Play immediately
Rest both hands on the keyboard. Melodic rows, drums, and modifiers are visible on screen.
Software-defined instrument
Your keyboard is an instrument.
Turn an ordinary computer keyboard into an expressive digital instrument—built around engineered synthetic sound, immediate playability, and layered looping.
- Physical-key performance
- Purpose-built synthesis
- 2–8 loop tracks
Not a DAW. Not another preset collection. An instrument.
01 / The instrument
Designed around the keys you already know.
QWERTAS treats the computer keyboard as a musical surface in its own right. Physical key positions become notes, chords, drums, and layers—without pretending to be a tiny piano.
Shape the voice
Choose a profile, key, scale, mode, EQ, effects, and output without leaving the instrument.
Capture the performance
Record the final output or preserve musical events for typed playback and loop performance.
02 / Sound
Less catalog.
More character.
QWERTAS uses Web Audio synthesis instead of a sample library. Its focused voice families are built for clarity, motion, impact, and playability.
Audio previews will arrive with a public release.
Pristine
Clean, articulate waveforms for leads, subs, and soft keys.
FM
Ratio-driven harmonic voices for glass, bells, and metallic motion.
Spectral
Evolving digital timbres with controlled harmonic movement.
Transient
Synthesized kicks, snares, hats, and impacts—no sample pack required.
03 / Play
Familiar keys. A completely different purpose.
DVORAQWERTAS makes the home row the primary register, with adjacent rows continuing the chromatic range. QWERTORAS offers an optional ergonomic alternative.
Default · linear chromatic progression
Explanatory mapping view. The desktop app remains the playable instrument.
04 / Loops
Catch an idea. Build on it.
The first pass sets the cycle. Add another part on the next boundary, adjust each track, and keep playing live over the result.
- Choose 2–8 active tracks; new sessions start with four.
- Count in by one or two bars and quantize note starts when needed.
- Reducing the track count hides higher lanes without deleting the session’s events.
01PLAYING
02PLAYING
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04EMPTY
05EMPTY
06EMPTY
07EMPTY
08EMPTY
05 / Workflow
One voice in a larger setup.
QWERTAS plays through standard computer audio. Where the runtime and operating system allow it, output-device selection makes it easier to include the instrument in a broader routing or hardware workflow.
It is a desktop instrument—not a VST/AU plugin, DAW, or virtual audio cable.
Development status
Configured for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
QWERTAS is in active development. Native export targets are configured for all three desktop operating-system families, but no public, signed release or download is published here yet.
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Get QWERTASPublic release pending
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Choose a soundProfiles, key, scale, and mode
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Play and layerPerform, type, learn, and loop
06 / FAQ
The candid version.
Do I need a MIDI keyboard?
No. The point is to play the computer keyboard already in front of you.
Is QWERTAS a DAW or plugin?
No. It is a focused desktop instrument with typed scores, learning tools, loops, and recording.
How many tracks can I loop?
Between two and eight active tracks, with four by default. Lowering the count retains hidden track events for the current session.
What do High and Ultra mean?
High is the lower-cost default. Ultra applies higher-quality processing where it matters and uses more CPU; it does not simply make the instrument louder.
Which operating systems are supported?
Exports are configured for Windows x64, macOS Intel and Apple silicon, and Linux x64. Each release must be built and validated on its matching operating system; public signed downloads have not been published.