Yamaha Corporation Of America Winter Namm 2012 Press

MANAGE, ARCHIVE AND SHARE PIANO PERFORMANCES WITH
YAMAHA PIANO DIARY APP FOR IPHONE AND IPAD
-Free Application Available for Download at iTunes App Store-
ANAHEIM, Calif.— Yamaha will demonstrate its new, free iPhone/iPad app, “Piano Diary,” at
Winter NAMM 2012. Yamaha developed the app as a tool to both motivate and enhance daily
piano practice and performance by students, intermediate players and advanced hobbyists alike.
Compatible with any MIDI instrument, it’s designed to help users manage, archive and share
piano performances.
Piano Diary runs on the iOS 5 platform and is currently
available for download on the iTunes App Store.
Piano Diary enables users to record performances,
monitor practice time, upload performances to YouTube
and carry their performances anywhere. The App’s
recording functionality lets users record daily
performances for later playback to their keyboard, either
for listening/critiquing or to perform as a duet with
themselves. It also allows easy search of performances
stored in the App by date/time or name. In addition, it stores all performances automatically on
Piano Diary servers in the ‘Cloud,’ ensuring that they can be accessed via any device. A guest
mode is available for those who do not wish to store their recordings to the Piano Diary servers.
To help users monitor practice time, Piano Diary keeps track of important statistics, including
duration of playing and the number of notes played. Players can additionally compare their
practice time to other users of Piano Diary. The App also enables users to add a slideshow of
favorite photos to their music by automatically uploading them as a movie on YouTube to share
with family and friends.
Piano Diary even enables performances to “go portable.”Users can listen to and enjoy their
performances whenever and wherever they are using the Piano Diary software synthesizer on
their iPhone/iPad or via the Internet from shared YouTube movies.
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