Bring authentic mechanical keyboard acoustics to your Mac. Shape your sound with the 2D Tone Pad, import custom samples, and type in harmony.
Every keystroke is an acoustic event. ThockBar synthesizes the nuanced physical behavior of mechanical switches with zero latency.
Real mechanical keyboards don’t make a single click. They produce distinct downstroke bottom-out impacts and gentle upstroke switch reset clicks. ThockBar independently models both acoustic phases in real time.
Seamlessly morph between deep, buttery "thock" and sharp, snappy "clack" across two axes of parametric audio filtering.
Drop in your own audio recordings or community sound packs. Assign distinct samples to your Spacebar, Return, Backspace, or Modifier keys.
Built natively with Swift and Apple CoreAudio. Keystrokes are intercepted through a zero-overhead local event tap and dispatched instantly in under 5 milliseconds—without taxing your CPU or draining battery.