Fading the drums??

[otisray]

I am finishing up my first song with Rifftracker, and I need to know if you can fade the drums out like you can everything else? Or is this something you do in the final MIX process? I read the other post but I still don't understand the mix to riff thing?? Help!!

[scott]

'Mix to riff' is something you tend to do once a song is totally finished (but not always) and all of your riffs are in the right order in the song line, panning is set and gains are finalised.
Click on the 'Mix' button at the top of the screen and choose 'Mix to Riff'. RWS will mix your song down but instead of it going to an .ogg file or .wav file it creates another riff with all of the other riffs packed inside. You can effectively delete all of the riffs from the song line and replace them with the one 'mix to riff' riff - if that makes sense!

I find the easiest way to fade out is to mix a song down to .ogg or .wav and then import that file in to Audacity - a free third party audio editor. There, you can tweak settings and fade in or out to your heart's content.

Hope this helps!

[otisray]

It kinda makes sense, I will have to follow your instructions as I go. I will download the Audacity software and try that. Will I still be able to post this to Riffcaster, or online after I do this??

[chrisgendron]

Scott, as an add-on to creating a single large riff by doing the "mix to riff" thing ---- if I've finished the complete rhythm of the tune, and wanted to do a long lead, or play various lead parts over the whole song, can I do the "One shot record" by recording an additional riff alongside the one big rhythm riff, thereby creating 2 single large riffs???

[scott]

Chris,
What you describe is basically how we used to record solos or vocals in RiffWorks v1 - without having to do so in chunks (a bit of solo/vox on each new riff). A 'mix to riff' allowed you the opportunity to produce one long riff and, as you say, record an additional riff alongside it i.e. a whole solo in one take instead of lots of bits.
With RWStandard however, Sonoma listened to what people were saying about wanting to do this without a 'mix to riff' - and they invented the 'song layer'.
The 'song layer' basically allows you to record layers e.g. vocal/solo, over the top of lots of other riffs - effectively cutting out the need to 'mix to riff'. You simply put your riffs in order in the song line, click the song layer and record your solo/vocal over the top of them all.

The 'One Shot Record' is unrelated to this. The 'OSR' function simply allows you to record a layer and, when the riff comes to an end, you don't have to rush to click the 'stop' button to stop it creating a new layer. You may find that, without 'OSR' enabled, RWS will create a new layer before you get to the 'stop' button. You then have to delete it.

[chrisgendron]

that's awesome, Scott... I can't wait to try it out...


thanks!