Practical guidance for computer-keyboard mapping, MIDI input, the 88-key screen instrument, sustain, sound selection, audio setup, and the verified sample bank.
Yes. Community Edition is the complete application: all four instruments, all three input methods, the full 88-key range, sustain, themes, languages, scaling, and settings persistence are included. There is no paid edition, subscription, checkout, account, activation key, or feature gate.
Yes. The typing layout provides a compact playable range with octave movement, selectable velocity, and Space as temporary sustain. The on-screen keyboard also supports direct pointer playing and glissando across the full A0-C8 display.
Yes. Type Piano reads native system MIDI input, note velocity, and sustain-pedal CC64 messages. The controller must first be visible to the operating system; device availability and driver behavior still depend on the host setup.
Studio Grand and Felt Room stream two presentations of the verified piano sample bank. Classic EP is a velocity-responsive FM electric piano, while Glass Piano is an additive synthesized voice. They are distinct engines, not four labels on one preset.
The sampled voices use Salamander Grand Piano V3 recordings by Alexander Holm under CC BY 3.0. Packages must include the pinned attribution notice and legal text, and the bank is staged through an integrity and provenance gate.
No account or cloud performance service is required. Key events, MIDI messages, audio rendering, sample streaming, and interface preferences stay in the local desktop workflow.
No. Type Piano is a standalone performance instrument. It deliberately does not claim plugin formats, DAW hosting, sequencing, notation, lessons, cloud synchronization, or take recording.
Use the official download page as the source of truth. Linux is the current public package channel. Windows and macOS packages are not advertised as available until their target-host signing, installation, audio, MIDI, and acceptance evidence passes.
No fixed latency is promised because the result depends on the operating system, audio driver, device, buffer, and current system load. The engine is realtime and device-rate aware, but the host audio path still matters.
