RiffWorks is a guitar recording and online song collaboration program for

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. RiffWorks is designed and developed by

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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

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devices. In 2006, RiffWorks was updated to work with all ASIO and

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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 products. This product was discontinued by Sonomawireworks in 2022, with support dropped on October 31 that year.

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

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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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