keystroke classical music

a tool that turns keystrokes into classical piano performance — as you type, keyboardsounds (kbs) plays classical piano samples timed to your keystrokes, transforming mundane typing into something that sounds vaguely like a live piano performance. the experience of typing changes from utilitarian to pleasurable. the current version uses a banana-split profile with classical samples and is installed system-wide via uv.

the motivation is partly aesthetic and partly about making work feel different. there is something real about the feedback loop: you type more confidently and rhythmically when each keystroke has acoustic weight. it is adjacent to the idea of making tools feel alive — same reason mechanical keyboards have a following, same reason some people prefer writing on typewriters. the difference here is that the result dynamically resembles a musical performance rather than just providing tactile/acoustic texture.