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User Interface
About the user interface of all apps, parts, inspectors, panels and more
Sketch App
Editing real-time sketches

User Interface
About the user interface of all apps, parts, inspectors, panels and more
- Sidebar: Rack Module Library
  Adding sounds made easy
- Sidebar: Phrase Library
  Your repository for parameters, phrases and ideas
- Parameter Inspector
  The multi-purpose sidebar on the right
- Help Browser
  Your interactive user manual
- Phrase Editor
  Editing parameters in full detail
- Arrange App
  Edit one or more arrangements that belong to your project
- Sketch App
  Editing real-time sketches
- Song App
  Legacy window from Harmony Navigator 2
- Library App
  The standalone editor for libraries
- Palette App
  The standalone editor and panel for multi-palette surfing
- Progression App
  The standalone editor for one or more progressions
- Catalog App
  Edit the fundamental interval structures Synfire is working on
- Audio/MIDI Setup App
  Configure basic audio communication and edit the current global rack
- Panels
  Standalone widgets floating on your desktop
- Dialogs
  Dialog windows that pop up to accomplish a certain task
- Drone
  The Cognitone Drone audio plug-in

Sketch App

Editing real-time sketches

This is basically a very limited arrangement window for editing a Sketch.

Note: This feature is available with the Express and Pro editions.

Standalone Editor

Open a new Sketch App with File > New > Sketch or open any existing Sketch with File > Open ....

Editing The Current Sketch

With Playback > Edit Current Sketch a Sketch App opens on the currently active real-time Sketch in dialog mode. Pressing the button OK saves the Sketch back to the Playback menu.

Adding Sketches To The Playback Menu

Save a Sketch with File > Save As ... to the Sketches folder inside the Config folder. It will automatically appear in the menu after restarting Synfire.

Converting a Sketch To an Arrangement

If you happen to like a particular Sketch and want to use as a starting point to build an arrangement, you can convert it with File > Convert > Open As Arrangement.