How to Create Filters to help find-a-riddim™

Searching for riddims is much easier on a computer browser, but if you are on a mobile device be sure to select "Request Desktop Version" in your mobile browser. 

Navigate to https://riddimBank.com/find-a-riddim and focus on the top left part of the embedded table. 

Filter riddims by Key by clicking on "Filter" and "Add a Filter" by building a statement "Where <Key> is <Select an Option>. You can add additional filters if you want. 

How to Use Filters to help find-a-riddim™

Searching for riddims is much easier on a computer browser, but if you are on a mobile device be sure to select "Request Desktop Version" in your mobile browser. 

Navigate to https://riddimBank.com/find-a-riddim and focus on the top left part of the embedded table. 

Filter riddims by Key by clicking on "Filter" and "Add a Filter" by building a statement "Where <Musician> Contains <type all or part of a name> and the results will display. You can add additional filters if you want.

Search Tools

Searching for riddims is much easier on a computer browser, but if you are on a mobile device be sure to select "Request Desktop Version" in your mobile browser. 

Navigate to https://riddimBank.com/find-a-riddim and focus on the top left part of the embedded table.

The tools are: 

Hide Fields: This lets you focus on what's important to you

Filter: lets you choose which results you see

Group: lets you see collections of results, for example: songs grouped by Key

Sort: To sort by Tempo for example. 

Row Height: so you can view more records or more data per record. 

Search (in upper right): lets you highlight search results without removing them

Mixed by riddimbank™

A Mixed by riddimBank™ multitrack riddim is pre-mixed. Meaning, after you drop all files into your recording software, it can be used just as is: lined up and balanced. Typically a Mixed by riddimBank™ file has reverbs and delays removed except for intentional dubs. Some audio files may appear to be quieter than you would expect, and some may even have dropouts. This is intentional and is because they were mixed this way in the original. Reach out if you have any questions.

Click Track?

When a song is recorded, it is common for a drummer to play to a metronome so there are fewer variations in tempo. Recording to a metronome means there is a "Click Track." 

When "Click Track?" is selected that means there are two possibilities: 

- The drummer performed to a metronome as described above. 

- The music was programmed so there are no variations in tempo

When "Click Track?" is NOT selected that means there is just  possibility:

- The drummer did not perform with a metronome and therefore the tempo may naturally drift. This may be important for customers to know before making a purchase, so we added this information to the find-a-riddim™ page. 

Using a Coupon Code

When you click on a Buy Button, you are redirected to our the riddimStore. 

STEP 1: 

Customer Details:

Enter Email Address

Select Country

Agree to Note

Click Next

STEP 2: 

Billing Information

Enter Name

Enter Address

Click Next

STEP 3: 

Type Coupon Code in COUPON Field

Click on the Enter Icon in the right side of the field

Wait for the price to update

Click Place Order

STEP 4: 

Look for emails to complete your transaction. 

To Simplfy...

After you make a purchase, you can release as many as two songs: One with words and one without. 

For License Agreement details, click HERE

How many uses?

The License for each multitrack riddim is for one song. If you want to record multiple artists on one piece of music (like in a various-artists-on-one-riddim type of album), you must purchase multiple licenses. These can be purchased with a quantity discount.

License, Lease, Buy? 

Great question. At riddimBank, we decided early on to make it as easy as possible for singers and producers to make professional music. We decided to allow customers to "License" rather than "Lease" or "Buy" riddims.

"Licensing" means that you can use the music one time and you pay one time.

Pro: One transaction and simple terms

Con: One use may disappoint customers

Con: Others may use the same music on their projects

"Leasing" means you can use a piece of music multiple times but you have to also pay multiple times after the lease (typically one year) expires.

Pro: Lower initial price. 

Pro: Unlimited number of uses (like in a various-artists-on-one-riddim type of album)

Con: A Lease must be renewed every year (more paperwork and challenges for both parties)

Con: If a Lease is not renewed, it could end up with legal challenges or in court. 

"Buying" means that only you can use the music, and you can use it as often as you wish. 

Pro: Unlimited uses 

Pro: No recurring fees

Pro: Nobody else will use the same music on their project

Con: More expensive

Buy a riddim?

Not at this point. We may offer that service in the future.

Lease a riddim?

No. We won't be offering a Lease option at riddimBank

Steps to Release a Song

Here are the basics: 

- License a riddim at riddimBank (or rent a studio, hire musicians and an engineer)

- Record Vocals

- Clean everything up (riddimBank does this for each riddim)

- Mix the song (riddimBank mixed the music. All you need to do is process the vocals, add some effects, and export the song. 

- Mix and optional Version or Dub

- Master the song(s). This is the step that finalizes the music so it sounds polished. It's the last step before releasing it. 

- Post the music to the online stores. There are services available to help you with this. Please reach out and we can help you. 

RiddimBank can help you with each of these steps. We can give you tips on how to do them yourself or how to find someone you can hire to do them for you. 

Contact us at info@riddimbank.com

Multitrack

When a song is recorded in a recording studio, each instrument is recorded separately. For example, there can be a dozen microphones put on a drum set to record it: (inside the kick, outside of the kick, snare top, snare bottom, hi hat, tom 1, tom 2, tom 3, floor tom, cymbals left, cymbals right, and a room mic), Then when you record guitars, sometimes they are recorded with near microphones and far microphones. Pianos can use multiple microphones to be captured professionally. 

Each of these are individual "Tracks" and collectively, they are referred to as "Multitracks." 

You will receive multitracks with every riddim. More importantly, they have already been cleaned up and processed so they are ready to go. You can drag and drop these files into any audio software and they sound like they are in a professional studio. 

Using Multitracks

To use these multitrack riddims, you must have some audio software like Garageband, Reaper, Studio One, Logic, Ableton Live, or ProTools. These files are compatible with all audio software. 

To use them, create a project in your software using the same tempo as the source files you downloaded. Then simply drag and drop the audio files into the workspace. We recommend you sort them by name because we number them consistently. For example, 01. Kick, 02. Snare Top 03. Snare Bottom, 04. Hi Hat. When you sort by name then drag and drop them, you have them in a logical order. 

Once your files are added to your project, it should sound pretty close to done because we have cleaned and processed every track before we exported it. This means that you can turn up or down any of the individual instruments to get a great balance. 

Record some vocals.

Add some effects such as reverb or delay on your effects sends and use those to polish your song. Using the sends rather than the inserts is easier on your computer.

Using part of a riddim

Yes. You may use all or some of the files provided to you. Please note that you can only use them as many as two times: one time only with vocals and one additional time as a dub or instrumental. 

Playback Speed

Modern Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) have a feature that lets users change the tempo of the project which changes the speed of the audio files. Different DAWs have different names, but the things to look for are "Timestretch" "Tempo Follows" "Audio File has tempo" or other similar names. 

When the tempos of the wav files and the tempo of the project are different, the playback speed is either slow or fast. 

If you have wav files with a tempo of 100, for example, and start a project at 120, then the files will sound fast. If you open those same files in a project set to 80, the DAW will slow the 100 down to 80 to match the project and it will sound slow. 

To avoid any problems, be sure the tempo listed on your wave files is the tempo you start your song project. 

Members Portal

The first place to look is the "SELL MUSIC" tab above. This will provide more information. https://riddimbank.com/members

Member Portal

When you joined, you registered at the Member Portal. Start here for details. 

If you don't remember where to log in, the next first place to look is the "MEMBERS" tab above. This will provide more information. https://riddimbank.com/members