RiffWorks is a guitar recording and online song collaboration program for MacOS and Windows. RiffWorks is designed and developed by Sonoma Wire Works

Sonoma Wire Works

Sonoma Wire Works is a company, based in Los Altos, California and incorporated in 2003, that develops audio software.Sonoma Wire Works began in an outbuilding in Sonoma County, California...

. 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

Audio stream input output

Audio Stream Input/Output is a computer sound card driver protocol for digital audio specified by Steinberg, providing a low-latency and high fidelity interface between a software application and a computer's sound card...

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

IK multimedia

IK Multimedia is a computer music technology company that offers a diverse range of software and hardware production tools for musicians. Founded in Modena, Italy in 1996, it now operates worldwide with offices in Italy, the US and the UK...

 products.

Features

RiffWorks has a built-in online music collaboration system, RiffLink. Songs are saved on the server, and an unlimited number of musicians can work on the same song file (4 at a time). The system also has synchronization and chat features. The system integrates with RiffWorld, where users can post songs and get feedback from others.

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

Metronome

A metronome is any device that produces regular, metrical ticks — settable in beats per minute. These ticks represent a fixed, regular aural pulse; some metronomes also include synchronized visual motion...

, a user adjustable metronome. RiffWorks' REX Player, an audio loop player (which is not available in the free version.) RiffWorks also supports ReWire

ReWire

ReWire is a software protocol, jointly developed by Propellerhead and Steinberg, allowing remote control and data transfer among digital audio editing and related software...

.

External links

• Sonoma Wire Works
• RiffWorks T4 Free Guitar Recording & Online Collaboration Software