SonicMood Window
The SonicMood window is the
main window. It contains controls for viewing Mood-related
information, changing Moods, changing volumes, opening
other windows, and so on. If you don’t like the look, you
can change the “color scheme” of SonicMood in Preferences (⌘,),
on the "windows" page.


Click the "Edit" button to open the Edit window and make changes to the highlighted Mood. The "Picture" button has a Scenic picture on it. Clicking the button will cause the Picture window to open. Drop an image file or an image from a web page onto the Picture window to add that image to the list of pictures. Click the "Record" button to open the Audio Recording window and record SonicMood's instrument sounds to a MIDI file or all sounds (instruments and soundfiles) to a “digital audio” file. The "Sleep", "Schedule", and "Wake" button functions are covered under the Timers Help topic. The "Mixer" button opens/closes the Mixer window, which contains the volume sliders and the tempo slider. "Prefs" opens the Preferences window, while "Help" opens this window.
Not shown by default on the toolbar are the "Chimes", and "Colors" buttons. They can be added by customizing the toolbar. Click the Chimes button to open a window containing moving chimes. A window of flashing horizontal bars color-keyed to the instrumental sounds will appear when you click the Colors button. Clicking a second time on a button that opens a window will close that window (it's a toggle). They can all be opened/closed from the "Window" menu, too.
Also within the Marquee, on either side below the textual information, are small round buttons. These buttons control the Mood interval timer. The left-hand button toggles the interval timer on/off while the right-hand button brings up the timer setting window. Just right of the timer on/off button is the elapsed time counter. Just left of the timer set button is the total play time. When the timer is "on" a progress bar will appear and give a graphical indication of the time remaining until the next Mood starts playing.

"Mood Tempo" determines the speed or rhythm of the MIDI instrumental notes. Moving the slider right increases the rhythm. A faster tempo will result in more notes playing together and playing more often
You can also use the mouse-wheel to change sliders. Or, hold the ⌘ key and press the ↑ or ↓ keys to change the "Overall Volume". Do the same with the ⌥ key to change the "Instruments Volume". Use the control (⌃) key to change the "Soundfiles Volume".

The Moods List, a list of the Moods
available, and the Themes List for
organizing Moods, occupy the rest of the SonicMood
window, below the controls. If the SonicMood window is
in its small "zoomed" state, the Moods and Themes lists
will not be visible. In order to see the lists, click
the green "+" in the titlebar first.
Each row in the Moods list represents a Mood and contains
the Mood name and the instruments and soundfiles which make
that Mood unique. The currently playing Mood is indicated
by a "loudspeaker" icon at the left side.
Add more Themes by clicking on the "+" button below the
Themes list. Delete Themes by clicking on the "-" button
(the button is disabled when the "All Moods" theme is
highlighted). In a similar fashion, add and delete Moods
using the buttons under the Moods list. Add Moods to Themes
by dragging them from the Moods list or by using the
standard Edit menu items (cut/copy/paste). You can cut,
copy, or drag more than one Mood at a time to a Theme.
Rename Moods and Themes by selecting "Edit Highlighted
Text" (⌘E)
from the "Edit" menu when a Mood (or Theme) name is
highlighted. Type in a new name, or edit the existing name,
and press "return."
The Moods and Themes lists are sortable by clicking on a
column header. Change the ordering of Moods and Themes by
dragging the rows to new positions in their lists. Note
that if one or more lines are moved via a drag, the column
header no longer indicates that sorting is in effect.
Check the box next to the Moods you’d like to play in
“Marked” order when the Mood Timer is running. You can
toggle the check-mark using "⌥-spacebar",
if you wish. See the Timers Help topic for more
information.
Mood Search
The search field at the bottom
of the window can be used to find a specific Mood. Click in
the field and start typing a word in the Mood’s name. The
highlight in the Mood’s list will move to the first match.
Press “return” if that’s the Mood you were searching for
and it will start to play. Press “Command-g” (⌘g)
to search for another match. When you press “return” the
Mood you’ve selected will be added to a list that you can
go back to by pressing the “search symbol” at the left side
of the field.