Resources

I've attached a spreadsheet (Excel) showing all the Interpretation Presets in one place.

Hi there, if you want to use Synfire as a midi sequencer, so...no Engines,no Rack saves, just Midi Drones and want to host everything in the DAW this is the way that (...)

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 (...)

Sometimes you want to import a midi file into Synfire that you created yourself for your specific studio setup, for example one that you just exported from a DAW and want to (...)

How to use automation in Synfire to control synths in Ableton Live and how to use automation in Live to control synths hosted in Synfire drones.

The parameter "Interpretation" plays an important role at the conversion of the figures of an instrument (the parameter "Figure") into MIDI notes. It is responsible for the voice leading. It is able (...)

This document contains screen shots of most Synfire Pro 1.66 build #3 windows and dialogs. It includes instructions about multiple ways to open each element. These come from a Windows 7 environment (...)

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.

In Synfire musical figures are represented by Symbols. There are different symbol types which are intended for different musical purposes and represented by different colors. The meaning of the symbol types is (...)

With the command 'Paste Rhythm' the rhythm of a parameter (i. e. the time pattern of the objects of the parameter) can be applied to another parameter. This video shows some applications (...)

Random links to songwriting and composition resources on the net. Feel free to add your own links that you come across.

Thanks to batch import and Reaper SWS actions! Enjoy.

This video demonstrates from scratch the steps to relocate a VSTi (here: Halion Sonic) from a Synfire Engine to a drone hosted at the DAW (here: Cubase). As you can see in (...)

If you want to export your Synfire arrangement as a MIDI file (for example to edit it at the DAW) and re-import it afterwards into Synfire you should use the option File (...)

The term "MIDI Drone" means that the Drone does not host the VST instrument itself (what's the usual way to use the drones) but only receives MIDI data from Synfire which then (...)

This is a sample page you can use for testing. Every registered user can edit this page and create new pages. Want to try? Go and add some content to this page (...)

why not :) they are also best way to study how to create libraries before you start your own libraries you may want to check the "Take" parameters .. some of them (...)

Hi all. I've attached a generic orchestra template I've been working on that might be useful as a starter for others. Each orchestra group is split into its own bank with the (...)

Based on the device description Andre created for EWQLSO Gold I made one for the Silver version. Since the Silver version uses different keys for the keyswiches I customized them. I also (...)

1. If you want to take advantage of Ableton's instruments or if you want to rack plugins in Ableton, put a drone on a different track. On your track with said plugins (...)

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 (...)

You can use theses phrases for some inspiration, dedication, remove frustration RnB bass parts.

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 (...)