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Beatspan.

A drum sightreading game. Read real notation, play on a USB MIDI kit or keyboard, and see the timing of every hit.

Facts

PlatformWindows and macOS, on Steam. Free demo in a desktop browser.
Release and priceTo be announced.

About the game

Start with one quarter note on the snare and finish on a full chart with repeats, endings, D.S. al Coda and band cues, read at sight. Read a still page under a sweeping playhead, or a strip that streams into a fixed line. Practice a phrase, test your reading in Survival, or go back to the figures you miss.

The free demo includes the first five worlds and the full Soundcheck. The full game opens all 37 worlds. Beatspan reads .sng song packages with audio stems, MIDI files and .chart files.

Built for USB MIDI drum kits. Full keyboard support.

Logo

Use the current outlined wordmark and preserve its proportions. The name is one word, Beatspan; the square layout sets it on two lines for a space nearer square than a strip.

Game images

Beatspan versusBeatspan pageBeatspan scrollBeatspan recapBeatspan worlds

Images show the current game with recorded play and staged menus. Supplied for editorial coverage of Beatspan.