wheatley can ring any method you want, and will respond to any calls made through Ringing Room via the hotkeys while ringing.”

“Go to complib.org and find the composition you want to ring. In the top-right corner, click the chain icon and copy the link that's generated. Return to Ringing Room and click on the tab in the Wheatley box that says 'Composition' (as opposed to 'Method'). Paste the link you copied into the box that says 'CompLib URL'. Change the tower size if prompted. Once correct, the title of the composition will be displayed. Once you've got the right tower size, click 'Load' and Wheatley will be ready to call that composition.”

“Welcome to Ringing Room! Ringing Room is a web platform that lets you ring online with friends near & far. Getting started on Ringing Room is easy: Just create an account, join a tower, and catch hold!”

“Congratulations, you're in a tower and ready to ring! You should see a circle of either ropes or handbells in the center of the screen; if you click on any of these, it will cause it to ring; anyone else currently in the tower will also see and hear that bell. Most people prefer to ring using the keyboard: By default, the space bar will always ring the bell in the bottom-right corner of the circle, while the left & right arrow keys or the f & j keys will ring the two bells in the bottom left and right (useful for ringing a handbell pair).”

“Welcome to Ringing Room! Ringing Room is a web platform that lets you ring online with friends near & far. Getting started on Ringing Room is easy: Just create an account, join a tower, and catch hold!”

“Congratulations, you're in a tower and ready to ring! You should see a circle of either ropes or handbells in the center of the screen; if you click on any of these, it will cause it to ring; anyone else currently in the tower will also see and hear that bell. Most people prefer to ring using the keyboard: By default, the space bar will always ring the bell in the bottom-right corner of the circle, while the left & right arrow keys or the f & j keys will ring the two bells in the bottom left and right (useful for ringing a handbell pair).”

“Wheatley is a computer ringer for Ringing Room, made by Ben White-Horne and Matthew Johnson and designed to be a 'ninja helper with no ego' - i.e. Wheatley will ring any number of bells to whatever you want to ring, but should fit in as much as possible to what you're ringing. Wheatley is now available directly inside Ringing Room, without any installation.”

“To ring something with Wheatley, assign Wheatley to any bells that you need filled. You can use the Fill In button in the Wheatley box to quickly assign all unassigned bells to Wheatley.”

“In general, Ringing Room works best on a Mac or Windows PC and in the Google Chrome browser; it has also been tested in Safari, Firefox, and newer versions of Microsoft Edge. On other platforms we expect performance to be degraded; in particular, we cannot recommend using Ringing Room on a Kindle / Kindle Fire or other Android device. For iOS devices, there is a Ringing Room app developed by Matthew Goodship; we recommend using that app rather than going through the browser.”

“Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.”

“We decided to create the Ringing Room in order to facilitate continued engagement with ringing during the coronavirus crisis and are deeply honored by the enthusiasm and support the community has shown us. If you'd like to help us keep the site up and running into the future, the best way to support us is on Patreon:”

“Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.”

“GPL-3.0 license”

“Welcome to Ringing Room! Ringing Room is a web platform that lets you ring online with friends near & far. Getting started on Ringing Room is easy: Just create an account, join a tower, and catch hold!”

“Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.”

“Welcome to Ringing Room! Ringing Room is a web platform that lets you ring online with friends near & far. Getting started on Ringing Room is easy: Just create an account, join a tower, and catch hold!”

“Lag is an inherent part of the online ringing experience, unfortunately — it simply takes time for the signals to get from your computer up to the Ringing Room server and back. We find that most people are able to have a good experience on Ringing Room most of the time. However, if you are experiencing a lot of lag there are a few things you can do to help:”

“Use voice-chat: While Ringing Room does have a built-in chat functionality, most bands find it easiest to use another platform (like Zoom, Discord, or Google Meet) to talk while using the platform.”

“Use (wired) headphones: If you're using an audio chat platform, it's important to wear headphones so that your microphone doesn't pick up the sound of your bells — because of transmission delays, other ringers will generally hear your bells at a different time from you, so it can be very distracting to hear them from two sources! If possible, we recommend wired headphones — wireless ones often introduce extra delay and may make it hard to strike your bells.”

“Use a wired ethernet connection: If you're struggling with lots of lag, connecting your computer to the internet via ethernet cable (rather than WiFi) can help.”