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edition 2

a faster riffle

July 21, 2026

gm.

a lot has happened these past few weeks. the big three: embeddable drops, new tricks from sous chef, and a smoother, more responsive board.

let's get into it.


new features

embed your drops

Embedding a drop on a website

every public drop can now be embedded on your website, portfolio, blog, or anywhere that supports embeds. just copy the embed code from the share menu on your drop's page, and paste it into your website.

  • choose between a compact player or a square card
  • light or dark themes to match your site
  • a live preview shows you exactly how it'll show up

give sous chef the full brief

Sous Chef handling several tasks from one prompt

sous chef can now juggle multiple production tasks in one go. ask for editing, generation, analysis, session setup - whatever your heart desires - in a single prompt, and it'll take care of it.


sous chef can now split stems

Sous Chef splitting a track into stems

ask sous chef to deconstruct any track down to its bones, and your wish will be its command.

  • ask for "just the vocals" and get a clean vocal track
  • say "gimme all the instrument tracks" and watch it separate them for you

sous chef can help you mix

Sous Chef measuring a mix and giving feedback

sous chef used to be able to tell you how your track sounds. now it can measure it too - tempo, key, loudness, how heavy the low end sits, how wide your mix is. and it won't just throw numbers at you; it analyses them and tells you what to do next.

  • sous chef takes a fresh read every time your track changes
  • ask "how's my mix?" and sous chef will tell you exactly what to change and by how much
  • ask "is this loud enough to release?" and you'll know the quantifiable truth

right-click to export

Exporting a stack from the right-click menu

you told us you couldn't find the Export option (it's on the top right, btw). so we made it easier: right-click any stack and you'll find Export in the menu.


a faster riffle

we rewrote riffle's audio engine in WebAssembly, making core audio processing significantly faster and more efficient. you'll experience smoother playback, a more responsive app across the board, and waaaay less waiting.


enhancements

  • zooming, playback, and dragging stacks around the board all feel noticeably better now, especially once a session gets big and busy.
  • duplicate a clip with ⌘D on mac or Ctrl+D on windows (it used to be ⌘⇧D / Ctrl+Shift+D).
  • the share panel got a redesign. find people by their avatars, and set their roles right there.
  • stem splits now accept files up to 100MB (used to be a measly 20MB limit, smh).
  • sous chef can now listen to up to 8 minutes of audio at a time (previously 5).
  • riffle now clears out old audios from your local cache automatically.

that's enough yapping from us. go put this stuff to work.

— the crew at riffle

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