Getting Started

First Things First

When you open AudioKit Synth One for the first time, it will load a sound Preset, and you can start playing right away with the onscreen piano keyboard or a connected device such as a bluetooth piano controller.

The second thing you may want to do is explore the various sounds included with the synth. Each sound is called a Preset, and each Preset is organized into Banks which are collections of sounds. Presets are also Categorized by characteristics such as: Arp/Seq, Poly, Pad, Lead, Bass, Pluck, etc.

AudioKit Synth One offers multiple sliding views in order to fully customize sound Presets. Every Preset has dozens of parameters which can be adjusted. There are so many settings for each Preset that they simply wouldn't all fit on a single screen. In this section, we will cover each of the parameter views available in AKS1, and then later we will dive deeper into the finer details of each one.

At the very top of Synth One is the navigation bar, which offers a few buttons and controls we should go over first. From left to right the items in the nav bar are:

AudioKit Synth One — More than just a pretty logotype? Not really.
Web — This launches AudioKitPro.com in your browser.
⚂⚃ (Preset Randomizer) — Tap this to randomize the sound Preset. Fun!
Preset Navigator — Use the arrows to navigate though Presets, or tap the Preset name to choose from the list (Tap again to close).

Exploring Sounds, Navigating Presets

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At the top center of the screen is a Preset name, for example: 0: Synthwave 1974. The Preset name is surrounded by ◀︎ left and right ▶︎ arrows. You can tap the arrows to quickly navigate through Presets, or you can tap on the Preset name to open up the Preset Navigation view. To close this view, tap the Preset name (at the top of the screen, not in the list) again.

When the Preset Navigation view is open, you can scroll up and down in the central list of Presets and tap on a name to load it. You can also Favorite, Edit, Duplicate, or Share each individual Preset. /// Talk about Deleting Presets later in the drill-down, so we're not giving newbies the opportunity to accidentally delete Presets right away ///

To the left of the Preset list is the Bank/Category list — navigate this list and use it to filter Presets by Bank name, Category, or just tap All to show every Preset available to AKS1. The + button here allows you to create your own custom Banks for organizing Presets however you like.

To the right of the Bank/Category and Preset lists is the Preset Detail section, showing Category and Preset Functions. Additional information about the Preset is also shown here, such as performance notes, or who created the Preset.

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