Ample Riffer 2 Manual

Ample Riffer 2 Manual
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Ample Riffer 2 ManualContents

1OVERVIEW OF RIFFER PANEL .................................................................................................................... 32NOTE PROPERTIES ........................................................................................................................................ 52.1

NOTE ON ........................................................................................................................................................... 52.2

NOTE OFF........................................................................................................................................................... 52.3

NOTE PITCH........................................................................................................................................................ 52.4

VELOCITY ............................................................................................................................................................ 52.5

NOTE OFF VELOCITY .......................................................................................................................................... 52.6

ARTICULATION .................................................................................................................................................... 63EXPRESSION ................................................................................................................................................... 64

LOOP AREA ..................................................................................................................................................... 65

VIRTUAL KEYBOARD .................................................................................................................................... 76

LEGATO LANE................................................................................................................................................. 77AUX LANE ....................................................................................................................................................... 78

FX LANE ........................................................................................................................................................... 89MEASURES ...................................................................................................................................................... 910CC PANEL .................................................................................................................................................... 910.1

DISPLAY TOGGLE ................................................................................................................................................ 910.2

CONTROLLER SELECTION .................................................................................................................................... 910.3

EDIT AREA ........................................................................................................................................................ 1010.4

CURVE PRESET .................................................................................................................................................. 1211

THUMBNAIL AND HORIZONTAL SCROLL BAR ............................................................................... 1222-1

Ample Riffer 2 Manual12COLOR THEME ......................................................................................................................................... 1313SHOW CC PANEL ..................................................................................................................................... 1314

RESIZE RIFFER PANEL ............................................................................................................................ 1315

VERTICAL SCROLL BAR .......................................................................................................................... 1416

DRAG MIDI TO HOST ............................................................................................................................. 1416.1

EXPORT RIFF TO MIDI...................................................................................................................................... 1416.2

EXPORT MIDI FROM RIFFER IN FL STUDIO ...................................................................................................... 1416.3

IMPORT MIDI TO RIFFER .................................................................................................................................. 1517

SCORE & GLOBAL PARAMETERS ........................................................................................................ 1617.1

FLIE MENU ....................................................................................................................................................... 1617.2

EDIT MENU....................................................................................................................................................... 1617.3

EDIT TOOLS ...................................................................................................................................................... 18

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RIGHT-CLICK MENU ......................................................................................................................................... 19

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SCORE PARAMETERS ......................................................................................................................................... 2018

PRESET & SAVE WINDOW .................................................................................................................... 20

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PRESET WINDOW ............................................................................................................................................. 20

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SAVE WINDOW ................................................................................................................................................ 2122-2

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1 Overview of Riffer Panel

1. Note Properties Lane
2. Expression Lane
3. Loop Area
4. Piano Roll
5. Virtual Keyboard
6. Legato Lane
7. AUX Lane
8. FX Noise Lane
9. CC Editor
10. Measures
11. Thumbnail and Horizontal Scrollbar
12. Theme Selection
13. Show CC Editor
14. Resize Riffer Panel
15. Vertical Scrollbar
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17. File Menu
18. Edit Menu
19. Select20. Mute
21. Draw
22. Erase
23. Split
24. Glue
25. Riff Acoustic Feedback Toggle
26. Default Insert Note Velocity
27. Fix Velocity
28. Quantize Note On
29. Quantize Note Off
30. Go to First Bar
31. Riff Play Toggle
32. Loop Toggle
33. Host Playback Sync Toggle
34. Tempo Sync Toggle
35. Riff BPM
36. Riff Metronome Toggle
37. Riff Time Signature
38. Snap to Grid
39. Riff Quantize
40. Auto Scroll Toggle

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2 Note Properties

When a note is selected, the note properties will be shown on the title area. There
are 8 properties for each note: Start Time，End Time，Pitch, Velocity, Note Off
Velocity, Articulation, Vibrato, and Bend.
* Click to enter a value or drag the number up and down or use the scroll wheel tomodify parameters.

2.1 Note On
2.2 Note Off
2.3 Note Pitch⚫

Select the pitch from the drop-down list.

⚫

Drag in the pitch list to change the pitch of the selected note.

⚫

Select a note and use the up and down arrow keys to change the pitch.

⚫

Shift + up and down arrow keys to change the octave of the selected note.

2.4 Velocity
Ctrl(Win)/Cmd(Mac) + up and down arrow keys can modify the velocity value (bystep of 1).

2.5 Note Off Velocity
Control the volume of Release and Fingered Release.
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2.6 Articulation
Select the desired articulation from the drop down list.

3 Expression
Icons of Articulations
Icons

Articulation
Nature Harmonic
Expressive Tremolo
Straight Tremolo
Glissando
Glissando UpGlissando Down
Bend Return, Bend
Bend Up
Bend Down
Single Vibrato
Vibrato, Pre-VibratoShort Tremolo

4 Loop Area
Select the area to be looped for playback.

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5 Virtual Keyboard
6 Legato Lane

7 AUX Lane
An auxiliary note has 6 properties: Start Time, End Time, Velocity, Arpeggio Type,
Pitch, and Chord Type.

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8 FX Lane
An FX note has four properties: Start Time, End Time, Velocity, and FX Type.

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9 Measures
10CC Panel

1. Display Toggle
2. Controller Selection
3. Edit Area
4. Curve Preset

10.1 Display Toggle*Click the eye icon to show or hide current controller.

10.2 Controller Selection
The controllers have various color and transparency, overlapped with each other.
The selected controller is placed on top of others, and is editable.
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Right click the controller name to switch to different controller.

