Music Mouse

After Laurie Spiegel · 1986

Instrument

Sound character of the notes

Scale

Which notes are available across the X axis

Root Note

The tonal center of the scale

Tempo

108 BPM

Voices at once

How many notes play simultaneously

Octave range

Width of the pitch range

Echo / Delay

26%

Controls after clicking Play

Hold mouseplay notes

ASDFrecord a loop

Spacetoggle lock / drone

Shift+A–Fclear a loop

1–0change scale

Gclear all loops

Z–Mchange root note

\toggle theme

↑↓←→BPM (hold = ramp)

Tabtap tempo

Hfull key reference

Escback to settings

Keyboard Reference

Mouse X

Base pitch
← Low · High →

Mouse Y

Chord voicing
↑ Wide · Tight ↓

Playback

Hold mousePlay notes at BPM clock

SpaceDrone lock — play hands-free

Phrase Looper — A S D F (4 slots)

Press slot key onceStart recording ● REC

Press againStop + start looping ▶ LOOP

Press while playingMute / unmute loop

Shift + slot keyClear that slot

GClear all loops

Loops freeze the notes at record time.
Changing scale / root does not affect loops.
Only BPM changes affect loop timing.

Scale — 1 through 0

Root — physical bottom row (QWERTY & QWERTZ)

ZXCVBNMC D E F G A B

Instrument — top row Q through I

Other

↑↓ / ←→BPM ±5 / ±20 (hold to ramp)

TabTap tempo

- / =Octave range

[ / ]Voice count 2–6

\Toggle light / dark theme

HToggle this help

EscSettings panel