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Learn how to import Standard MIDI Files into Synfire and create new phrases from their contents.

Arranging a Song (1)

How to arrange a song from scratch in 15 minutes with Synfire Sparks. This tutorial is also helpful for beginners with Synfire Express and Pro. Includes examples of different styles and instructions how to use the Pause parameter to automate a mix.

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The Pale Rider (file attached)

By andre

I have no idea why the rider is pale or where and why she's actually riding, but since this arrangement lends itself so fantastically to Snippets sessions, I updated it and published a remix as one of the new Synfire examples.

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Upright Bass !!

By andre

Extremely cool upright bass solo here. I just came across this while programming a similar style for the upcoming generative algos. Erm, it won't be quite as exciting as this live performance (...)

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Sprike: Feedback and Patches

By andre

Enjoying Sprike already? We'd love to hear some feedback and encourage you to explore it and create some new sounds. We'd love to hear them! I should note that Synfire 1.8 is (...)

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Synfire Pro Sustain Chords Library

By soundcase

movie style pads i prefer to use linear recognition and Horizontal symbol for this kind of material also VL is weak but keyboard mixed ( without sustain :) ) gives some great (...)

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Alt Progression Presets

By markstyles

Here is a Progression Preset which consists of ten progressions. Many are 16 bars long with fairly fast chord changes. Download this and place in Mac HD/Library/Application Support/SynfirePro/Config/Progressions. It will then show (...)

MPC Grooves

By markstyles

Here are a bunch of midifies, quantized to some well known drum machines. You could copy/paste the rhythm to your phrases, to get a wider selection of humanized, quantize values. Andre is (...)

Power Jazz Funk library

By markstyles

Here are an assortment of riffs used in several instruments and seven songs. I used the create library function. It split the drum parts into small riffs, and individual instruments. There are (...)

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