issue 001

a month ago, we shipped v1.0.0 from a room in bangalore. today, riffle is open to everyone — no waitlist, no invite codes. open a link, start making music with anyone. since march 31 we've shipped 17 updates, not because we had a checklist, but because every time someone made something on a board we'd see a thing that could be better and fix it before the next session. over 1,300 people have signed up, made 1,400+ boards, and played thousands of stacks. some found bugs we'd never have caught. some made things that genuinely surprised us. all of them shaped what riffle is becoming.

sous chef learned to cook

when we first shipped sous chef, it could suggest samples and chat about your track — like a sous chef who can recommend ingredients but isn't allowed to touch the stove. now it can actually cook. tell it to create a stack, add tracks, change bpm or key, move and reshape clips, duplicate sections across all tracks, or shuffle a sequence of chops. everything is undoable with cmd+z. the panel is redesigned with a status pill that narrates its work in real time, and opens as a sidebar with cmd+k.

shipped by anurag

drop it in. it just works.

drop any audio sample onto your board and riffle automatically figures out its tempo and key. it stretches and pitches to match your track from the very first beat. no manual bpm entry, no hunting for the key. you drag it in, it locks to the grid, and you keep moving.

shipped by anirudh

your board, in your pocket

boards are now viewable on mobile. browse, pan, and play from your phone with a layout designed for playback — not editing. you build on desktop, you share everywhere. send a friend your board link at 2am. they listen on the bus the next morning.

shipped by ethan