I love Synthesia as much as I love BiaB, and sometimes I save a BiaB file as midi, in order to display it in Synthesia. I say sometimes, because ... well, I'd love to do that MUCH more often (e.g. in order to check out characteristics of BiaB styles, or to play along a BiaB trumpet melody with a Synth Sound of my Piano, and so on), but I'm often a bit too ... hmm kind of lazy? ... hm, well, that kind of thing which is caused by media breaks and which is just the typical reason for a plugin, right?
Therefore, it would be really fantastic if there would exist a plugin which allows to display the notes of BiaB within Synthesia, so that the user can toggle the song (e.g. Start Play, Stop, Loop, Click on a specific bar to jump within the song, change chords / reharmonize, and so on) in BiaB and also hear the sound from BiaB as well as see the chordsheet in BiaB, but see the Synthesia Note Highway synchronized on a second screen.
For those, who might not be very familiar with Synthesia (if still existing, at all): You can choose there to display only one track of a midi (e.g. only the Piano), or to display several tracks in different colours (e.g. the Piano track and the Bass track, or the Piano track and the Drums track, or - if existing - a Right Hand Piano Track and a Left Hand Piano Track; displaying several tracks at once can for example help for rhytmical orientation) up to all tracks at once (then it's often a bit messy).
Here's just one example of the endless number Youtube Videos that nowadays are made with Synthesia:
Oh, and please ... if you can resist: I don't look for a discussion about the advantages of sheet music in comparison to note highways. Just accept that tons of people see at least an additional value in note highways - that's why so many of those videos do in fact exist on Youtube ;-)
Last edited by MoveToGroove; 01/09/2201:40 AM.
BiaB UltraPak+ 2026; Windows 10 Bass: Intermediate; Piano: Beginner I came to this forum in order to suggest feature improvements for non-professional musicians like myself that use BiaB mainly as a playalong tool and as a learning tool
Looks like a fun plugin to learn piano with a format similarish to Simply Piano. I can see where it would be really useful to learn chord shapes.
Have you tried the XML import option after exporting from BIAB?
From their website:
MusicXML files can now be opened by Synthesia!
For now, none of the additional musical information (vs. a MIDI file) is being used when drawing sheet music. But MusicXML files should load, play, and sound correct.
right, learning chord shapes is a good example for a useful application!
I'm not aware if Simply Piano uses vertical note highways. They do agrressive marketing atm, but what I've seen from their spots, they use horizontally scrolling sheetmusic.
In regard to your Synthesia question: I've seen that about the MusicXML, but haven't used it, so far. I particularly hope that they will use this for bass (and guitar) tabs some time in the future, to also offer an appropriate view for string instruments, comparable with the typical Rocksmith display. Synthesia and Rocksmith in one Software, plus directly connected with BiaB (plus a few little tweaks here and there) - that would be like a pure paradise, at least for me :-)
Last edited by MoveToGroove; 01/09/2209:53 PM.
BiaB UltraPak+ 2026; Windows 10 Bass: Intermediate; Piano: Beginner I came to this forum in order to suggest feature improvements for non-professional musicians like myself that use BiaB mainly as a playalong tool and as a learning tool
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