Ballad

A playground for music Ballad is a toy box for melodies. You choose, bring, or write a tune, or let the game make one up, and you play with it.

Build a machine that performs it, watch it drawn as light, play it as a rhythm game, dress it in your own instruments and colours, and record the result as a video.

Compose A piano roll for your own tunes: paint notes, stack chords, set the tempo Built-in melody generator writes a tune on demand as a starting point Load anything from the song library, import your own MIDI files, or export from Ballad as MIDI

Build a machine Draw shapes and drop a ball on them, and observe how it plays out Turn gravity on or off, make shapes vanish or rotate, and customize as you please. Pause, play it backwards, control playback with keyboard Use built-in generators and visualizers for automatic tracks Autoplay lays out a course that plays your melody in its exact rhythm, and loops it for as long as you like

Play it The rhythm mode turns the same melody into falling notes Select from 1 to 10 lanes to adjust to your level Bind the keys any way you like Or let it auto-play for viewing pleasure

Make it look like yours Select from multiple instruments or import your own Ball hit effects from bloom to sparks to ripple Customize the colors and patterns to your liking

Save & record it Save any melody or session in its entirety Record a video of anything in any aspect and size with the built-in recorder