Chrome Music Lab is a Google project designed for music education in classrooms. It is a great learning tool, but it was never built for producers. BeatKey offers the same kind of browser-based music exploration with a producer-first focus: Hz frequencies, MIDI numbers, BPM detection, chord analysis, and a full suite of studio tools.
Built for K-12 music education. Visual, gamified, designed for exploration and learning basic music concepts.
Built for music producers. Shows Hz values, detects BPM and key from audio, calculates BPM-synced delay times, and identifies chords in any audio file.
Try BeatKey Virtual Piano free. See Hz values for every note you play.
Open Virtual PianoChrome Music Lab is a collection of web experiments by Google designed to make music education more visual and accessible. Its most popular experiments include Song Maker (a grid-based melody builder), Spectrogram (a visual frequency analyzer), and Shared Piano (a collaborative piano for classrooms). It was built for teachers and students, primarily in Chrome on desktop.
Chrome Music Lab does not show Hz frequencies for notes, does not detect BPM or key from uploaded audio, does not provide Camelot codes, and does not integrate with a production workflow. It is excellent for education, but it is not a music production tool.
| Feature | Chrome Music Lab | BeatKey Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Account required | No | No |
| Browser support | Chrome-optimized | All browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge) |
| Mobile support | Limited | Full (iOS, Android) |
| Hz frequency display | No | Yes - every note |
| MIDI number display | No | Yes - every note |
| BPM detection from audio | No | Yes (beatkey.app) |
| Key detection from audio | No | Yes (beatkey.app) |
| Chord detection from audio | No | Yes (chords.beatkey.app) |
| Delay calculator | No | Yes (delay.beatkey.app) |
| Scale reference | No | Yes (scales.beatkey.app) |
| Interactive piano with Hz | No (Song Maker is grid-based) | Yes (virtual-piano) |
| Production workflow | Education only | Yes (studio-ready) |
Play any note on the virtual piano and see its exact Hz value. C4 = 261.63 Hz. A4 = 440 Hz. Instantly useful for 808 tuning and EQ work.
Chrome Music Lab works best in Chrome. BeatKey works in Safari, Firefox, Edge, and all mobile browsers. No browser requirements.
BeatKey Virtual Piano connects to BPM detection, chord analysis, delay calculation, scale reference, and note frequency conversion in one suite.
BeatKey tools are fully touch-optimized. Open Virtual Piano in Safari on iPhone or Chrome on Android with no app download.
BeatKey Note Frequency Calculator and Virtual Piano are Chrome Music Lab alternatives built for producers rather than education. They show exact Hz values, MIDI numbers, and integrate with BPM detection, chord detection, and delay calculation tools. They work on all browsers, not just Chrome.
Chrome Music Lab was designed primarily for Google Chrome on desktop. Some experiments have limited compatibility on other browsers or mobile. BeatKey tools use standard Web Audio API and work on Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, and mobile browsers.
Chrome Music Lab is primarily designed for music education and exploration, not professional production workflows. It does not show Hz frequencies, BPM, key signatures, or Camelot codes. BeatKey tools are built specifically for producers who need these values.
Chrome Music Lab's Song Maker is a simple grid-based melody sequencer for education. It cannot detect chords in audio, show Hz values, or integrate with a production workflow. BeatKey Virtual Piano plays notes with real-time Hz display and connects to the full BeatKey suite.
Production-ready tools. Browser-based. Always free.
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