Fortepiano — Tiny Piano
iOS app by Kevin Tang. Music · Kevin Tang
- Store rating
- 0 / 5
- Store rating count
- 0
- Download price
- Free to download
- In-app purchases
- Unknown
- Version
- 1.0
- Listing last refreshed
- 2026-09-11
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Fortepiano is a tiny piano that lives on your Mac. Open it and play — your keyboard is the instrument. No project files, no setup, no gigabytes of samples. Just keys. PLAY • The layout you may already know from Musical Typing: the home row is the white keys, the row above is the black keys • Z and X shift octaves, C and V adjust touch, Space is a real sustain pedal • Mapped by physical key position, so it works on any keyboard layout • Letter labels on the keys teach the mapping — hide them when you don't need them • The on-screen keys are clickable too 50 INSTRUMENTS. 5 MEGABYTES. • Grand piano, electric pianos, harpsichord, organs, guitars, basses, strings, brass, synth leads and pads • Powered by the General MIDI sound bank built into macOS — Fortepiano ships zero audio samples, which is why it's tiny and opens instantly • Switch instruments from the keyboard with [ and ] without stopping playing RECORD AND EXPORT • Hit record and play — the clock starts at your first note, so takes never begin with dead air • Takes stack up in a list; keep the good one, discard the rest • Every take is captured two ways at once: the notes and the audio • Export audio as WAV or M4A • Export MIDI and open it in GarageBand, Logic, or Ableton with every note editable (Pro) • Set the MIDI export tempo so your notes land on your DAW's grid • Switch instruments mid-take — the change is recorded into the MIDI too REPLAY THROUGH ANY INSTRUMENT (PRO) • The notes are the recording; the instrument is a choice. Record on grand piano, then hear the same take as harpsichord, strings, or a music box — one click per instrument PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No accounts, no ads, no analytics, no network. Nothing you play leaves your Mac unless you export it FREE AND PRO • Free: all eight pianos, recording, WAV and M4A export • Pro (one-time purchase, not a subscription): all 50 instruments, MIDI export, and replay-through-any-instrument A note on the name: the fortepiano was the original piano — the instrument that could finally play both loud (forte) and soft (piano). This one fits in your menu bar's shadow.
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