Keyboard Tools - Current version is 1.2 - January 2012Keyboard Tools is a multi-platform application for Piano, Keyboard and Mallet percussion Instrument ( vibraphone, Marimba, Xylophone,.. )
players of any style.
It's a learning tool which helps you finding scales, chords, voicing, harmony and practicing.
It comes with a bunch of useful features and customization : from 2 to 5 octaves, numerous different sounds, Mallet percussion first note setting, BPM detector, metronome, favorites tunes, circle of fifths, chords and scales, printing and copying the keyboard, ...
The keyboard can be displayed as a piano or a mallet percussion instrument, can show notes, key numbers, can begin from midi note C0 or F1 to C5 or F5, and will respond to mouse click, Midi events, handling velocity, ...
Midi Keyboards con be used for practicing.
Several windows can be opened, for example, one showing a chord and another showing the relative scale.
The favorites tunes "Player" can play almost any video or sound files.
See the screenshots and manual for more details.
Keyboard Tools is available for Apple Macintosh and Windows, and is localized in english and french for the moment.
I'm looking for others languages translators, so... Drop me a mail !
This is the first version of Keyboard Tools and I am looking forward for your comments, remarks and wishes.
Feel free to ask anything you would like to see in the product, via the Comments page, especially Chords and Scales.
All suggestions are welcome !
Keep on playing,
Buddy
May 2011