VIRTUAL PIANO

Virtual Piano is a program that enables you to play piano or any other available instruments with your computer keyboard. Well, it's not the most convenient thing, but it's better that nothing. Alternatively, check out MIDI controllers such as this.



KEY CONFIGURATION
zsxdcvgbhnjm C C# D ... through B, first octave
q2w3er5t6y7u C C# D ... through B, second octave
i9o0p[=] BACKSPACE BACKSLASH C C# D ... through B, third octave
spacebar pedal
left/right arrow change instrument (out of 128 instruments)
page up/down change octave offset
enter reset (stop all notes)



INSTALLATION

Before downloading, you will need to have Java runtime environment. The minimum release version of the JRE is unknown, but if you have JRE 1.5 probably you're fine. Java JRE can be downloaded at: http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp

You also need to have Java soundbank, that can be downloaded from any of these links:
Minimal (0.35 MB) / Midsize (1.09 MB) / Deluxe (4.92 MB)
Unzip the file, and put the file in your "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0\lib\audio" folder or a similar folder depending on your Java JRE version and your operating system.

Then, download Virtual Piano: VirtualPiano.jar

Note that different computers may produce different sounds.

LICENSE

There is no license for this program. If you're happy using this program, I'm happy too. And if you're not, feel free to fix or modify the program. Feel free to use the program for other purposes.