Breaking down the physical barriers of traditional keyboard layouts. MidiReflect electronically mirrors MIDI mapping across standard 88-key instruments for left-handed pianists, symmetrical music education, and boundary-pushing performance.
MidiReflect on iPad • Real-time sheet music staves, Cyberpunk theme, and 88-key mirrored visualization.
Although MidiReflect can be enjoyed using a standard 88-key layout, it is primarily designed to break down the physical barriers of traditional right-hand-dominant keyboards.
For centuries, acoustic and electronic keyboard architecture has catered strictly to right-handed dexterity. Left-handed players often face biomechanical hurdles when mastering complex melodies with their non-dominant hand. MidiReflect seamlessly inverts note mapping across the board, allowing dominant left hands to lead melodies naturally on standard digital pianos without requiring expensive custom instruments.
Music teachers can instruct left-handed students with unprecedented clarity. Rather than standing uncomfortably behind a student or reaching across the keyboard, a teacher can sit directly opposite using Reflect Mode to demonstrate hand positions. The visual geometry mirrors the student’s perspective perfectly, creating an intuitive, ergonomic learning environment.
MidiReflect opens up entirely new avenues for musical experimentation. Performers can execute one-handed split-register voicing, instantaneously toggle between standard and reflection layouts, or configure hardware splits where high and low registers sound in tandem with a single physical keystroke. It also solves complex spatial arrangement constraints in stage and studio rigs.
For modular synthesizer enthusiasts, MidiReflect features an integrated 4-voice CV/Gate polyphony engine. Incoming chords from live play or loaded MIDI files are automatically distributed across independent MIDI channels configured for CV/Gate converter modules. Choose between First Touch dynamic allocation or Left-to-Right pitch ordering.
Under Reflect Mode, active notes retain their physical on-screen key positions while the transformed note is dispatched to the sound engine, MIDI output port, and Eurorack channels.
Compare the key note labels directly. MidiReflect mirrors note numbers across the mathematical symmetry axis: Reversed Note = 124 - Note.
Professional-grade MIDI processing combined with an intuitive touch-first interface designed for iOS (iPad & iPhone).
Seamlessly detect and connect hardware MIDI keyboards via Lightning, USB-C, or wireless Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) MIDI.
Onboard low-latency software synthesizer provides instant acoustic grand piano, organ, and orchestral sounds for practice anywhere.
Interactive scrolling sheet music staves with real-time Treble and Bass clef rendering, key signature detection, and note visualizers.
Record freestyle sessions with metronome sync, inspect individual note pitches and timings, and apply dynamic velocity compression.
Organize Bank MSB/LSB and Program Change presets to switch synthesizer patches directly from the iPad during live sets.
Switch between dark visual styles: Cyberpunk (neon glow), Studio Gear, Terminal (phosphor monochrome), and Piano Black.
Engineered for low latency and seamless integration with your existing music equipment.