10.3 Edit Area
Each controller point has 4 properties: Time, Controller Type, Value and Curve Type.

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10.4 Curve Preset
While one or more notes are selected, click the controller preset button to add acurve.
If the selected notes are overlapped, a single long curve is created, otherwise
multiple curves will be created.

Quick Edit
Double click

Create new controller point

Drag controller points

Change Time / Value

Drag the middle curve point

Change curve shape

between controller points
Left / Right Arrow

Select left / right point

Delete / Backspace

Delete current point and select the point
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Shift + Mouse Drag

Change value with vertical quantization

QQuantize

Thumbnail and Horizontal Scroll Bar

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Drag the thumbnail or scroll the mouse wheel to change the display region ofthe editing window.

⚫

Dragging the scroll bar's border allows you to change the zoom ratio.

⚫

Double-clicking the thumbnail restores the initial scaling ratio.

⚫

Shift + Mouse wheel can move the scroll bar.

12Color Theme

Click the switch to toggle between dark and light themes. Dark theme is thedefault.

13Show CC Panel

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Resize Riffer Panel

Click the icon the change the size of the Riffer Panel.
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Vertical Scroll Bar

Drag the scroll bar's border to change vertical zooming.

16Drag Midi to Host

16.1 Export Riff to MIDIDrag the riff to MIDI track, or generate a MIDI file.

16.2 Export MIDI from Riffer in FL Studio
FL Studio's default timebase parameters are set relatively low, which may lead toMIDI playback errors. It's recommended to first adjust the timebase parameters tothe maximum before exporting.
*Timebase setting path: Options - Project - Time Settings – Timebase（PPQ）.

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16.3 Import MIDI to Riffer

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The MIDI file can be imported to Riffer. The MIDI format must be MIDI 0 or MIDI 1,and make sure that there is only one track in the MIDI file.
*The MIDI block could be dragged into Riffer directly only in Cubase & Nuendo.

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Score & Global Parameters*For Mac users, please replace 'Ctrl' with the 'Cmd' key, and replace ‘Alt’ with the‘Option’ key for the following hotkeys.

17.1 Flie Menu
Name

HotkeyNew

Ctrl + Shift + N

LoadCtrl + O

Save

Ctrl + S

Save As

Ctrl + Shift + S

Import MIDI-

Export MIDI-

Export Audio
History

17.2 Edit Menu
Name

Key Commands

Undo

Ctrl + Z

Redo

Ctrl + Shift + ZCut

Ctrl + X

Copy

Ctrl + C

Duplicate

Ctrl + D

Paste

Ctrl + V

Other

Alt + Mouse drag on note
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DeleteBackspace /Delete

Clear All

Ctrl + Backspace/ Delete

Select All

Ctrl + A

Deoverlap

Alt + LTrim overlapping sections of notes withNotes

the same pitch

Velocity

Round note velocity to the nearest 5 or 10

Rounding
Note On

Round note on to the nearest 5 or 10

Rounding
Note Off

Round note off to the nearest 5 or 10

Rounding
LegatoExtend the selected note to the beginningof the next note with the same pitch

Restrict

Trim overlapping parts in time of theselected notes (won’t remove notes ifhave the same note on).
Other Quick Edits

Drag one or multiple notes

Change the pitch and position of the notes

with the mouse
Drag the outer frame of a

Change durationnote horizontally
Left/Right Arrow Keys

Select previos/next note of the same pitch

Up/Down Arrow Keys

Change the pitch

Shift + Up/Down Arrow

Transpose by octave

Keys
Shift + Left/Right Arrow

Change the position of the notes according toKeys

the quantization.

Ctrl + Left/Right Arrow Keys Change the pitch
Ctrl + Up/Down Arrow Keys

Change the velocity (by step of 1)
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Transpose by octave

Shift + V

Set the selected notes to default velocity

JToggle snap to grid on or off

Ctrl / Shift + Left Click

Add to or remove from selected notes

Ctrl + Click any key on theSelect all notes of the same pitch

piano on the left
Alt + Mouse dragCopy the selected notes to another location
View

H

Zoom in horizontally centered on the playheadG

Zoom out horizontally centered on the playhead

FAuto Scroll Toggle

Alt + Left Arrow KeysMove the playhead to the first measure

Alt + Right Arrow KeysMove the playhead to the last measure

Mouse wheel in the editing

Move the editing area verticallyarea
Shift + Mouse wheel in theMove the editing area horizontally

editing area
Ctrl + Mouse wheel in theZoom in or out horizontally centered on theediting area

mouse position

Hold down the mouseMove the current display position

wheel and drag left or rightin the editing area
Drag the scrollbar border

Zoom in or out

Double-click the scrollbar

Restore to initial zoom ratio

17.3 Edit Tools
NameHotkey

Other Hotkey

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Draw

6Erase5Split3Glue

4Quantize Note OnQ

Quantize Note Off

Alt + Q

Alt or Left double-click
Ctrl + Alt

17.4 Right-click Menu

The Right-Click Menu has following operations: Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Duplicate,Paste, Delete, Clear All, Select All, Deoverlap, Velocity Rounding, Note On Rounding,Legato, Restrict.

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17.5 Score Parameters
Time Signature

Follow Host Time Signature when SYNC is on

BPM

Follow Host BPM when SYNC is on

Quantize

Follow Host Quantization when SYNC is on

18Preset & Save Window

18.1 Preset Window

In this window you can display all the attributes (Category, Time Signature, Key,Quantize, BPM, Type and Author), sort presets according to an attribute, search andrate presets.
*Right click can remove rating.

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18.2 Save Window*Separated by commas if there are more than one chord.

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