Game update

Hotkeys: play a key, press a key

MPE Insight · published 14 Sep 2026, 15:09 UTC

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New: Hotkeys, next to MIDI In and MIDI Out in the toolbar.

Your MIDI notes and controllers now press real computer keys in whatever app is in front.

A new Hotkeys panel sits next to MIDI In and MIDI Out. Play your computer keyboard with MIDI, instead of playing MIDI with your computer keyboard. Typing Keys goes one way, Hotkeys the other. Both ways are now possible :)

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