HitJam

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Manuals, how-tos and plain-English explainers. Short, and written to answer the question in the first line.

Manual

HitJam manual: every control, in one pageEverything HitJam can do, in the order you meet it: pick a sound, play it with letters or a MIDI keyboard, shape it with the controls under the name.

How to

How to play piano online with your computer keyboardOpen the piano, press any letter key, and it sounds. The bottom row of letters is the lower octave, the top row the higher one, and Shift is the sustain pedal.
How to connect a MIDI keyboard to a computerPlug the keyboard into the computer with a USB cable, open a page that listens for MIDI, allow it when the browser asks, and play. Most keyboards need no driver.

Explainers

What is a MIDI keyboard?A MIDI keyboard is a keyboard that makes no sound of its own. It sends messages, which key, how hard, pedal down, to a computer or a sound module that turns them into sound.

Fixes

MIDI keyboard not working? Eight things to checkNine times out of ten it is one of eight things, and each takes under a minute to check. Start at the top.