Yes. Patatap is free and does not ask you to register or hand over an email address before you can use it.

How long does Patatap take?

Good within five seconds of loading. We file it under "Instant" — every key on your keyboard is a sound and a shape.

Does Patatap work on a phone?

Patatap really wants a mouse and a wide window. It will load on a phone, but the experience is built for desktop.

What kind of site is Patatap?

We list it under Generative Toys — move the mouse, make something you can keep. Each animation is timed to the attack of its sample, so drumming out a rhythm reads as choreography rather than decoration.

Generative Toys

Patatap

Every key on your keyboard is a sound and a shape

Visit patatap.com More Generative Toys

patatap.com

Instant · Best on desktop

Free, no sign-up · online since 2014

What Patatap actually is

Jono Brandel and Lullatone mapped each letter key to a percussive sound and a matching burst of animation on a plain coloured field. Tapping the space bar shifts the whole palette and swaps the sound kit, so the same keys become an entirely different instrument.

Why it is worth your time

Each animation is timed to the attack of its sample, so drumming out a rhythm reads as choreography rather than decoration.

We built one too

KeyCanvas

Turn every key press into a synchronized burst of sound and motion.

Play KeyCanvas

Common questions

Is Patatap free?: Yes. Patatap is free and does not ask you to register or hand over an email address before you can use it.
How long does Patatap take?: Good within five seconds of loading. We file it under "Instant" — every key on your keyboard is a sound and a shape.
Does Patatap work on a phone?: Patatap really wants a mouse and a wide window. It will load on a phone, but the experience is built for desktop.
What kind of site is Patatap?: We list it under Generative Toys — move the mouse, make something you can keep. Each animation is timed to the attack of its sample, so drumming out a rhythm reads as choreography rather than decoration.

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Generative Toys

Patatap

Every key on your keyboard is a sound and a shape

Visit patatap.com More Generative Toys

patatap.com

Instant · Best on desktop

Free, no sign-up · online since 2014

What Patatap actually is

Why it is worth your time

Each animation is timed to the attack of its sample, so drumming out a rhythm reads as choreography rather than decoration.

We built one too

KeyCanvas

Turn every key press into a synchronized burst of sound and motion.

Play KeyCanvas

Common questions

Is Patatap free?: Yes. Patatap is free and does not ask you to register or hand over an email address before you can use it.
How long does Patatap take?: Good within five seconds of loading. We file it under "Instant" — every key on your keyboard is a sound and a shape.
Does Patatap work on a phone?: Patatap really wants a mouse and a wide window. It will load on a phone, but the experience is built for desktop.
What kind of site is Patatap?: We list it under Generative Toys — move the mouse, make something you can keep. Each animation is timed to the attack of its sample, so drumming out a rhythm reads as choreography rather than decoration.