Very simple applications can be created that incorporate the core Hotz Translator technology.

These are generally refereed to as Hotz Players

TRANSLATOR-BASED PRODUCTS ENABLE ANYBODY TO PLAY MUSIC

Translator-based products enable everyone, including musically untrained people, to creatively play along with music on virtually any medium -- audio CDs, MIDI music files, video, DVD and TV broadcasts. To enable the experience, a Hotz -file, which is a MIDI*-compatible data file encoded with Hotz-code, is created for a song. This file can be a completely self contained musical piece, as in a MIDI file; used with music on media entirely separate from the file, such as a standard off-the-shelf audio CD; or broadcast along with a TV signal.

Created with the Hotz Translator for Windows, a Hotz-file contains information that translates all of the correct notes of the current chord and scale (musical "structure") for the musical piece being played into rows on the playing surface. The "instrument" can be the computer's keyboard and mouse, or an electronic keyboard or other type of MIDI instrument connected to the computer through its MIDI port (the joystick port on the sound card). In real time, as the musical key, scales and chords change so does the translation of the playing surface. The end result is that players have all the creative choices they would have with a conventional musical instrument they practiced for years, but without fear of choosing a "wrong," or out-of-key note. By this simple and elegant process, Hotz Translator technology reduces years of practice and study needed to experience creative music improvisation and performance. Moreover, it allows musicians who have played all their lives to perform music at a level that is impossible on a conventional instrument.