A DAW built around how you actually work.
Rift Studio is a session-aware production workstation. It understands your project structure, anticipates what you need, and removes repetitive production tasks — so every minute is creative.
Your session, understood.
Rift Studio reads your project in real time. It auto-labels tracks, suggests routing, detects frequency collisions, and builds the session structure for you — so you never start from a blank template again.
- Auto-Track OrganizationBased on content analysis
- Routing SuggestionsBus, send, and sidechain starting points
- Conflict DetectionFrequency masking and phase alerts
- Session SetupFaster structure without manual prep
Like a second engineer in the room.
The Production Copilot watches your session and offers actionable suggestions: gain staging, EQ corrections, stereo imaging, dynamic balance — all without touching your creative decisions.
- Mix AnalysisReal-time frequency and dynamics scanning
- Gain StagingLevel recommendations per track
- EQ SuggestionsNon-destructive, one-click apply
- Natural Language MixerDescribe the mix you want
Four engines. One vision.
Rift Studio's core is built around four specialized engines, each purpose-built for performance, quality, and modularity.
Audio Engine
64-bit float processing, automatic latency compensation, and sample-accurate timing throughout the entire signal chain.
Spatial Engine
Full Dolby Atmos 7.1.4 rendering pipeline. Object-based and channel-based panning with binaural monitoring.
Analysis Engine
Real-time spectral analysis, loudness monitoring, and mix diagnostics that power the Production Copilot.
Device Engine
Node-based signal processing. Every instrument and effect is a modular device you can build, share, and patch.
What a session actually looks like.
Four steps. No templates. No busywork. Just open, create, and let the session build itself around your ideas.
Open a blank session
No template picker. No 47-option dialog. A single empty session, ready for sound.
Drop in audio or play an instrument
Session Intelligence reads what you added and applies early labeling, color, and routing suggestions without forcing a template.
Watch the session take shape
Track groups, buses, and mix-analysis suggestions appear early so the session stays legible as it grows.
Ask the Copilot to check the mix
One command. The Copilot scans levels, EQ, stereo image, and spatial balance — then hands you a checklist, not an automated master.
Built for keyboard-first production.
Every common action is one or two keystrokes away. Zero menus for the things you do hundreds of times per session.
Command Palette
Type any command, search any parameter, navigate anywhere. No memorizing menus.
Quick-Add Tracks
One key to add a track. Session Intelligence auto-configures it based on context.
Smart Duplicate
Duplicate clips, tracks, or entire sections with routing and automation intact.
Inline Processing
EQ, dynamics, and effects right in the track header. No separate mixer window needed.
Multi-Edit
Select multiple tracks, edit parameters simultaneously. Relative or absolute adjustments.
Undo History
Branching undo tree with up to 200 nodes, plus 50 named project snapshots you can A/B compare.
Drag-to-Route
Drag a cable from any track output to any input. Visual routing, zero configuration.
Session Snapshots
Save and recall entire session states — A/B mix versions instantly.
Multitrack editing that feels intuitive.
Up to 128 tracks, clip-based workflow, take lanes, crossfades, and a timeline that adapts to your arrangement — not the other way around.
- 128 TracksAudio, MIDI, buses, automation
- Take LanesRecord stacked takes, comp the best
- Clip-Based EditingNon-destructive, razor-fast
- Tempo & Time SigMultiple tempo changes in one project
From stereo to Atmos in one session.
A fully integrated mixing environment with console-grade processing, flexible bus routing, and a Dolby Atmos 7.1.4 rendering pipeline — all running locally.
- Console ViewChannel strips with inline EQ/dynamics
- Bus Routing12 send/return buses, flexible routing
- Atmos 7.1.4Object-based panning and rendering
- Binaural MonitoringCheck immersive mixes on headphones
Sound design, production-ready.
Eight instruments ship with every edition — from subtractive synthesis to granular sampling. No sample library downloads required.
Wavetable Synth
16-voice polyphonic with 8 waveform shapes, sub oscillator, white noise generator, resonant multi-mode filter, dual LFOs, and up to 8-voice unison with detune and stereo spread.
