Eventide brings back Laurie Spiegel's Music Mouse software

A cult 1980s mouse-driven music tool just got dragged into the present, turning modern computers into gesture-based composition machines again.

Music Mouse returns in modern form

• Eventide reintroduces Music Mouse, originally built by Laurie Spiegel in the 1980s.
• Spiegel designed it to treat the computer mouse like a playable instrument.
• Early versions ran on Atari, Amiga, and early Mac systems.
• Tony Agnello from Eventide helped revive and update the concept.

Gesture-based composing gets upgrades

• Music Mouse lets users spin up chords, melodies, and arpeggios with hand movements.
• Players can perform live or capture parts straight into a DAW.
• External MIDI clock syncing keeps it locked to hardware or notation apps.
• Expanded presets pull from Spiegel’s original DX7 and TX7 sounds.

Interface tweaks and workflow boosts

• A clearer Polyphonic Cursor display improves visual tracking.
• Optional guides and hint bars make navigation less guessy.
• Left- or right-handed layouts adapt the screen to the player.
• Scalable graphics keep the interface comfortable on modern displays.

System support and price

• Compatibility covers Windows 11 and macOS 10.14 or newer.
• The refreshed software is already out for 29 dollars.