Giving Riffboard a Home

Riffboard now has a website. This is deliberately not a launch.

The application is not publicly downloadable, real-guitar calibration is still in progress, and there is no release date to announce. What exists is a working desktop prototype, a clear point of view about how musical ideas should be captured, and a steady stream of design and engineering decisions worth recording. That seemed like enough to justify a public home — and a reason to build one carefully rather than loudly.

The site has three jobs. First, to say plainly what Riffboard is: a desktop music workspace that turns short performances into movable notation cards called Rifflets. Second, to be honest about status — what works today, what is being calibrated, and what remains ahead. Third, to hold these Field Notes, so the development of the product leaves a public record instead of disappearing into private notes.

Some choices about what the site does not do were as deliberate as what it does. There is no download button, because there is nothing to download yet. There is no email capture or waitlist, because collecting anticipation feels premature. Screenshots and demonstration video are labeled placeholders, because the interface is still changing and a stale screenshot is a small lie.

When real-guitar calibration holds up and the interface settles, the placeholders will become real media and the roadmap will shift. Until then, this site is exactly what it appears to be: a product under active development, written down in public.