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--- status: built tags: - software title: keystroke classical music type: idea updated: 2026-04-11 visibility: public --- # 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. related: [[surreal-sound-experiences|surreal sound experiences]], [[math-dopamine|math dopamine loops]], [[invoking-thoughts|invoking thoughts]]