Analog Synth
3-oscillator subtractive synth with hard sync, ring modulation, FM between oscillators, dual multi-mode filters, 3 LFOs, analog drift simulation, and portamento.
FM Synthesizer
6-operator FM synthesis with 32 algorithm selections, 8 waveforms per operator, per-operator ADSR envelopes, and feedback routing for complex timbres.
Granular Synth
Grain-based synthesis with up to 2048 simultaneous grains across 8 voices, 4 window shapes, freeze and reverse modes, and real-time position, density, and pitch scatter control.
Drum Machine
16-pad sample-based drum instrument with per-pad pitch, decay, cutoff, and resonance. Choke groups, output buses, and independent processing per voice.
Physical Model
5 acoustic models — plucked, bowed, blown, struck, percussion — with body resonance, sympathetic strings, inharmonicity, and fractional-delay tuning.
Sample Slicer
Transient-aware slicing with up to 128 slices, per-slice volume, pan, pitch, and reverse. 4 play modes and automatic MIDI mapping from C1.
Advanced Sampler
Multi-zone sample playback with 128 zones, velocity layers, round-robin groups, 4 filter types, and loop modes including forward, ping-pong, and reverse.
Processing that shapes and inspires.
Every effect is a modular device — patch them in series, parallel, or build entirely custom signal chains in the Device Grid.
Parametric EQ 8
8-band parametric equalizer with real-time FFT spectrum analyzer. HPF, LPF, Bell, and Shelf band types with hand-coded biquad coefficients.
Console Emulation
Four analog console models — SSL 4000E, SSL SuperAnalogue, Neve 1073, and Riftborn hybrid — with channel filters and transformer saturation.
Convolution Reverb
Impulse response-based reverb with pre-delay, high and low filtering, stereo width control, and real-time IR processing.
Compressor
Feed-forward compressor with SSL 4000 G-Series topology, THAT 2181 VCA saturation modeling, sidechain pre-emphasis, and dual-stage release.
Amp Simulator
5 amp models — Clean, Crunch, Overdrive, Lead, High Gain — with 3-band tone stack, cabinet simulation, and integrated noise gate.
Audio Repair Suite
Built-in declip, dehum, declick, and denoise with noise profile learning, spectral subtraction, and mains frequency detection.
Spectral Morph
Real-time spectral cross-synthesis with FFT morphing, freeze capture, and 4 morph modes — CrossFade, Spectral, Formant, and Hybrid.
Stem Separator
Offline source separation with optional neural models — isolate vocals, drums, bass, and other when stem models are installed, with spectral fallback when they are not.
Patch anything to anything.
The Device Grid is a node-based patching environment where every instrument and effect is a module. Route audio and MIDI visually, build custom processors, and save stable chains as reusable devices.
- Node-Based RoutingVisual signal flow
- Custom DevicesSave chains as reusable modules
- MIDI + AudioRoute both in the same graph
- Reusable ChainsKeep proven setups ready for the next session
Extensible by design. Grounded in what ships first.
Rift Studio is being built as a long-term platform, but the near-term focus is tighter presets, better documentation, and reusable tools that make the first Windows release dependable.
Device Builder
A visual environment for creating custom instruments and effects. Combine built-in modules, draw custom UIs, and package reusable devices for your own sessions.
Included in all editionsPresets & Templates
Factory content depth is a current shipping priority: better starting points, deeper preset libraries, and stronger first-run workflows.
Current focusDocumentation & Onboarding
Reference docs, tutorials, and guided setup are being expanded so the workstation is easier to trust on day one.
In progressYour instruments. Your rules.
The Device Builder gives you full access to Rift Studio's modular engine. Combine oscillators, filters, envelopes, and effects into new instruments, then design a custom front panel and package the result as a reusable device.
- Visual PatchingNode-based signal flow
- Custom UIDraw knobs, sliders, meters
- Module Library100+ building blocks
- Reusable PackagingSave instruments and chains as devices
Track the Windows beta.
Follow development progress, system requirements, and beta availability from one place.