Niche-Knack

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Shape a sound with four dials

Turn the four dials while the loop plays, then save your version as a sound of your own.

Before you start: A riff with an instrument track. Select it and open Sound.

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Step by step

  1. Open Sound

    Select an instrument track and choose Sound. A short note says how the sound is made.

  2. Listen while you change it

    Press Play so you hear every change.

  3. Turn a dial

    Drag a dial up or down. Here Bite brightens the strike and Bloom softens the tone.

    RiffWright on Linux: four dials, named for what they do.

    Four dials, named for what they do. Open full size

    1. Bite

  4. Undo a change

    Undo puts the last dial back.

  5. Keep it

    Choose Make a personal copy, give it a name, and choose Save to My sounds.

    RiffWright on Linux: a personal copy opens in the sound designer.

    A personal copy opens in the sound designer. Open full size

    1. Name your sound
    RiffWright on Linux: saved to My sounds.

    Saved to My sounds. Open full size

    1. Saved
Read the video instructions
  1. Press Play so you hear every change.
  2. Every sound has four dials, named for what they do.
  3. Turn Bite up for a brighter strike.
  4. Turn Bloom down for a softer, shorter tone.
  5. Undo puts the last dial back.
  6. Like it? Make a personal copy.
  7. Give it a name and save it to My sounds.