With Kisstunes, aspiring and "real" musicians can make music using just a computer keyboard. The application provides simulated instruments, including electric and acoustic grand piano, steel guitar, kalimba and an instrument setting that combines drums with electric piano. The service provides an interface supporting a modified keyboard that uses the home row along with the "w," "e," "t," "y," "u," "o" and "p" keys. Users who create an account and sign in can record songs on the kisstunes keyboard and save them for playback on a different computer using the kisstunes service. Guest users can play and record songs, but not save them.
An online flash-based game, Piano Tutor is designed specifically to teach or allow students to practice piano keyboarding skills. The game features a two-octave keyboard displayable with or without the names of the notes printed on the keys. Players can also choose to hide or display the keys in the major, minor, major pentatonic, minor pentatonic, whole tone, chromatic, major 7, minor 7, dominant 7 and minor major 7 scales. The keyboard also allows the player to toggle the black piano key labels between sharps and flats.
A music production application, SynthStation is designed for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The app features a virtual keyboard, three synthesizers and a variety of drum kits, allowing the user to invent, revise and customize chords, melodic phrases and bass accompaniment. Controls include grids, tempo controls, a mixer with faders and muting controls, an arpeggiator and a wide range of effects. Musicians and dabblers alike can also purchase the SynthStation25 keyboard, an actual physical 25-key, two octave MIDI keyboard that works with the SynthStation app to allow the musician to make music on the keyboard, then manipulate and transform that work with the app.
A game and keyboard teaching tool, Floor Keyboard covers two octaves. The keyboard allows players to learn the names of keys and their relationships to each other. The keyboard prints on five pages and includes white keys and black keys that have been colored gray as a way to conserve printer ink.
Designed for young elementary school students, Cover the Keys allows players a fun, simple way to learn the keys on a keyboard. The game includes a series of cards depicting notes by keyboard key. Players call out the correct note as a facilitator or another player flashes the card.