Welcome. This manual explains everything in Kiwisynth. If you are new to
Read guide →Simple Mode is the easier way to use Kiwisynth. It hides the knobs and the
Read guide →The audition bar lets Kiwisynth play itself, so you can hear a sound, and
Read guide →The arpeggiator turns the notes you hold into a rhythmic pattern. Hold a chord
Read guide →A bass holds down the low end of a track. It is low in pitch, solid, and
Read guide →Loading a preset shows you a finished sound. Building one teaches you the
Read guide →Keys means electric pianos, organs and bell-like keyboards. They are played in
Read guide →A lead carries the melody. It sits on top of a track, so it needs presence to
Read guide →A pad is a slow, sustained bed of sound that fills the space behind a track. It
Read guide →A pluck is a short, percussive note with a sharp attack and a quick decay. It is
Read guide →Breath is a per-note humanizer. It adds the small, correlated movements that a
Read guide →The Effects tab holds the effects that colour and finish the sound. There are
Read guide →This page covers the modulation envelopes and the MSEG generators. Both are
Read guide →This tab does two jobs. The filter shapes the tone of the sound. The amp
Read guide →An LFO, a low frequency oscillator, is a source of steady, repeating movement.
Read guide →Modulation is movement: a filter that opens while you hold a note, a pitch
Read guide →The oscillator is the part of a synthesizer that makes the raw sound. Before
Read guide →A preset is a complete saved sound. Loading a preset sets every control in
Read guide →A cookbook. Every entry on this page is one of the sample scripts that ship
Read guide →A script reacts to events. Each event has its own handler, written as
Read guide →The Script tab is for things the rest of the synth cannot do. A script
Read guide →The patch timeline lets you author how a sound changes over a single note as one
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