Synfire Installer doesn't start (Windows)
The downloaded installer may refuse to start on Windows 11 Pro
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Web browser blocks Synfire download (Windows)
Your web browser may (falsely) detect a virus in your Synfire download and block it
Synfire shows welcome screen and terminates immediately (Windows)
Synfire shows welcome screen and terminates immediately (Windows)
Toolbar Icons Appear as Boxes (Windows)
On some Windows PCs the toolbar icons appear as boxes or squares after installation.
List of Multi-Client Audio & MIDI Drivers (Windows)
If you have a setup that works, please add it to this list.
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Loopback MIDI Driver
Learn how to setup a Loopback MIDI Driver for sending MIDI data from HN2 to other software running on your computer.
Mouse pointer corrupted on high DPI screen (Windows)
When setting the custom font and image scaling for your high resolution (DPI) display to 150%, some of the phrase editor's mouse pointers may appear garbled.
Virus Warnings Installing Synfire (Windows)
Occasionally an anti-virus utility reports a false alarm on Windows, when installing Synfire.
Problems With MIDI Input (Windows)
Under Windows, problems may occur if multiple programs attempt to use the same USB MIDI driver for input at the same time.
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Message: "Initialization Error. Code -7" (Windows)
If you encounter the error message "Initialization Error. Code -7" on Windows, this may indicate a conflict with some security or defense utility.
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Using Synfire and DAW on same ASIO device
ASIO drivers for Windows do not always support multiple applications to send audio at the same time. This can be a problem, if you want to run the Synfire Audio Engine and a DAW at the same time and only have a single audio interface hardware connected.
Message: "Error: Sharing Violation" (Windows)
This message points to another (possibly crashed) instance of the program still running invisibly in the background. Please open the Windows task manager and terminate HN.exe (or SynfirePro.exe). This should free up (...)
Computer suddenly reboots during installation (Windows)
This strange behavior was observed in conjunction with certain versions of the software "Spyware Doctor", which doesn't seem to like the MIDI drivers being installed. Please disable or uninstall Spyware Doctor while (...)
Message: "Failed opening MIDI system" on startup (Win7/64)
If your startup log reads like this, there is probably a conflict with the ASIO4ALL driver under Windows 7 64bit: Linking to external MIDI libraries exception occured #(3221225477 0) Failed opening MIDI (...)
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Message: "Error: Sharing Violation" during Install/Uninstall (Windows)
This message points to another (possibly crashed) instance of the program still running invisibly in the background. Please open the Windows task manager and terminate HN.exe (or SynfirePro.exe). This should free up (...)