General Controls / View Selection

Synchron Pianos Menu Bar

  1. Velocity Histogram: Shows the received velocity of every key you play on your keyboard. You can freeze/unfreeze the Velocity Histogram by double-clicking on the histogram display.

  2. Volume Meter: Displays the stereo output volume. Clipping will be indicated with a red display.

  3. Volume Knob: Adjusts the overall volume. It is linked to the Volume Knob on the left of the main GUI. Click-drag or double-click to edit. Command/Ctrl-click to reset.

  4. Tuning: Choose tunings other than the common 12 tone equal temperament, from African to Western. Described in the chapter Tuning System.

  5. Online Manual: Connects you with our Knowledge Base Online Manual.

  6. Piano Selection (visible with more than 1 Synchron Piano license): Shows a selection window.

  7. Scale Button: The Rescale Button lets you adjust the size of the Synchron Piano GUI in steps from 75% to 200%.

  8. CPU Real-Time Display: Shows the actual CPU load on your computer. Lower latencies and higher voice counts will result in a higher CPU load.

  9. Settings: Lets you adjust your Interface and Engine settings, thus affecting general performance. Here you can also assign the correct sample content in the Database tab.

  10. Preset Button: Click on the Folder icon to hide or show the Preset Browser.

  11. Current Preset Display: Shows the currently loaded preset – when loading presets from the PLAY View, performance-friendly Room-Mix Presets will be loaded.

  12. Play View: Lets you adjust all major parameters of Synchron Pianos.

  13. Mix View: Provides a versatile mixer for all available channels and the Reverb Settings.

  14. Edit View: Allows for even more fine-tuning on a per-note basis, both for EQ and Dynamic Range.

  15. Information Window: When the Preset Browser is open, you will find additional information and mouse-over information right here.

  16. Progress Bar: Indicates loading progress.

  17. Loading Indicator: Shows active sample loading.

  18. Voices: Number of currently played voices on all active microphone channels.

  19. RAM Load / Overall loaded samples: Currently used RAM and sample count.

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