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Harmony: Progressions

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

Harmony: Palettes

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

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Snippets (1): Playing

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.

Snippets (2): Building a Grid

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.

Libraries

Libraries are essential for collecting and organizing phrases, harmonies and other parameters. Learn how to use and create them.

Factories (1): Basics

Factory-generated phrases are a great starting point for further editing and arrangement. They can lay the foundation for a new project. Learn how to integrate Factories with your Synfire workflow.

Export & Printing

How to export Synfire arrangements, snippets, containers and individual phrases to your DAW or notation program as XML, MIDI or audio clips (loops) and stems.

Import

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