Description
Capture your instrument or voice as ideas come and explore how they fit together with an efficient beat first approach to audio clipping, arranging, and low latency mixing.
Explore:
• The Library: filter, sort, manage, and preview all your creations
• Recorder: capture audio with optional metronome clicks in headphones
• Riff Editor: assign a BPM, adjust gain, and clip audio to exact beats
• Composition Canvas: arrange Riffs and Compositions over beat lines
Concepts:
• Riff: Clipped audio with configurable BPM and gain
• Composition: Musical slots arranged on a 10 minute canvas of beat lines (Compositions can be nested within other Compositions)
• Slot: either a Riff or a Composition
Features:
• Playback with integrated metronome - preview as you work
• Tools for metadata management - use tags to stay organized
TOOLS
The Library Eye Button (context sensitive):
(No slots selected)
• Create Empty Compositions
• Create Riffs
• Filter
• Sort
(One or more slots selected)
• Compose: start a new Composition with the selected slot(s)
• Duplicate
• Share
• Tag
• Delete
Riff Editor Tools:
• Adjust Clip Boundaries
• Adjust Gain
• Play
• Loop (toggle)
• Metronome (toggle): BPM can be changed in the Book tool
• Snap to Leading Beat (toggle): leading clip edge snaps to beat lines
• Snap to Trailing Beat (toggle): trailing clip edge snaps to beat lines
• Focus: zoom to the region of selected slots
• Book: edit metadata: name, start, end, gain, BPM, color, and tags
Composition Canvas Tools:
• Rectangle Select (long hold on the Canvas will trigger it)
• Play
• Loop (toggle)
• Metronome (toggle): BPM can be changed in the Book tool
• Snap to Leading Beat (toggle): slots snap their leading edge to the nearest beat when dragged
• Snap to Trailing Beat (toggle): slots snap their trailing edge to the nearest beat when dragged
• Slot Tools:
• Group (toggle): treat selected slots as a single unit
• Tornado: arrange selected slots end to end
• Duplicate: copy selected slots and place copies
• Focus: zoom to the region of selected slots
• Delete: remove selected slots from the canvas
• Library: import Riffs and Compositions
• Book: edit metadata: name, BPM, color, and tags
CONTACT
Questions or feedback? Please contact us at support@riffermadness.app.
What's new (v1.6)
General:
• Roundtrip export -> import preserves beat count correctly
• Better missing audio handling
• Support button hidden by default
Recorder:
• Use headphones to hear the metronome click when recording
• New BPM entry pad makes BPM changes easier
Riff Editor:
• Update boundaries or BPM without interrupting playback
• Zooming no longer de-syncs Riff Editor from beats
Composition Canvas:
• Slots are ordered in the slot tool view
• Play individual slots in the slot tool view
• Bulk adding slots now cascades the slots on the canvas
Misc. performance, stability, and bug fixes.