Feature Comparison

Build more elaborate song structures with containers inside containers, nested up to two levels deep. Reuse containers in multiple places with aliases. Use containers that can overlap each other.

Time signature changes in any container.

Room for more instruments.

Build more expressive Figures with an additional Vertical symbol type.

Additional parameters to control rhythm independently of Figure: Step, Rhythm, Shift, Length, Velocity.

Additional parameters to transform melodies and harmony: Transpose, Preview, Variation.

MIDI controllers: Bend, Breath, Expression, Modulation, Reverb.

Look at the Output parameter to see in an instant what Synfire is rendering from your input.

Save and recall Parameter Templates for many parameters.

Use the Shape tool to warp parameter data.

Use the Mute tool to silence individual Figure symbols.

Focus on a single symbol type at a time for easier selection and editing.

Edit Phrase Pools and phrases in a Library down to the parameter level. Do so inside the Arrange window or with a standalone Library App. Open multiple such apps at the same time to copy or move phrases with drag & drop.

Create libraries with their own Library Rack, so you can collect phrases together with their original sounds. Drop phrases along with their sounds to new arrangements.

Import MIDI files into a Library to collect new phrases for your songs.

Edit your Sketches with the standalone Sketch App.

Generate any number of variations to existing factories.

Place phrases in a Snippets grid and conduct them live and in real-time.

Customize the Catalog, which offers a more extensive collection of chords and scales from the start. Leverage an extended harmony knowledge base.

Keep multiple palette windows open at the same time to explore key changes.

Obtain more control over the Interpretation parameter with different voice leading strategies, filter settings and response times.

Assign chord inversion and voicing to individual figure segments.

Use Drones to host audio plug-ins for your instruments in a DAW and synchronize them with Synfire.

Define your own Custom Controllers.

Record individual parameters directly.

Access our Online Repository to share device descriptions with the user community.

Build container structures with unlimited depth and a virtually unlimited number of instruments.

Inactivate individual phrases and/or containers for A/B testing and experimentation.

Navigate the Overview page to see the how your container hierarchy actually rolls out onto tracks, like in a DAW.

Build more expressive Figures with an additional Relative symbol type.

Define a custom Grid to make everything you draw or move around snap to arbitrary rhythmical positions. Drop phrases on the Grid outlet to use their rhythm.

Additional parameters to control rhythm, dynamics and articulation: Skip, Flow, Dynamics.

Additional parameters to transform harmony: Layer, Chromatic.

Use Morphing to smoothly blend parameters, phrases and even containers into one another.

Synchronize music to film using the Time parameter. Scale the tempo of your arrangement in order to match the beat with cue markers in a film.

Use continuous Tempo changes anywhere.

Assign an interpolation mode to parameters in order to achieve dramatic effects.

Freeze, split and merge phrases.

Enter parameter data as text.

Create libraries with their own Library Rack, so you can collect phrases, containers and snippets together with their original sounds. Drop phrases along with their sounds to new arrangements.

Populate libraries with automatically generated phrases (see: Factories).

Package finished libraries for archiving and sharing. Apply data reduction, time stamping, cleanup and more.

Unleash the power of an advanced Snippets grid with Mixed Groups to compose, improvise and arrange music live and in real-time. Combine any number of parameters and phrases in a snippet to affect a session in real-time.

Compute a snippet grid from any arrangement automatically.

Convert your last snippets session to a new arrangement automatically.

Configure your own custom Factories to generate random phrases that sound more musically sound than anything ever.

The saying goes: Music is a language. Experience first hand how the power of a rules-based Artificial Intelligence Programming Language (KIM) turns this principle into natural sounding music fragments like nothing else.

Generate thousands of unique phrases and variations. Enjoy a virtually endless supply of new musical expressions and ideas.

Merge multiple catalogs and control what to do with conflicting or duplicate entries.

Use polytonality to create multiple layers of Harmony.

Obtain even more fine-grain control over the Interpretation parameter.

Use MIDI Effects Drones to send rendered music to anywhere inside your DAW.

Use Custom Articulations to control the timbres and playing styles of orchestral instruments and other big sound libraries.

Export MusicXML and LilyPond notation formats.

Publish beautiful lead sheets using the Lyrics parameter.