Snippets are great for arranging music in real-time. Before you can play the grid, you need to populate it with phrases. There are many ways to do that. Also learn how to export snippets to an arrangement or save them in a library.
The Snippet Grid of Synfire is a tool for exploring potential arrangements based on instant live feedback. Learn how to compose music in real-time and have fun with Snippets.
This page is dedicated to libraries that lend themselves to orchestral and other epic arrangements.
Hey guys. I was using the Strum VST by Applied Acoustic Systems and found that it comes with hundreds of Rhythmic Guitar Midi files. Its like a secret location. Anyways, Ive zipped (...)
Get to know the different coloring schemes you can use with a palette.
Create an orchestral arrangement based on phrases and parameters taken from a library. A long video with lots of tips and tricks along the way.
Learn how to use the Palette to navigate keys, build chord progressions and explore the space of harmony with your own palette layouts.
Library with phrases derived from impressionist piano music. Usable as rhythmic patterns in modern music for various instruments.
About importing and refining a library of building blocks that can be used as a construction kit orchestral and hybrid soundtrack music. This ongoing project will be updated incrementally until the library is finished.
The complete and up-to-date user manual of Synfire Sparks, Express and Pro.
Explains the use of song templates, containers and aliases in Synfire Express and Pro.
Arrange a song in 15 minutes with Synfire Sparks. Also helpful for beginners with Synfire Express and Pro.
Get an idea of the overall window layout and how to move between pages and parts, how to zoom in and out of details and where to find what.
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.
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 (...)
_sj Band Trio 02.rtime (from/for Harmony Navigator 2) The Combo: Band Jam, stripped down to a trio (piano, bass, drums), and with the drums Figure exported, edited to eliminate the guiro sound (...)
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 (...)
Learn how to setup a Loopback MIDI Driver for sending MIDI data from HN2 to other software running on your computer.
This is a progression document with various progressions of many Jazz Standards. You'll find the progressions listed by song names on the Section menu. While most of this stuff seems old fashioned (...)
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 (...)
Original files created with Noatikl Midi Cooker after import various rhythms applied to the figures.
Learn how to find chords matching a given melody. This way you can make an entire Synfire arrangement follow a vocal recording or other pre-composed melody.
