How to play Songs2See Game on Mac

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Game summary

Songs2See is a fun and easy way to learn a musical instrument. It is the first music game that lets you play along to well known songs using real acoustic instruments. The only required hardware is a simple PC microphone and your instrument. Nothing plastic, nothing fake, just the most authentic and complete learning experience in music gaming. Songs2See listens to you and rates your performance in real-time. With this instant feedback, you’ll develop real skills and learn to sight-read music in no time. Songs2See's unique score sheet view makes playing visually intuitive and will engage rookies as well as experienced players. Play any of the supported instruments (violin, viola, guitar, bass, ukulele, piano, saxophone, trumpet, clarinet, recorder flute) or train your voiceUnique and intuitive score sheet view with notes displayed in piano roll style Fingerings displayed for each instrumentAutomatic transposition for different tuningsMore than 50 practice songs includedOptional tablature view for guitar, bass and ukuleleOptional score sheet view for advanced playersSlow down playback for difficult songsLearning mode for step-by-step practicingDetailed results and online high-scoresCompatible with the Rocksmith™ Real Tone Cable and other USB/Firewire audio devicesAbout Songs2See EditorSongs2See Editor is an easy to use piano-roll editor for creating sheet music. It is a great tool to convert your favorite songs for use within the Songs2See Game. You can import almost any file from your music collection. It supports MIDI, MusicXML, GuitarPro, WAV and MP3 files. It exports MIDI, MusicXML, Audio, printable score sheets and Songs2See Game files.Create your own music for practicingTurn your favorite song into sheet musicAutomatic music transcription of melody, bass and rhythmSave to various sheet music formats or print your scoreTranspose, delete or add notes when neededCreate play-along tracks and save themView, print and save TabulatureAbout Songs2See UltimateSongs2See
First released: Nov 2013

Play Songs2See Game on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Songs2See Game on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.

Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.

Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).

Songs2See Game installation steps for Mac

Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install Songs2See Game like you would on any PC.
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