Tutorials

Get an idea what instruments, parameters, phrases, containers and other terms actually mean and how they are working together to render your music.

A brief bird's eye view on racks and how the global rack and individual arrangement racks are working together.

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.

Learn the fundamentals of Figure symbols while you are watching a very (very) simple example arrangement evolve.

Learn about the different types of Figure segments and how they work.

Learn how to draw and edit the Figure parameter of a phrase.

Learn which symbols to use for melodies and chords and how to control their behavior.

Creative tools for harmony are a major strength of Synfire. Learn how to build and edit chord progressions and collect them in libraries.

Learn how to use the Palette to navigate keys, build chord progressions and explore the space of harmony with your own palette layouts.

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.

Learn how to arrange a song for songwriting and production using a song template. Explains the use of containers and aliases in Synfire Express and Pro.

Learn how to create an orchestral arrangement based on motifs, phrases and fragments from a library you built. A long video with lots of tips and tricks along the way.

Learn how to assign sounds to an instrument by dragging audio plug-ins, presets, MIDI ports and other items from the sidebar.

Recording is an intuitive way to create new phrases right there where you need them. Learn how to fix bad takes, harmonize a first take, record parameters and more.

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

Build chord progressions from pressing keys on your keyboard. Synfire estimates the most likely chord in a sequence of chords.

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.

Learn how to edit drum patterns with Synfire. There is no specific "Grid" or utility for this, you simply use the pencil and line drawing tools with Static Pitch Symbols exclusively (brown).

Learn how tell a good figure recognition result from a bad one and how to make a Figure portable, such that it works in any harmonic context.

Get inspired by how figures can be transformed, copied, duplicated, transposed, stretched, reversed, scrolled with Synfire and more.

How the timing of phrases and progressions interact with each other.

Learn how to use the various coloring schemes to find great chord changes and to understand relationships between chords.

Learn how to build up a cinematic piano theme step by step from easy to play phrase overdubs. Even if you are not good at playing the keyboard, using Synfire, this is simple and fun.

Learn how to setup a Global Rack, reset it to default and assign sounds to the six global  instruments.