Riffer App Reviews

The 3.0 update has taken Riffer to a whole new level. The density function adds so many more rhythmic possibilities. Having 4 Riffer instances in one with tuning, velocity, duration, and density capable of being randomized independently or all together gives me an amazing amount of control over just how random everything gets. I already use this app on nearly every single thing I create. I cannot recommend Riffer enough!

Very well played with these new features - game changer!

Still lots to explore but this update is a game changer for Riffer, it is far better than it used to be. I have found a bug however which is pretty annoying, when the note grid is limited to two notes ( c2 and c#2 in my case), randomizing riffer causes a bug and crashes the plugin, it won’t die but it stops working and reacting to UI changes. It also raises the DSP on both apematrix and AUM from 0 to 99%.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.)

I have several apps that randomly generate notes for you, but it’s always hit and miss with regard to useable composition. With Riffer, it generates excellent sequences nearly every time. And, another thing that sets it apart is that the sequences are editable and you can draw in notes manually. You can lock down specific characteristics to keep, while randomly generating others. You can even set it to infinitely generative sequences and pick what you like from it. And then export a midi file.