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The examples on this page are provided in MP3 streaming format (M3U), most of them use a 128kbit/s bandwith. They should work fine with iTunes, RealPlayer, Windows Media Player and most other popular audio plug-ins. As our products do not produce audio directly, the sound quality depends on the audio equipment you will be using. Most examples were rendered using NI Akoustik Piano, Garritan Personal Orchestra (GPO) and the internal software synthesizers of MacOS X and Windows.
1. Orchestral Passage |
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This excerpt of an orchestral composition was created as a demo for a movie soundtrack. It took about one hour to complete from scratch. Several motifs were analyzed and imported from Anton Bruckner's 7th symphony, but largely re-shaped and transformed, so the original work is no longer recognizable. All variations play the same unchanged figures, although with exchanged harmony.
Variation 1 in G Major
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Listen: Stream 128kbit/s
2. Separation of Form and Content |
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The basic concept behind Synfire is the separation of form (figure, texture) and content (harmony). Both can be created and shaped independently and then put together by the composer. Listen to an arrangement (form) whose content was replaced three times. Simple drag and drop operation with the mouse was sufficient to achieve these results: Original in B
Variation in D
Variation in F# Imagine how these possibilities could change the way you are working. Go and get some old stuff from your archives, put it together with other forms from various sources and render them alltogether in new harmony. In about 1-2 hours you'll sit in front of a composition you would otherwise not have created. At least not that fast and easy. (Examples rendered on Native Instruments "Acoustik Piano" and Garritan Personal Orchestra) |
3. Evolution of a Score |
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While Synfire offers great possibilities for the creation of Pop and Jazz compositions, its most obvious strength lies in the capability of handling complex arrangements.
Andre Schnoor: "This is a small excerpt of a quick & dirty score. I spent around an hour throwing a few basic figures together, all derived from the same motif (except the piano phrase). I liked the overall texture, but not the harmony ..."
1st Try:
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4. Virtual Musicians |
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Synfire introduces an all-new and exciting technology: It simulates "Virtual Musicians" playing for you. Musical phrases are interpreted as realistic as possible (not a simple playback). This has nothing to do anymore with good old "accompaniment" software. The resulting quality is superior to everything else currently in existence.
Listen to the exact same phrase, rendered in two different harmonic contexts: D C# | C#aug F#sus4 | C#sus4 D | Fdim F#m |
G D | A Bm | G A | D Bm | |
5. Harmonic Analysis |
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An example from the Classical domain, demonstrating the current level of accuracy of the built-in harmonic analysis. To any melodic phrase there are hundreds of thousands of possible harmonizations. Hence, it is the job of a harmonic analyser to find one more or less meaningfull subset and offer it to the composer to choose from.
The following result was manually corrected at four places only. That is, four chord choices were changed by picking them from a list of alternatives. Which is not much, considered the length of the sample.
Excerpt of a piece by J.S. Bach, right hand only:
Harmonized output (playing along the original plus chords and bass): BTW: The analyzer is invisible most of the time. It is used internally to transform recordings into their pitch-independent representation. However, the most rewarding application of the analyzer is to find interesting chord progressions to existing melodies, which is supported by a specialized tool. |
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