Keyboard & MIDI

You can enter notes by drawing them in the grid, but playing them is usually faster and almost always more musical. Jam Club gives you three ways to play: the on-screen keyboard, your computer keys, and real MIDI hardware.

The on-screen keyboard

A full-width piano keyboard sits at the bottom of the instrument editor. Click keys to play them, and use the octave stepper to move the keyboard's range up and down — essential, since only a couple of octaves fit on screen at once.

Whatever you play goes to the armed instrument.

Computer keyboard

The rows of your computer keyboard map to piano keys, so you can play with both hands rather than clicking one note at a time. The octave stepper applies here too.

MIDI controllers

Jam Club supports MIDI hardware through the browser's Web MIDI support. Connect a controller and enable MIDI from the transport bar; your browser will ask permission the first time, since MIDI access is a permission-gated capability.

Once enabled, the notes you play on the controller go to the armed instrument, exactly like the on-screen keyboard.

Browser support

Web MIDI is not available in every browser. If the MIDI toggle does nothing, check whether your browser supports Web MIDI — Chrome and Edge have the broadest support.

Choosing an input method

• On-screen keyboard — auditioning a sound, or checking a note quickly.
• Computer keys — writing a part when you have no hardware to hand.
• MIDI controller — playing anything where timing and feel matter.