Synthesia 0.6.2

[DigeratiPrime]

Synthesia is a free game that teaches you to play the piano using falling notes. No sheet music reading is required. It's not done yet, but I'm working hard to finish it. Don't let that stop you though. You can always download the latest version and try it out. With it, you can:

Learn to play songs using a musical keyboard connected to your computer.

Keep track of your progress in every song with per-song scoreboards.

Slow, fast-forward, and rewind songs while learning new parts.

Practice left and right hand parts together or separately.

Try out any MIDI file you can find on the Internet.

Use it on either your PC or Mac.

http://www.synthesiagame.com/

This program is awesome! :thumbup

[DigeratiPrime]

Piano Hero 0.5.1 Released!

2/20/2007: MIDI input now plays back in the correct instrument, feedback and stats have been improved, there are now tooltips on each menu control, lots of bug fixes, a new installer, and a set of 10 fantastic songs from Game Music Themes! What are you waiting for?

Release 0.5.1

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NEW: Your notes are played (in the correct instrument for the track)

NEW: Tooltips on all menu controls and settings.

NEW: 10 Sample songs from Game Music Themes.

NEW: "Stray Notes" metric on stats screen

NEW: "Average Speed" metric on stats screen

NEW: Box around MIDI input test on title screen

NEW: Combo counter and much improved stats display during play.

CHG: Improved Klavarskribo staff notation.

CHG: Match input to closest unplayed note's opportunity window center instead of matching against the first available unplayed note.

CHG: Swapped blue and yellow in the track color order, making blue the new "first" color.

CHG: ReasonableSynthVolume object replaces MidiCommOut::SetReasonableSynthVol and now works for all mixers in the system instead of only the first.

CHG: Darkened the border for a few different colors to increase the contrast between sharp/flat notes in a series.

CHG: Default to new "Piano Hero Music" folder at startup. (User configurable in the future.)

FIX: Disabled MIDI input while game is paused to prevent cheating.

FIX: Made MidiCommOut::Reset() actually reset everything by fully closing and reopening the device. midiOutReset() apparently only turns off the keys and pedals on each track. It *doesn't* reset patches or volume.

FIX: Reworked MIDI engine to correct a sync/lag issue in songs that started with a considerable delay before the first note.

FIX: Notes don't draw on top of keys anymore.

FIX: MIDI track default color order is now consistent for all files.

FIX: Two tracks with identical notes would cause the "second" track's note to not appear. This normally would not matter, as they overlap completely, but when hiding the first track, the second note would not show.

[DigeratiPrime]

Piano Hero is now Synthesia due to a C&D from Activision. New version released with hardware acceleration.

[DigeratiPrime]

NEW! Synthesia 0.6.2 Is Here!

New in version 0.6.2 (August 29, 2007):

Rewind / fast-forward during songs.

Top scores list for each song you play.

Song and track settings are saved between plays.

New note spark effect.

A software keyboard so everyone can try it out.

Auto-splitting single-track MIDI songs to have one track per instrument.