Riffer

Riffer is the perfect mix of control and randomness to create some truly great sounding music, not just completely random bleeps and bloops…although it’ll do that if you so desire. It’s let’s to give over control when you don’t want it, but then take it when you do. It’s the first thing I plug in when starting AUM. It’s always the launch point. (Also, THANK YOU for not going subscription.)

Get this as a standalone or get it included in the extremely generous iOS bundle which includes: loopmix, Playbeat3, riffer, chord jam, freezer. The big 4 (excluding freezer) is a sequencists fantasy with 5 dedicated sequencers in each instance of Riffer, you can make it ever evolving and ensure that no sequence loops twice, unless directed. It’s true the UI is kinda terrible, and prevented me from going forward with the bundle, but after a minor tweak was made, it made the UI scale properly when resized so it’s not impossible to use. I am very happy with Riffer, and AudioModern in general for such a quality bundle. I use the apps daily and without issue. I have grown to appreciate the UI as it is standardized across the suite AND LEARNING 1 APP, teaches you how to use all of the bundled apps. You can also score Riffer solo and build up toward the bundle at your own pace. AudioModern has us covered.

All most recent versions. Fresh install of both apps. Riffer actually skips steps in the patterns the user creates. Whacko playback. Submitted the problem with a screenshot and video to Audiomodern and they responded that ‘it must be because I’m in loop mode’. Then they told me they can’t duplicate it. Then they told me there are no problems reported in cubasis. 1 - if there have been no problems reported, then they wouldn’t know it’s because of loop mode. 2 - it happens with both loop enabled or disabled, so the reason they fired back isn’t actually a reason. 3 - a software company can’t fresh install an iOS and 2 programs to try to duplicate a problem on a machine in 30 seconds, which is about how long it took them to respond to me. So they didn’t actually try to duplicate the issue in any effective way. Cubasis users beware, Riffer and the support offered behind it seems to be pretty sketchy, and I can’t say it seems completely honest. I’ll happily update this if Audiomodern owns up to the b.s., Makes Riffer usable and apologizes, but until then, it’s a no-go. UPDATE 1: Audiomodern’s response: “…ask for a refund in the App Store”. Given the non-existent ownership of problems and proper support, I’d stay away, folks. UPDATE 2: Check their response. My tech assistant is on their forum, and now they have decided to make accusations of ‘multiple accounts’ on their forum, playing police with IP addresses. To the apparent detectives at Audiomodern: don’t play police poorly. Instead, work on your software and try some honesty. Many professional composers have assistants who (gasp!) work in the same studio, on the same ip address ;) When professional user calls you out for not putting any time into reviewing or resolving a problem before sending a refund request, nobody’s being rude to you. Calm yourselves. Do your work. Tone policing, pointing fingers, and accusations, rather than develop, develop, and develop, is useless. Sad. Stay away folks. If I get a proper apology and they get their software working, perhaps I’ll update again. I don’t expect much at this point. Probably best to stay away if you’re a professional and not a typical hack.

This is a super fun tool to use when you’re wanting to play. As a “quantized” sequencer it can make some super cool and interesting Melodies that are awesome to sound design to. One thing I hope the devs add in the future is nudging the notes or even the entire melody. I make a lot of sloppy beats and the only issue with this plug-in is the shuffle is mediocre at best. Even still, you can pull the midi out and move things on a sequencer like Drambo how you want but navigation on an iPhone isn’t the funnest experience. Maybe a note edit tab would do the trick where you can set each one’s timing along with pitch bend or other misc midi things. Other than that; still would recommend^^

The general accessibility and usability of auv3 plugins is a horror show, and this UX is openly hostile to the eyesight of phone users. It’s exactly the same for all their other apps, they should be pulled from the App Store until basic accessibility compliance has been addressed.

This app needs to support Split View.

A great tool to find a creative spark. I use it in every project. I use this on both iPad and iPhone. AUM is the host. The small UI is my only complaint (especially on iPhone). The font size is too small for my old eyes. -1 ⭐️ The font/icon sizes need to be bigger. Or you could make long pressing an area give a zoomed view.

Unfortunately neither this or Chordjam are compatible with Nanostudio 2 it would seem.

The ability to lock certain elements, keys, ranges, steps, notes and randomize makes this one of the top 3 randomizers I’ve used..and I’ve used easily over a hundred from Max devices to iPad apps.

I use this to generate midi notes for synths in my Akai Force. Connected using iRig 2 Midi and works perfect. The app is awesome, much to learn and there are good YouTube tutorials. Overall easy to use and I was playing my synths and making tunes right away.