User Manual

The full manual is being finalised and will be published here. In the meantime, the Quick Start guide covers everything you need for your first session, and Keyboard Shortcuts covers day-to-day control.

What the manual will cover

Getting started

• Installation and activation on macOS and Windows
• Audio device setup and buffer size
• The interface: canvas, channel list, Global and MIDI panels

Patterns

• Polygon, Pendulum, Orbit, Piston, Spiral and Mandala
• Flocking, Cellular Automata, DNA Helix and Tree Growth
• Layering up to twelve patterns and assigning channels

Musical controls

• Root note, scales and note sets
• Instruments per channel
• Timing, velocity, probability and note length

MIDI and audio

• MIDI out and per-pattern MIDI channels
• Exporting MIDI files
• Recording audio of a performance
• Working alongside Ableton Live, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Bitwig, Cubase and Reaper

Projects

• Saving, loading and organising projects
• Transport, tempo and global settings

Need something sooner?

See the FAQ for common questions, or get in touch — you will hear back from the person who builds Synscape.