This is a great Free program that allows you to connect your laptop/computer to your keyboard/piano if it has a Midi Input. Think of it as Guitar Hero or even Rock band. The game offers Open GL Drawing, and game modes such as Practice, Play or Automatic.

Currently the game reads Midi Files, whose audio channels are seperated into instruments.

Check out the game here: http://www.synthesiagame.com/getTheGame.aspx

Ill post up a review article later.


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how are you gonna catch ALL the channels? midi supports upto 16channels with maximum of 64 keys per channel. you have 2 hands 10 fingers. Its kinda impractical as a game, seeing as how it converts the midi signal straight. BMS creators have been doing that for years...

on a side note, similar in concept but more complete and playable as a game is audiosurf