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11/6/08 "The New Hotness: FourTrack Audio Recorder for iPhone, iPod Touch" by Eliot Van Buskirk of Wired.com: "The FourTrack app (iTunes link) is the work of Sonoma Wire Works, which makes the desktop recording software RiffWorks, and The Retronyms, which makes Recorder, the top-selling single-track recording software in the App Store. After a few days of pre-release testing, we've seen that this is a solid, functional app, well worth the $10 asking price for musicians and anyone else who messes around with audio, despite -- or even because of -- its rudimentary, four-track-like functionality. It's stable, easy to use and useful." Complete Review

11/6/08 "FourTrack multitrack audio recorder available for iPhone" by Jim Dalrymple of Macworld.com: "[Record four tracks] at 16bit, 44.1kHz...unlimited in length, until your iPhone is full. The interface shows meters for recording and playback levels, recording clip lights, faders for each channel, and pan controls. FourTrack also features a Compressor and Limiter, latency compensation and Wi-Fi sync so you can get your recordings off your iPhone or iPod. Sonoma Wire Works said future versions of FourTrack will include integration with its RiffWorks [Mac & Windows] software. Development on the integration is already underway." Complete Review

11/6/08 "Sonoma Wire Works FourTrack - Pocket money four-track on your iPhone!" by Chris Mayes-Wright of Sound On Sound: "A lot can be done with four tracks, and using the FourTrack's GUI, users can start laying down tracks very simply. Just arm a track, slide the Record control, and away you go. In post production, the level of each track can be altered, as can its position in the stereo field, and a compressor/limiter can be used to "automatically fatten the sound of the output mix". What's more, your recordings, as 16-bit/44.1kHz data files, can be sent to a wi-fi enabled computer for further editing!" Complete Review

10/01/08 Todd Rundgren Recorded Arena with RiffWorks. Rundgren says in Guitar Player Magazine's October Issue, "All I needed aside from the tools I was used to using - Propellerheads Reason Version 4, Line 6 GearBox, and Line 6 TonePort, which was my audio interface for guitar and voice, was something that would allow me to record samples. I used this program called RiffWorks [guitar recording software], which allows you to specify a loop in Reason that'll play over and over, and essentially just keep recording takes using the Reason file as background. Then I would clean them up with Audacity, which is a free audio program."

8/3/08 RiffWorks T4 was chosen by Apple as a Featured Download and a Staff Pick on 7/29/08 and landed on the Apple.com Top Downloads. Mac and Windows users worldwide are having fun recording songs on their guitars, and collaborating online together. There's nothing like it!

7/28/08 New Free RiffWorks Music Making Software Does Quick Songwriting, Online Collaboration by Peter Kirn, CreateDigitalMusic.com: "[RiffWorks] is a number of steps ahead of most other [online music collaboration] tools - the real draw is the software editing and effects, as combined with community features...The difference is, you need real client software to be able to do near-real-time collaboration, which is what [RiffWorks] is...I don't think the others have full-blown client software with multi-tracking / recording / arrangement / guitar effects quite in the way that this does."

7/18/08 Free guitar recording software lets you collaborate online by Ben Rogerson of musicradar.com : "Sonoma Wire Works has released RiffWorks T4, a free version of its RiffWorks guitar recording software. This enables you not only to record songs on your own, but also to collaborate with other musicians from around the world."

7/18/08 "RiffWorks T4 - Music Collaboration for Everyone!" by Jon of GuitarNoize.com: "This is a pretty amazing piece of software to give away for free, you could be jamming with other musicians in a matter of minutes! Make sure you check out RiffWorld.com to hear some of the online collaboration possibilities already happening."

7/17/08 Music Goes 2.0 by Lawrence Chen on Wikinomics: "With RiffWorks T4, musicians can record ideas, use drums and guitars, and add effects to quickly create songs. Most importantly, users can easily collaborate with peers around the world - all for free!"

7/1/08Get your novel into print - online by Dave Thompson on Stuff.co.nz: "I use software called RiffWorks to record my music. Once done, the software also allows me to upload my tracks to a podcasting site so that others, no matter where in the world they are, can hear how terrible it is. I also listen to everyone else's music ... We can even join in and play on each other's tracks (a global jam session)."

6/20/08RiffWorks guitar recording software updated by Jim Dalrymple of Macworld.com: "RiffWorks allows users to record ideas and create songs using included drum beats. You can also expand the song by collaborating with others online. The update adds several new features including improved performance for opening and loading online collaborations."

4/12/08RiffWorks RiffRumble X Moms Rule Contest: J. Irving-Giles Is Going To Demoralize You by J. Irving-Giles of GearWire.com: "Of course, I am going to dominate this contest, and to add insult to injury, I'm going to write my song about your mom. $40 worth of flowers from 2Flowers.com's International Flower Delivery Service are up for grabs as well as $10 in RiffWorks Logo Items (t-shirts, guitar picks, stickers) for the winner as selected by participants. "

3/28/08RiffWorks Wins a "Studio-Ready" Award by Dan Halberg of GuitarGearHeads.com: "Riffworks is a decidedly clever application. What I like best is that they changed the rules and created a lightweight application that mirrors the creative process of song writing. Around this concept, Sonoma Wireworks has constructed an easy-to-use, single screen interface to compliment this process. When you add in the many features such as InstantDrummer, built in effects, Amplitube 2 Live, looping, and ReWire support it creates a very compelling package. As such, I am proud to award Sonoma Wire Works the GuitarGearHeads "Studio Ready" award to for 2008."

3/8/08RiffRumble IX Song Contest: $2500 in Prizes for Songs Made with RiffWorks through March 25th by EQMag.com: "Contestants will compete for $2500 in prizes including a Line 6 Variax Acoustic 700 Guitar, TonePortTM UX2 USB audio interface, RiffWorks InstantDrummer sessions by Submersible Music, Recording Magazine subscriptions, and RiffWorld.com online collaboration memberships."

1/21/08RiffWorld.com Offers Song Collaboration for Musicians by Jim Dalrymple of Macworld.com: "RiffWorks-maker Sonoma Wire Works unveiled a new collaboration portal called RiffWorld that allows Mac and PC musicians to work on songs together."

10/15/07 "RiffWorks: Real-Time Loop-Based Online Music Collaboration" by Eliot Van Buskirk of Wired.com: "RiffWorks allows up to 4 people to work together on multitrack recording projects online in "what feels like real-time" using a loop-based system, with "no worries about latency or distance," using an add-on called RiffLink that enables online collaboration within RiffWorks."