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Product Comparison
Summary
This diagram illustrates the relationship of our current products. While Synfire Pro includes every feature currently implemented, its little brothers HN2 Advanced Edition and HN2 LE offer a focussed subset of features at an affordable price. Cognitone customers have the option to upgrade from LE to Advanced and then to Synfire Pro at any time.
Features
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HN 2 LE |
HN 2 Advanced |
Synfire Pro |
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|---|---|---|---|
Motivation |
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| Focus | Progressions | Songs | Compositions & Arrangements |
| Typical Applications | Explore harmony, enhance musical skills, support manual songwriting, export chords to your sequencer | Songwriting, create demos, find chords to a melody, play-along, export songs to your sequencer | Compose complex scores, reuse and recombine existing material, develop a personal style, film and game scoring, contemporary orchestral music, export arrangements to your DAW |
| Target Audience | Guitarists, Keyboarders, Students, Teachers, Electronic Musicians | Songwriters, Bands, Advanced Electronic Musicians | Producers, Composers, Enthusiasts, Very Advanced Electronic Musicians ;-) |
Connectivity |
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| MIDI | X | X | X |
| Audio Hosting VST/AU | - | - | X |
| DAW Synchronization | - | - | ReWire |
| DAW Subhosting | - | - | Drones |
| Distribution over LAN | - | - | Engines |
| MIDI Time Code (MTC) | - | - | X |
| MIDI Song Position Pointer | - | - | X |
Features |
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| Harmony Knowledge Base | X | X | X |
| Support for String Instruments & Keyboards | X | X | X |
| Palettes, Harmonic Navigation | X | X | X |
| Progression Editor | X | X | X |
| Accompaniment Patterns | - | X | X |
| Harmonizer | - | X | X |
| Import | - | Standard MIDI Files (limited) | Standard MIDI Files |
| Export | Standard MIDI Files, Progressions |
Standard MIDI Files, Progressions, Accompaniments, Songs |
Standard MIDI Files, Progressions, Accompaniments, Arrangements, Notation:
MusicXML, Notation: LilyPond Drag&Drop DAW Export |
| Recording | - | Limited | X |
| Figure Recognition | - | Limited | X |
| Interpretation | - | Limited | X |
| Instruments | 4 | 8 | 250 |
| Ports (Channels) | 4 (64) | 8 (128) | 250 (4000) |
| Structure | - | Linear | Hierarchical |
| Songs | - | X | X |
| Arrangements | - | - | X |
| Inheritance | - | - | X |
| Parameters Fully Supported (per Instrument) | Harmony |
Harmony, Transpose, Variation, Interpretation, 3 Standard CCs |
Time, Tempo, Scheme, Harmony, Take, Figure, Transpose,
Variation, Interpretation, Morphing, Layer, Lyrics, Chromatic,
Bend, Velocity, Length, Step, Shift, Rhythm, Pause, Gain, Pan 8 Standard CCs, 8 Custom CCs |
| Vector Editing | - | Harmony Only | All Parameters |
| Phrase Editor | - | - | X |
| Phrase Pools & Libraries | - | - | X |
| Polytonality | - | - | X |
| Morphing | - | - | X |
| Articulations | - | - | X |
| Notation Export | - | - | X |
X = supported, - = not supported