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Type Piano

Type Piano is a complete free native desktop instrument for 88-key performance from a computer keyboard, MIDI controller, or the on-screen A0-C8 keyboard. Every input path shares the same note ownership, velocity, sustain, and visible key-state logic, so switching control...

Computer-keyboard performance with live note states across the full on-screen 88-key layout.

Cost / License

  • Free
  • Proprietary

Platforms

  • Windows  Complete free native Windows desktop instrument; also available through Microsoft Store.
  • Linux  Complete free native Linux builds are available as AppImage, DEB, and RPM packages.
Studio Grand, Felt Room, Classic EP, and Glass Piano are four technically distinct sound engines.
The complete desktop instrument in its light appearance with the warm Felt Room sampled voice.
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Features

  1.  Virtual Instrument
  2.  Works Offline
  3.  Support for MIDI
  4.  MIDI Keyboard Input

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What is Type Piano?

Type Piano is a complete free native desktop instrument for 88-key performance from a computer keyboard, MIDI controller, or the on-screen A0-C8 keyboard. Every input path shares the same note ownership, velocity, sustain, and visible key-state logic, so switching control methods does not create inconsistent or hanging notes.

Its four distinct sound engines include streamed Studio Grand and Felt Room sample voices, a velocity-responsive FM Classic EP, and the additive Glass Piano. The realtime local engine supports velocity layers, sustain and CC64, release behavior, resonance, pedal samples, device-rate playback, and bounded sample streaming without loading the entire piano library into memory.

The complete Community Edition is free for Windows and Linux. It runs offline as a desktop instrument and does not require an account, a browser tab, or cloud processing.