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How to to Join RiffWorld.com and Collaborate Online in RiffWorks
This guide assumes you already have:
- RiffWorks T4 (free), RiffWorks Standard or RiffWorks Line 6 Edition.
- Have a SonomaKey username and password that logs you into RiffWorld and RiffWorks.
- Know how to How to Create a Song in RiffWorks.
On RiffWorld.com
- Login with your SonomaKey (created when you bought/activated RiffWorks). Do not create more than one SonomaKey.
- Click on My Profile.
- Edit your Musician Profile (example of a profile here.)
- Upload an avatar (square).
- Upload a picture (of you or your guitar, etc).
- Enter your musical influences and the kind of gear you use. For best results: Enter influences and gear exactly as the artist/band/manufacturer/company spells and capitalizes them. Do not include dashes, asterix, or extra characters. Include a return after each one. This will ensure that your profile will be linked to other people's profiles with similar interests. This makes it easy to find people with similar interests.
- Now other users will be able to find you and the collaborations you create.
- When you have a song you'd like to post, upload songs you've created with RiffWorks to RiffWorld.com using the RiffCast button in RiffWorks. You can also use the upload form in your user profile on RiffWorld.com. Note: For RiffRumble, you can only upload a song from within the RiffWorks interface.
- Listen to 'casted collaborations on RiffWorld.com - look for the "Latest 'Cast" links in the "Info" column. (Listen to collaborations in progress within RiffWorks - see below).
- Joining collaborations is part of the free membership level included with each edition of RiffWorks. On RiffWorld.com, you will notice JOIN/JOINED buttons on the collaborations. If you have already contributed, the button should say JOINED. If you click the JOIN button, the collab will be automatically added to the "My Work in Progess" list inside RiffWorks. Collaborate inside RiffWorks using the instructions below.
- Creator Members can create new collaborations by clicking on New RiffLink on RiffWorld.com.
- Creator Members can create 'Invite Only' collaborations. Invite users by adding their user name (case sensitive and enter a return after each user name) to the invite list. You also need to invite yourself. The invitations show up inside RiffWorks in the "My Invites" list automatically.
From RiffWorks
Connect to the RiffLink Server (Free)
- Click the RiffLink tab in RiffWorks to open the login screen.
- Type in your SonomaKey and then click the LOG IN button.
- You should now see a list of Public Collaborations.
- You can change menu to Active Collaborations to see who is collaborating online right now.
Join an Existing Collaboration (Free)
- Pull up additional information about a collaboration by clicking on the name of the collaboration - you'll be taken to that collaboration's page on RiffWorld.com.
- Click JOIN to join a collaboration. You will be prompted to save your current song at this time.
- Once the collaboration has loaded in RiffWorks, you will be then be able to edit, save and Mix down the Riffs and song the same as you can do with regular RiffWorks songs.
- Changes you make to the song will appear to the other active contributors in near real-time.
Drums while Collaborating (Free)
Add-on InstantDrummer sessions can be used, and will be heard by you and other collaborators as they automatically stream from the RiffWorld.com server as needed. However, InstantDrummer sessions will load fastest if you own them because there is no need to wait for them to stream fom the server. Please note that any additions you make to the song using the Rex Player and ReWire backups will not be audible to other collaboration participants.
Create a New Collaboration (Creator Members Only)
- Once logged into RiffLink, click the CREATE button. This will open your web browser and take you to the RiffLink website.
- Type the title of your new collaboration in the TITLE field.
- In the Description box you can leave useful information and details about your collaboration for other contributors.
- In the Genre Tags box you can add key words that allow for other RiffLink users to better find your song when searching. Common tags would be "rock", "blues", "metal", etc.
- Invited Musicians - only use this box if you want your collaboration to be 'invite-only' (not open to everyone). Type the user names of the people you want involved (case sensitive and enter a Return after each user name). You need to invite yourself as well. A 'public' collab doesn't need anything in the invites box.
- Select to create a PUBLIC or INVITE ONLY collaboration. A public collaboration can be viewed and edited by any RiffLink member, whereas an Invite Only collaboration can only be viewed and edited by you and other RiffLink members to whom you give access (see step above).
- Click SAVE when finished.
- Bring RiffWorks back up. You can either minimize or close your web browser window at this time.
- Your public collaboration can be found at the bottom of the list of public collaborations. Likewise, Invite Only collaborations can be located by using the pull-down menu in RiffWorks, and selecting My Invites. The only way you are notified that you have been invited to a collaboration is by viewing this menu in RiffWorks - more notification systems are coming soon. Join your collaboration by clicking JOIN.
Import Riffs (Creator Members Only)
Click the IMPORT button in the RIFFS panel when logged into a RiffLink Collaboration. Select any .rwr (riff) or .rws (song) file to open to import the riff or riffs into the collaboration.
- Launch RiffWorks and click the RIFFLINK button in RiffWorks' RIFF RECORDER panel.
- Login with your SonomaKey – the same user name and password you used when you bought RiffWorks.
- Select a Collaboration to join by clicking JOIN or click the CREATE button to start a new one.
- RiffWorks works just like normal once you have a Collaboration open.
- Once you've joined a Collaboration, you can chat with other users in the RIFFLINK screen.
- Collaborations are automatically saved on the RiffWorld.com server.
- To get back to the list of Collaborations, use the VIEW popup menu.
You'll find the same lists of collaborations on the RiffWorld.com web site and within RiffWorks recording software:
- Public Collaborations: Lists all publicly available collaborations.
- My Collaborations: Lists only the collaborations you've created in your RiffWorld.com profile and within RiffWorks.
- My Work in Progress: Lists the collaborations you have contributed to in your RiffWorld.com profile and within RiffWorks.
- Active Collaborations: Lists collaborations with people currently logged in, so you can use RiffWorks to listen to what's being created and jam live using RiffWorks.
Creator Membership
Creator Memberships for RiffWorks online collaboration will be available for purchase soon. Until then, current RiffWorks owners get to enjoy free Creator Memberships.
A Creator Membership is free for at least 60 days after you buy RiffWorks, then $10 for 30 days or $60 for a year.
Without a Creator Membership, RiffWorks owners can enjoy these free features: JOIN RiffLink collaborations, RIFFCAST music, and compete in RIFFRUMBLES.
With a Creator Membership, RiffWorks owners get the added benefits of being able to CREATE RiffLink collaborations; INVITE others to collaborations; CREATE Riffs in public collaborations (and in invite-only collabs when invited); and SELECT the InstantDrummer sessions used in Riffs they create.
RiffLink Etiquette
The RiffWorks Community has come up with RiffLink etiquette guidelines. Please read them before you start collaborating and everyone will appreciate it. RiffLink Etiquette
Tips and Tricks
- The InstantDrummer sessions listed on the RiffCaster song pages (bottom right hand-side) are the sessions used to create that song.
- You can only delete the Layers and Riffs that you create.
- Only the user that created a Riff can record the first Layer in that Riff.
