Portable Synthesia is the portable version of Synthesia developed to be able to run from a USB flash drive or any other portable device.
Portable Synthesia is the new title of a game previously known as Piano Hero… until Activision told its developer it was not a good idea.
Naming anecdotes aside, Portable Synthesia is designed to be a fun method to learn to play the piano but honestly, I have to disagree on that.
Portable Synthesia is by no means an easy method to learn the piano: I have some very basic piano notions myself and I found it extremely difficult. It could be because I was using a standard computer keyboard to test the game, and not a real music keyboard as recommended by the developer.
On the upside, I especially liked the default song selection the program includes to get you started (they're all popular theme songs from very well-known videogames). Also, note that you can use just about any MID file with Portable Synthesia, which turns it into pretty much a never-ending musical entertainment.
Here are some key features of "Portable Synthesia":
Play at Your Own Speed:
· In practice mode, Synthesia waits for you to play the correct note before moving on.
Read Sheet Music... or Not:
· Enable musical notation for any song. Or, leave it turned off and just enjoy the falling notes.
Millions of Free Songs:
· Synthesia comes with over 100 songs. The Internet has the rest. Play any MIDI file you can find or create.
Practice Hands Separately:
· Choose what you want to practice. Synthesia will play the rest for you so you can focus on your goal.
Requirements:
· DirectX 9
· Sound card
· Video card with DX9 support
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· NEW: The song progress screen gives you a clear path and set of goals for every song that has a left/right (or both) part defined.
· NEW: The song library has been updated to support hierarchical groups of songs.
· Navigate groups using the "breadcrumb" display at the top of the screen.
· NEW: Reworked play screen to maximize usable area. Much cleaner now. Use the Gameplay.PinMenuDrawerOpen setting to disable the auto-collapsing menu.
· NEW: Synthesia auto-associates the synthesia:// URL scheme and understands URLs that match the synthesiagame.com/wiki/Synthesia_Manual#Synthesia_URLs spec.
· NEW: Added Ash's Exercises: a set of scales and arpeggios with finger hints.
· NEW: Some error messages can now direct you to the Synthesia website to obtain more information and solutions.
· NEW: Melody practice scores are now submitted automatically to the Synthesia website. (Disable via the options screen.) Practice scores are generally private/anonymous, though if you've ever submitted a recital score u...
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