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The Creative MIDI Sequencer
Riffer is a smart MIDI tool that generates musical riffs & sequences by combining pitch, duration, velocity & density. Built for your sounds, software & hardware. Turn them into something of your own or let it run endlessly using the infinity mode.
Quick-fire Ideas
You can choose from 50+ scales, pattern complexity, steps, start and endpoints, set pitch, transpose, motion, measures and many more...
A Swiss army knife for MIDI
Introduced in 2015 and by receiving regular updates, Riffer is endlessly generating unique riffs for more than 35,000 users proving its value as the best and most feature-rich generative MIDI Sequencer on the market.
Advanced MIDI Connectivity
Designed to 'feed' anything that accepts MIDI, both Software & Hardware.
MIDI Input
Trigger it with your Keyboard or via any MIDI Input.
Amazing Experience
Discover new ways of composing riffs & musical patterns.
Powerful Design
Lightweight plugin designed to run on any system or device.
Available for Any Device
VST/VST3/AU/AAX Plugin for Windows & Mac
Riffs Made Only for You
No two patterns will ever be the same, they're your own.
Features
- Generate random riffs
- Everything is synced to your host tempo
- 53 scales included from western to eastern
- Create & save your own scales
- Choose the number of notes generated
- Set the number of root notes based on a chosen scale
- Generate pattern pitch, duration & volume per note
- Tile or sustain paused notes
- Lock individual notes or whole steps
- Quick-export MIDI patterns
- Quick transpose whole pattern
- Quick load preset section
- Choose quantization settings
- Shuffle & Shift mode
- Advanced Infinity mode
- Set sequence range & motion settings
- Set range for pitch, duration and velocity
- Save & load your own patterns
- Send MIDI to any device, software & hardware
- Advanced MIDI CC/Mapping editor
- No two patterns will ever be the same
- The only plugin available of its kind!
- Resizable GUI
- Supports Apple silicon M1 devices
New Features for v3.0
- Polyphonic Mode / Multi-Riff Engine
- Density Function
- MIDI Input/Performance Mode
- MIDI Learn
- Share presets across devices (Desktop/iOS)
- Performance improvements
System Requirements
- macOS 10.12 or higher (64-bit only, M1 supported)
- Windows 7 or higher (32-bit & 64-bit)
- 4GB of RAM required
- At least 50 MB of free drive space
- Comes in VST / VST3 / AU / AAX
- Reliable internet connection for download delivery and product activation
- Allows for activation on three (3) computers per serial code
Gear News
"Riffer takes the boring old piano roll and stuffs it full of probability and possibility in the best MIDI sequencer your DAW doesn’t have."
Sound On Sound
"Riffer will pull you back from the creative brink; it will enliven your bottom end; it will pull melodies out of the ether and step-sequence a smile across your face."
Plugin Boutique Staff Picks - Thomas Audiomodern have a reputation for building top-quality Kontakt Libraries, presets, sample packs and Max for Live devices and now with RIFFER, they introduce their first ever VST/AU plugin to the world. Developed as a MIDI sequencer plugin, RIFFER genera...
Read MoreIf you've ever been faced with the empty piano roll of despair, then you need Riffer. If you've been unable to nail that bassline, you need Riffer. If you just want to feed some melody into a synth, then you need Riffer. Riffer will pull you back from the creative brink; it will enliven your bott...
Read MoreRiffer - Smart riff and sequence generator reaches the next level. Riffer takes the boring old piano roll and stuffs it full of probability and possibility in the best MIDI sequencer your DAW doesn’t have. Riffer 3.0 I’m a big fan of Riffer. If you’ve ever stared at a piano roll and see ...
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Installation
1. Download the .zip file from within your Plugin Boutique User Account and double-click it to extract the contents > Double-click the .pkg file to begin the installation.
2. Click 'Continue'.
3. Click 'Continue'.
4. Click 'Agree'.
5. Click 'Install'.
6. Enter your computer Username and Password > Click 'Install Software'.
7. Click 'Close'.
Activation
1. Open the installed software in your DAW and enter your Serial Number, found in your Plugin Boutique User Account > Click 'Unlock Riffer'.
Your software is now activated and ready to use.
Windows
Installation
1. Download the .zip file from within your Plugin Boutique User Account and double-click it to extract the contents > Double-click the .exe file to begin the installation.
2. Select 'I Accept the Agreement' > Click 'Next'.
3. Click 'Next'.
4. Click 'Next'.
5. Click 'Next'.
6. Click 'Next'.
7. Click 'Next'.
8. Click 'Install'.
9. Click 'Finish'.
Activation
1. Open the plugin in your DAW.
2. Enter your Serial Number, found in your Plugin Boutique User Account > Click 'Unlock Riffer'.
Your software is now activated and ready to use.
