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Riff.
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Riff.
Published by Q & D Multimedia
Curriculum software to help with the teaching of Music
from £19.00
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Teaching Subjects:
English Curriculum:
Key Stages 2, 3 & 4
Scottish Curriculum:
P4-7, S1-2, S3-4
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Product Overview
| Riff is a powerful MIDI sequencer and composition tool based on a design of four easy-to-use screens and offering many valuable time-saving functions. Scores are created one clip at a time using a simple grid view in the editor screen and can also be displayed and printed using standard musical notation. Notes can also be recorded from a MIDI keyboard. Scores are arranged in the sequencer screen, divided into music tracks and a percussion track. A wide range of instruments is available to assign to each track. Users can set up attributes of the score and control tempo, time signature and key signature. |
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Educational Benefits
- Develops skills required to meet key objectives of the NC Programme of Study for Music.
- Links to many QCA units at key stages 2 and 3.
- Many example files included for demonstration plus useful tutorial and lesson plans.
- Well-designed program that motivates students and develops vital ICT skills.
- Ideal for whiteboard presentation for whole class teaching.
Please Note:
Riff is supplied with concurrent licences.
Riff's Toolset
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Quick Start screen
Does what it says on the tin: from here you can use the Riff wizard, which helps newer or less confident users get started; you can open recent scores, or a new score, and watch the Riff showreel, which gives you an overview of the program.
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Master screen
New scores are set up in the Master screen. Attributes of a score, such as tempo, style and key signature can be chosen together with a range of display options. Scores can be loaded, saved and printed in full musical notation.
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The Sequencer screen is used to arrange the contents of your score. The main part of this screen shows the score window, which is divided into tracks, running horizontally.
Each track will contain a number of clips, each representing one bar of music. You can place as many clips in as many tracks as you like. You can also leave areas of the score blank, so that one or more of the tracks is silent at certain points.
Clips can either be loaded from the library or created and edited in the Editor screen. |
Sequencer screen
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Editor screen
The Editor screen is used to create the clips that make up your score - users simply click in the clip window to place notes. Notes can span two or more squares to make longer notes and can be easily repositioned in the grid by dragging. As each note plays, the musical notation is highlighted.
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Mixer screen
In the Mixer screen users can control properties of each track, such as volume and pan; effects can also be added. Like the Sequencer screen, the Mixer screen shows the tracks running from left to right. All the controls on this screen work in real time, so you can alter your score as it is playing.
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Product Features
- Real time and step time recordings can be made from a MIDI keyboard.
- Time signature and key signature can be set.
- Easy tempo control.
- Scores can be printed in standard musical notation.
- Undo function allows users to experiment and undo previous actions.
- Scores can be divided into sections, each using a different tempo, key signature and style.
- Auto-accompany function quickly generates backing tracks.
- Chord builder function. Various styles can be applied to entire score.
- Riff wizard shows students how to set up a new score in seven easy steps.
- Large library of clips to help students create scores.
- Comprehensive tutorial within user guide, with sample files on CD.
- Lesson plans available via website.
Additional Information
National Curriculum, Music, KS2
- Creating and developing musical ideas - composing skills (2b).
- Responding and reviewing - appraising skills (3a, 3c).
- Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding (4a, 4b, 4c).
- Breadth of study (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d).
National Curriculum, Music, KS3
- Creating and developing musical ideas - composing skills (2b).
- Responding and reviewing - appraising skills (3a, 3b, 3c).
- Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding (4a, 4b, 4c).
- Breadth of study (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d).
QCA Schemes of Work, KS2
- Units 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21.
QCA Schemes of Work, KS3
- Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15.
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System Requirements
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PC
Pentium 400 Mhz
64 Mb RAM
16x CD-ROM drive
16bit colour display
Windows 98 or above |
Mac
G3 or above
128 Mb RAM
16x CD-ROM drive
16 bit colour display
OSX 10.1.5 or later |
Technical Definitions
- The publisher has included within the enclosed documents, instructions as to how to install this software upon a Community Connect 3 network.
Web Links
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Q&D Multimedia have created lesson plans for you to download and use from their website. You can find these lesson plans here.
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http://www.riff.uk.com/lessonplans.htm
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You can send your own Riff compositions, either as a Riff file (.seq) or as a MIDI file, to the publisher and they will put them on this page. For more information please follow the link!
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http://www.riff.uk.com/musicgallery.htm
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Riff Composition (MIDI): Moonlight Sonata (Zipped)
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Moonlight Sonata composition in MIDI. |
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moonlight_sonata.zip
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| File Size: |
1,218 Bytes
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| Download time: |
less than 1 minute @56k
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Riff Composition (MIDI): Fur Elise (Zipped)
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Fur Elise composition in MIDI. |
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fur_elise.zip
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| File Size: |
575 Bytes
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| Download time: |
less than 1 minute @56k
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Riff Composition (MIDI): The Entertainer (Zipped)
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The Entertainer composition in MIDI. |
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the_entertainer.zip
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| File Size: |
958 Bytes
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| Download time: |
less than 1 minute @56k
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