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Concepts
Introduction to the terms and fundamentals of Synfire
Audio System
About instruments, devices, racks, Drones and the general architecture of the Audio/MIDI system
Devices
Device Descriptions keep important meta-data for sounds
Device Templates

Concepts
Introduction to the terms and fundamentals of Synfire
- Music Prototyping
  What it's all about
- Parameters
  The components music is rendered from
- Figure Notation
  The most influential parameter that intuitively denotes musical expressions
- Harmony Concept
  About scales, chords, keys and everything that constitutes harmony
- Phrases
  A bunch of parameters bundled together
- Rendering
  Mapping the entirety of all parameters to MIDI output
- Arrangements
  About tracks, containers and everything that goes with an arrangement
- Snippets
  Small containers for live performance and improvisation
- Palettes
  Surfing the space of harmony
- Libraries
  Collections of phrases and parameters, the building blocks for arrangements
- Factories
  Generating random parameters and phrases based on musically meaningful rules
- Sketches
  Conducting music in real-time
- Audio System
  About instruments, devices, racks, Drones and the general architecture of the Audio/MIDI system
  - Instruments
    Instruments interpret phrases to render MIDI output.
  - Devices
    Device Descriptions keep important meta-data for sounds
    - Sounds
    - Device Templates
  - Racks
    Hosting your sounds.
  - Audio Engine
    Background application that hosts audio plug-ins on behalf of Synfire
  - MIDI Routing
    About the signal flow of MIDI data
  - Cognitone Transport
    ReWire module for synchronizing the transport of a DAW with Synfire
  - Drones
    Plug-ins that operate in a DAW on behalf of Synfire
- User Interface Basics
  Fundamental principles you should know to get started more quickly

Device Templates

Device Templates provide complete meta-data for Sounds that can be copied to other Device Descriptions or Instruments when you need them.