Jade Starr Music

Riffler Flow

by Jonathan Bell

Clean guitar riff generator built from chord progressions and voicings

Nov 29, 202380 minWatch on YouTube ↗

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  1. 18:45Each string sampled separately, and riffs built from chords rather than scales
  2. 20:52Exporting the riff as audio or as MIDI into AudioShare
  3. 35:36Manual mode, editing the chord at each step
  4. 36:41Auto mode: character, chord complexity and rate of change
  5. 39:31Voicing, range, rhythm, gaps and repeat reshaping the same riff
  6. 48:30In AUM as a MIDI controller driving a PianoTeq guitar

What it does

Generates clean guitar parts from chord progressions rather than scales, using a sampled engine that plays each string separately so the notes overlap the way a real part does. Chords are entered by hand, or left to auto mode’s character, complexity and change controls. Voicing, range, rhythm, gaps and repeat reshape a riff, and the tones run from dry and warm through crunch, chorus, reverse guitars and synths. Riffs export as audio or MIDI.

In the demo

Jade works through the rock, hip hop and EDM preset banks, varying each with the create riff button, then loads the app in AUM as a MIDI source driving a PianoTeq guitar. She also saves a progression and opens it in the original Riffler to hear the same part with a heavier tone.

Worth knowing

Progressions cannot be shared between instances yet, so Jade copies and reloads to make two parts differ. A later update added duet presets shared with Riffler and an endless mode that regenerates the riff each bar.

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