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Curate vs Riffage

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Curate compared with Riffage
Detail CurateRiffage logo Riffage
What it doesIntelligent sample manager for music producers with AI-powered auto-tagging and semantic search A desktop riff library for metal guitarists
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Pricing modelNot given Freemium
Pricing€69.99 excl. VAT (one-time purchase). Free trial available with full features capped at 150 samples and 1 library. 14-day money-back guarantee. Free: unlimited riffs, search, recording on your own machine, 3 GB free cloud backup per vault. Riffage Cloud: $72 a year or $8 a month per vault, adds 50 GB of backup and band sharing. Early access code EARLYBIRD: $36 a year for Riffage Cloud, half price.
Key features
  • Intelligent auto-tagging with AI detection of instrument, genre, key, BPM
  • Galaxy visualization with similar sounds clustered together
  • Works fully offline after license activation
  • Search riffs by title, lyric, filename, tempo, tuning, or custom tags
  • Batch import voice memos, phone clips, and session bounces
  • Drag riffs directly into DAW tracks
  • Record through your own amp sims
  • Cut and organize takes within the app
  • Save clean DI with every take for resampling
  • Share vaults with band members
  • Comment and collection organization in shared vaults
  • Cloud backup and sync across computers
  • Automatic tempo detection
What makes it different
  • One-time purchase with no subscription or recurring fees
  • AI tagging built specifically for sample libraries, not general-purpose AI
  • Samples stay on your device; no data uploaded to servers
  • Native desktop application for macOS, Windows and Linux
  • Combines audio content, filename and folder context for accurate tagging
  • Unlimited riffs and no storage limits on local machine, free forever
  • Band members can join free while only one person pays for vault subscription
  • Per-vault cloud subscriptions let you upgrade only the vaults you need
  • Preserves clean DI with every recorded take for future resampling and tab generation
  • One-drag workflow from library directly into your DAW
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Trust Flow (Majestic)60
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