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RIFFWORKS: CREATE COLLABORATE CAST
RiffWorks easy, fun and quick guitar recording software with drums, effects, online collaboration & song posting.

Record ideas at the moment of inspiration.
Create songs with drums and effects.
Collaborate online with musicians around the world.
Cast tunes to an enthusiastic online community.
All without putting down your guitar!

CREATE...
RiffWorks has a Riff-based workflow with guitar-friendly features that make RiffWorks the most creative song recording system ever produced. The interface looks like gear, not like a complicated DAW. RiffWorks is fun and productive because the focus is on playing, not engineering.

Download RiffWorks T4 (free edition), then upgrade to RiffWorks Standard for more features. RiffWorks Standard and RiffWorks T4 Feature Comparison Chart

QUICK START TUTORIAL & GUIDE
RiffWorks includes a "Quick Start" tutorial in 14 languages. Launch RiffWorks T4 (free) or Standard, and the tutorial will walk you through the program while you start recording ideas and complete songs immediately!
RiffWorks Online Guide & User Forums

DEMO VIDEO

Dan of GuitarGearHeads.com says, "RiffWorks was built from the ground up to be guitarist centric - although its design will appeal to nearly any instrumentalist. You will find that everything is controlled via a single window, with clever use of collapsing panels and familiar interface elements that promote an uncluttered design and efficient, intuitive workflow. I found that I had to break some old habits with RiffWorks. Almost all applications, including Garageband, use a "track" based approach. In RiffWorks, you work in song segments [Riffs]. For instance, you might work on the "Intro" as a segment, or the "Chorus", the "Verse", or the "Bridge". Taking the chorus as a segment, you could build up this segment using loops, backup drums, recorded guitars and other instruments all recorded as "layers" within that musical segment. This segment...is completely modular. This allows you to duplicate it, modify it, and move it around. Even for a novice, creating a song in RiffWorks is easy, and doesn't take much more than hitting "record" (in fact you really don't even need to do that with the "junt" feature)." Complete Review.

COLLABORATE...
Record songs with musicians worldwide with RiffWorks built-in online collaboration. Any musician can join your session and work with you at the same time on the same song. Discuss your songs as you jam or when you have time using the built-in chat client. Thanks to loop recording, RiffWorks has no latency or distance problems like other online music collaboration programs. Each RiffWorks layer is instantly streamed to other current users as well as saved on the server for users who wish to contribute later. How to RiffLink?

Within RiffWorks: Browse, Open, Listen, Join and Contribute to Collaborations in Progress
On RiffWorld.com: Browse (not listen to) Collaborations in Progress & Listen to Complete Collaborations

CAST...
Post songs to an enthusiastic community of musicians using the free RiffCaster song posting service built into RiffWorks. Listen to what people have 'casted on RiffWorld.com. How to RiffCast?

TESTIMONIALS
"Sonoma, thanks for the fantastic environment you provide...not just a product, really more of an experience you've created! AND IT ROCKS!" gatorjj, RiffWorks User (More User Testimonials)

Robbie Gennet, who toured with Everclear, and writes for Guitar Player, says, "Congratulations to RiffWorks - They won a Trendsetter award at the Best in Show ceremony at NAMM 2008. This program makes it super easy to get your ideas down from inspiration right down to 'tape'." (More Artist Testimonials)

AWARDS

RiffWorks GuitarGearHeads Studio Ready Award RiffWorks NAMM 08 Best in Show Trendsetter Guitarist Choice Award Total Guitar Best Buy Award Computer Music Magazine Innovation Award
Computer Music Magazine Performance Award

More RifWorks News & Awards

PRICE
RiffWorks T4: Free
RiffWorks Standard: $129 MSRP

RiffWorks Standard, by Sonoma Wire Works, is available as a download and CD from Sonoma Wire Works. RiffWorks Standard CDs are distributed to dealers worldwide by IK Multimedia.

MORE
FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
Online Guide
Manual (3.1 MB PDF)

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