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RiffsAndSongs

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The top (brown) panel is the SONG panel.

Immediately below that is the RIFFS list.

Below that is the RIFF RECORDER.

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Riffs

  • Each Riff is represented by a colored brick in the RIFFS list. The colors are just to help you organize your Riffs.
  • To switch the Riff you are currently viewing in the Riff Recorder, just click on a brick. The selected Riff has a little brown triangle.
  • Each Riff can have a different Instant Drummer or other BACKUPS, different TEMPO, LENGTH and different RIFF EFFECTS.
  • Create a new Riff by clicking the CREATE button. It automatically copies the backup and tempo settings from the Riff you have selected.
  • DUPLICATE copies all the layers as well as the backups settings of the currently selected Riff to a new Riff.
  • You can rename a Riff by typing in the RIFF NAME screen in the RIFF RECORDER.

Read more about the Riff List
Read more about the Riff Recorder


Song

  • Once you have several Riffs, you can drag them up to the SONG timeline to build a song.

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  • You can rearrange Riffs in the SONG timeline to experiment with your song structure.
  • You can click in the SONG timeline to start the song playing part way through.
  • Once you have a song built, you can record solos or vocal tracks across the entire song by using the SONGLAYERS (see Song Layers help screen).
  • When you SAVE a song, it saves all the Riffs with their layers and the Song sequence in one RiffWorks Song file (.rws).
  • To get a wav file to burn to a CD, press the MIX button.

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