Synthesia Alternatives

Rosegarden

Rosegarden is a well-rounded audio and MIDI sequencer, score editor, and general-purpose music composition and editing environment. Rosegarden is an easy-to-learn, attractive application that runs on Linux, ideal for composers, musicians, music students, and small studio or home recording environments.

Features:

• Customizable
• DAW
• Music Composer
• Record midi & audio in real-time

LilyPond

GNU LilyPond is a computer program for music engraving. One of LilyPonds major goals is to produce scores that are engraved with traditional layout rules, reflecting the era when scores were engraved by hand. It uses a simple text notation for music input, which LilyPond interprets and processes in a series of stages. In the final stage, music notation is output to PDF (via PostScript) or other graphical formats, such as SVG or PNG.

Features:

• Audio Editing
• Music Composer

Linthesia

Linthesia is a game. A game of playing music! You only need a MIDI file to play, and a MIDI keyboard (or your PC keyboard). It's a fork of Synthesia, which only runs on Windows and OS X. Linthesia is for GNU/Linux.

Features:

• Midi
• Rhythm editor

Musicope

An open-source online piano game similar to Synthesia .

Perfect Piano

Perfect Piano is an intelligent piano simulator design for Android phones and tablets.

Features:

• Audio Recording
• Gaming
• Midi
• Music Composer

Piano From Above

Piano From Above (PianoFromAbove.exe). Piano From Above is a program that turns learning the piano into a videogame. You can open any MIDI file and simply play the notes as they fall. In the practice mode you can set the speed of playback, the position of playback, which tracks are shown and which tracks are muted.

Features:

• Rad
• Black MIDI support
• Custom templates
• Customizable
• Gaming
• Midi
• Optimal performance
• Piano Roll

Playground Sessions

Plays like a game. Compete with friends. Play a note right, it turns green; play it wrong, it turns red. Earn scores, rewards and level up. For competitive types, you can see how you stack up against your friends. Playground has built-in features that make it super easy to broadcast your scores. Invite your friends to learn along with you. Play along to our backing tracks for your band-like experience, and share your recordings with the world.

Pianu

What is pianu? Pianu is a website that teaches you how to play piano, interactively. How can a website teach me piano interactively? Using new technology in the browser, Pianu is able to interact with any MIDI keyboard connected to your computer. Do I need a keyboard to play? Nope, You can learn by tapping your touchscreen, clicking your mouse, or using your computer’s keyboard. What does it cost? The songs of Pianu are free to play.

Features:

• Midi
• Web-Based

Flowkey

flowkey helps you become the pianist you always wanted to be. Whether it's learning to play your favourite piano songs, starting from scratch or developing your skills – flowkey will show you exactly how to play each note and guide you with instant feedback.

PianoBooster

Piano Booster lets you practice and play the piano alongside a scrolling music stave. It's an open-source, cross-platform tool that works with MIDI keyboards as input. Play along and receive an accuracy reading to let you know how you're doing.