RiffWorks is a guitar recording and online song collaboration program for Mac OS and Windows. RiffWorks is designed and developed by
Sonoma Wire Works {{COI, date=February 2011
Sonoma Wire Works is a company, based in Los Altos, California and incorporated in 2003, that develops audio software and hardware.
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. The program includes guitar effects, drum tracks, an online music collaboration system, and the ability to post songs to its online community, RiffWorld.com.
History
In 2004, RiffWorks was released to be compatible with
Line 6 GuitarPort, PODxt and TonePort
ASIO
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devices. In 2006, RiffWorks was updated to work with all ASIO and
CoreAudio
Core Audio is a low-level API for dealing with sound in Apple's macOS and iOS operating systems. It includes an implementation of the cross-platform OpenAL.
Apple's Core Audio documentation states that "in creating this new architecture on M ...
devices. In 2008, RiffWorks T4, a free edition, was released as a download from Sonomawireworks.com and is bundled in several Line 6 and
IK Multimedia
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* Imair Airlines (IATA code IK)
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Languages
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products.
Features
RiffWorks recording software includes loop recording,
automatic track creation (24 tracks), 7 guitar-oriented effects and support for amp modeling software.
RiffWorks Standard includes four drum options, InstantDrummer, created from studio drum kit recordings (with more content available from Sonoma Wire Work's website.) RiffWork's
Metronome
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, a user adjustable metronome. RiffWorks' REX Player, an audio loop player (which is not available in the free version.) RiffWorks also supports
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.
References
Propellerheads' ReWire Definition and List of Compatible Applications, Retrieved 2011-02-01
* ttp://createdigitalmusic.com/?p=958 Music Player Live Reviewed; RiffWorks Software Perfect for Writing Songs by Create Digital Musicbr>Music Tech Magazine Issue 45 review of RiffWorks Standard 2 by Mike MillerSonoma Wire Works RiffWorks Standard v2, Computer Music Magazine, October 2006
* ttp://www.pe.com/lifestyles/teen/stories/PE_Fea_Daily_D_teenmakemusic.70c215.html Make your own kind of music on these Web sites by Eric Gwinn of The Chicago Tribune
External links
Sonoma Wire WorksRiffWorks T4 Free Guitar Recording & Online Collaboration Software
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Guitar-related software