RiffWorld Song Posting & Online Collaboration Etiquette

I think we, as a community, need to come up with a set of guidelines for Rifflink Etiquette.  I've thought about this quite a bit and here's my list of things I'd like to see Rifflinkers do more of.  Keep in mind this is just my opinion, and I'd like to see other people chime in on this as well:

- Keep your use of Riffworks effects to a minimum.  More effects use means slower performance for lots of RW users and slower loading times. Remember that other rifflinkers might not have a computer that's as fast as yours.

- PLEASE delete the layers you record that are not being used.  I may record a riff 30 times before I get it right, but there's no sense in keeping the takes that I screwed up. It slows loading time, and it makes baby Jesus cry.

- This one is more for the newbs: try to make your parts fit the song.  A mellow acoustic number probably doesn't need a CC DeVille guitar solo on top of it. I've been guilty of this one on more than one occasion, so I know from whence I speak

- Try to make your parts fit in the mix. Remember that your instrument is not the only one in the song, respect the layers everyone else has laid down. A good percentage of the guitar parts I hear on Rifflink could cut their gain by 20-30% and still be heard in the mix.  Your parts should never cause RW's built-in limiter to kick in.  If they do, you're too loud.

- Don't forget to use the pan controls. The bass should be in the center, guitars should be panned left and right to varying degrees so that you don't have 5 guitars parts trying to occupy the same space in the stereo spectrum.  A few more layers with less gain, panned left and right will give a song a "fuller" sound.  Too many guitars in the same space make mud.

- Give credit to the people who contributed to the song when you Riffcast it using the Performers Field in RiffWorks.

- Newbies must buy the beer for everyone else.  Don't complain, virtual beer is pretty cheap

mickey even no beer !!!!

thats  cool slingy,i aint pointing fingers,its a general rant.if you go to your profile please add the fellow collaberators,thanks very much,;).

Last edited by klascojoe (2008-05-24 21:41:29)

One day I'll learn how to Rifflink...

Referring to redbarons reamark i have a question.:

when a collab is "'cold"', should it be deleted, if yes when is the moment!!!
or does a cold collab deleted anyway, after a period????

o, and red you are hot :)

When I'm in a collab and I like the way it is arranged, mixed, etc. I exit RiffWorld to make sure it is saved to the server (just in case) and then I reopen it and then save it to my hard drive. This way you have your own copy of the whole song just the way you like it.

It's supposed to save the RWS file and you can open it later and tweak or re-upload to rifflink if necessary..... 

However I have NEVER been able to save an entire Rifflink file locally......always something missing......:(   ........................... now others meanwhile have had much success saving locally.

[EDIT:] I have now managed to save a copy locally so it seems all is well and the Junkies can now RULE the world as planned.....muahahahhahahaaaaaaaaaaa

All good stuff sir Poot! I find that the one thing that bugs me most is when you see a great public collab go to the dogs cause folks think there needs to be a solo on EVERY f'ing riff! (just say nooooo). As you point out, this is not a good etiquette thing.

I know the collab creator can always take out riffs, layers, etc. when doing the final mastering, but I personally try to put in every riff done by every artist and not piss any contributors off or discourage the participation. Also, I think it causes singers to shy away from some tunes cause they can't sing over every solo and don't want to become the arranger of the song just so they can sing.

Rock on !!

If you're logged in to Rifflink, anything you type in the chat area will automagically be ascribed to your username.

Regarding solos on every riff, I'm with you solone1.  Normally I won't add a solo unless I'm asked, or if the creator of the collab has a riff titled "solo here".

" Automagically" ! I'm with you there, Pooterpatty! thanks.

yes i agree and i'm guilty as sin of doing it too i just didn't realise that you had to put the names back i mistakenly thought it was automatic.i am terribly sorry if anyone has taken offence and will make sure it doesn't happen again.once again my apologies to all concerned