Looking for a modern alternative to Sonoma RiffWorks — record bar by bar with drums playing
Back in the day I used RiffWorks and it was perfect for how I like to work. You’d set a tempo, the drums would kick in, and you’d record one bar at a time. When the bar ended it would mute, loop back, and you’d record the next one. Then you could just arrange all the bars together into a full song. Super simple, plug in and play.
I’ve been trying to find something that works the same way. I don’t need anything fancy — I just want to:
∙ Plug my guitar straight in
∙ Have a drum track running
∙ Record a bar, it stops/mutes, moves to the next
∙ Arrange the bars into a song at the end
I’d be mainly playing hard rock and metal so decent sounding drum samples in that style would be a big plus.
I’ve looked at Ableton Live’s Session View and it seems like it could work but the setup looks a bit involved. Has anyone nailed this exact workflow in Ableton or found something simpler?
Open to free or paid options, Windows or Mac. Just want something I can actually sit down and use without spending an hour setting it up every time.