Be stoked this school year! Bring Makey Makey to your classroom.
Wanna plug Makey Makey in and start playing and connecting everyday stuff with no coding involved? Check out these apps that use key presses. When you are ready to start making your own apps and games, head on over to Scratch to code your own projects!
Makey Makey Apps |
We've got new apps! Learn more about each app in this blog post. To celebrate the launch of our new Craft + Code Booster Kit and Get Up + Go Booster Kit, we have also launched new apps that will let you have a full plug-and-play Makey Makey experience! Check out our plug and play apps page!Legacy and Community AppsBongos: Play some bongo drums with the space bar and left arrow. Turn anything into a drum! Piano MK-1 Makey Makey Music Sampler We know that kids (and adults!) love our piano and bongo app. So we wanted to make a sampler to get more kids interested in sound engineering and using digital audio workstations like Garageband and Ableton.
Scratch Piano Patatap is a portable animation and sound kit. This app works with all the letter keys, so you'll have to use the back of your Makey Makey or remap the arrow keys to use with this app. Warning: contains flashing images.
This awesome midi app was created by Makey Makey Ambassador Liam Baum (aka MrBombMusic.) He built this app with p5.js & Soundfont-Player. Plug in your Makey Makey, and choose an instrument from the dropdown and begin playing a full scale with the instrument of your choice! (Note: you will need to remap a few pins on the back of the board for keys h and j.)
This app was created by Johnny Tal as a way to easily upload any sound you want for any input, or choose an instrument from the list and easily monitor what's being triggered on the virtual Makey Makey.
Dot Piano is a visual musical instrument that lives on the web. Use your computer keys or MIDI keyboard to record a song, then share it simply by sending a link. To use with Makey Makey, use WASDFG on the back of your board or reprogram your arrow keys to letter key presses. Another great piano app! Click the Settings wheel to change the piano keys to Makey Makey keypresses and start playing!
Sound Effects Chamber Music Piano This downloadable app is great if you just want to drag and drop sounds onto keys on a keyboard, then press the keys to play them. Try it with the example keymap we made with drum and marimba sounds for mac or windows. |
Games and Fun Apps |
Owlie Boo (For Younger Students- Prek) This is a series of very simple computer games that could be handled by toddlers and young children: by just pressing any key whatsoever, something happens on the computer screen. There are also games with mouse control!
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Makey Makey Counter While Touching With Sound Makey Makey Billie Jean (One-Key)
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Create your own in Scratch! |
Create your own apps, games, and animations in Scratch! Here are some great guides for getting started!
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