A browser-based audio sampling and playback application that lets you quickly record sounds and play them back polyphonically using your computer keyboard.
Note: Currently optimized for Chrome browser with Icelandic keyboard layout. Support for additional browsers and keyboard layouts coming soon.
- Real-time audio recording and playback
- Keyboard-based sample triggering with piano-style layout
- Loop functionality with adjustable start/end points
- Sustain mode for extended sample playback
- Sample management system
- Core sample parameters adjustable
- Click the 'Record' button to toggle audio recording
- Begin making sound slightly before clicking record to capture the full audio (or trim the start point afterwards)
- Click 'Record' again to stop
- Use your computer keyboard as a virtual piano
- Base pitch is mapped to 'q' key
- Lower octave starts at 'z'
- View the keyboard layout using the 'Switch Visualizer' button
- Loop Mode: Toggle with Capslock or 'Loop' button
- Experiment with loop points (e.g. short loops and high-cut for synthesizer-like effects)
- Sustain Mode: Toggle with Tab or 'Hold' button
- Plays sample to completion regardless of when key is released
Access your recorded samples through the 'Samples' menu, where you can:
- View all recorded samples
- Select active sample for playback
- Access sample-specific settings
Each sample has the following adjustable parameters:
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Start | Playback start point (trim initial silence) |
| End | Playback end point (trim trailing sounds) |
| Loop Start | Loop section beginning |
| Loop End | Loop section end |
| Attack | Volume fade-in duration |
| Release | Volume fade-out duration |
| Low Cut | High-pass filter (leftmost = disabled) |
| High Cut | Low-pass filter (rightmost = disabled) |
- User authentication
- Persistent data storage for logged in users
- Enhanced UI
- Cross-browser compatibility improvements
- Additional feature implementations