In the Game tab, you can switch between instruments, customize audio settings, and manage in-app features.
Volume
You can change the volume of songs and tutorial videos by moving the slider left to lower it or right to raise it.
Sound effects
You can change the in-app sound effects volume by moving the slider left to lower it or right to raise it.
Instrument
Switch between Guitar, Piano, Ukulele, Bass, and Singing by selecting the instrument button.
Language
Guitar, piano, bass, and ukulele support different languages, and you can change the app language using this setting.
Advanced audio settings
- Input activity: If the dots light up with sound, Yousician can hear you play.
- Buffer size (iOS & Android): A smaller buffer decreases audio latency, but it may cause performance issues. A larger buffer has longer audio latency but better performance.
- Use MIDI (piano): When your piano is connected to a device and you press a key, the app prompts you to use MIDI. You can toggle off the MIDI option using this setting.
- Connect Bluetooth MIDI keyboard (piano): If your piano supports a Bluetooth connection, you can use it to connect your piano to your device.
- Driver: This option lets you choose between drivers, like ASIO. If you experience latency problems on Android, try switching to a different driver.
- Input device: The built-in microphone on your device is the default option. If you use an audio interface, you can set it as the default input device instead.
- Input channel: The default input channel is set to the first available one. If you are using an external audio interface with many channels, you can select the channel in Yousician that matches the one on your interface.
- Latency calibration: Enables you to calibrate your device audio to reduce latency.
- MIDI sensitivity (piano): Some keyboards can sense the difference between soft and hard key presses. The harder you press, the louder the sound. When you choose higher sensitivity, Yousician adjusts the MIDI sound accordingly. If you're using a mobile device and notice a delay in the piano sound, set the buffer size to 256 or lower.
Shortcuts (PC & Mac)
List of keyboard shortcuts to use on PC/Mac computers.
Built-in keyboard
(mobile and touch screen-enabled devices only)
When toggled on, it adds a touch key piano to your screen. If you have a piano or keyboard instrument, ensure that the toggle is off (gray). This option is only available for beginner level exercises.
Fullscreen (PC & Mac)
You can switch Yousician to fullscreen mode by toggling the option on (green slider). In fullscreen mode, you can try different display resolution settings to change the size of the font and icons in the app. Lowering display resolution can also reduce video stutter, where the song background seems out of sync with the song audio.
Colorblind mode
Change the game play colors in guitar, ukulele and bass. The available themes are Protanopia, Deuteranopia and Tritanopia.
Dark mode
Toggle on to use a dark theme in Practice and Play mode for guitar, ukulele and bass.
Pre-song chord trainers
Toggle on to practice guitar or ukulele chords before you play a song.
Left-handed mode
Toggle on if you play left handed guitar, ukulele or bass.
Song data cache
If you have trouble opening songs in-app, try clearing the cache with this option.