PineTone Keyboard
Mosi Audio — Setup Guide
🚀 Quick Start
1
Open Your Terminal
On Mac, press ⌘ + Space and type Terminal.
2
Navigate to the PineTone folder
Type the following and press Enter:
cd ~/path/to/mosi-pinetone
3
Start the local server
Run this single command (requires Python 3, installed by default on Mac):
python3 -m http.server 8000
4
Open in your browser
Visit this URL in Chrome or Safari:
http://localhost:8000/keys.htmTip: Keep the terminal window open while using PineTone. Closing it stops the server.
🎹 Using the Keyboard
1
Select a Layout
Choose 12-Tone Circles for the modern PineTone experience, or Classic Terpstra Hexagons for the original layout.
2
Pick an Instrument
Choose from Grand Piano, Electric Rhodes, Church Organ, Strings, Choir, and more.
3
Launch the Experience
Click Launch Experience. The keyboard fills your screen — click or touch the keys to play notes.
4
Go back to settings
Click the blue arrow button in the top-left corner at any time to return to settings.
⌨️ Controls & Shortcuts
Click / Touch
Play a note
Hold + drag
Slide across keys (glissando)
Space
Octave roll — triggers a descending 4-octave cascade on held notes
Scroll wheel
Zoom in / out on the keyboard grid
⚙️ Advanced Customization
Expand the Advanced Customization section on the settings page to access:
Horizontal Step
Number of scale steps per horizontal key
Vertical Step
Number of scale steps per vertical key
Frequency Definition
Enter a Scala (.scl) file to define custom tunings
Note Labels
Rename each degree of your scale
Color Pattern
Hex color codes (one per line) for each degree