Hi!
I use synthesia app with connected Midi keyboard on Android. And I'm tried to find an option in settings to disable highlighting of currently pressed note.
Why do I need such option? Because this highlighting helps me find the right key based on simple calculation, instead of thinking about the name of the note that I should press.
I suggest to change such behavior, and for me it's very difficult to explain my suggestion in English, so I will try to show it by illustration
Suggestion:
Instead of showing currently pressed key, only notify user that some of notes weren't correctly pressed.
Disable highlighting of wrong note on sheet note
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This is a very interesting observation. By trying to be helpful, Synthesia is actually being harmful.
There's an advanced setting ("Notation.ShowUserNotes") that can be changed on the PC/Mac version of Synthesia to hide those markers, but unfortunately the configuration window isn't available in the Android or iPad versions of the app. I've been trying to eventually migrate most of those unavailable settings into the app over time. Your reasoning seems strong enough to prioritize this one.
I like the idea of having three settings: Off, "show the note I played" (today's behavior), and "show the note I should have played" (your suggestion). Then we could make your suggestion the default and anyone that was unhappy would have an easy way to get back to the old behavior.
(This could get a little tricky though. Having the context to know which notes the song is waiting on that haven't been pressed yet is something that Synthesia only has when you're playing in Melody Practice mode. In Rhythm or Recital, it might have to fall back on the current behavior.)
Thank you for this, I will continue using Synthesia with my laptop for now"Notation.ShowUserNotes"
Unfortunately I didn't understand the idea of the first option "Off" It means that highlighting on the screen will be absent at all? Application will wait for right key without any visual notification (green or red circle)?I like the idea of having three settings: Off, "show the note I played" (today's behavior), and "show the note I should have played" (your suggestion).
Isn't this the "as close to paper sheet music as you'll get" mode? Being able to read and play from sheet music without any visual aids is a useful skill. Essential for professional musicians.
Sort of... except sheet music is an impassive observer. If you keep playing the song (despite a mistake), you'll end up further in the song.
If Synthesia didn't show any error feedback in Melody Practice, well... I suppose the blue current time indicator on the sheet music wouldn't advance so you'd know something was wrong, but it'd be like the paper sheet music could halt your ability to continue.
I wonder if the "don't show anything" mode wouldn't pair better with Score Following, where Synthesia would lose the ability to rein the player in?