Riff
Issue 01 · Riff
▸ Now reading — Track 01

Your song deserves
a film, not a slideshow.

Drop in a Suno or Udio track. Riff returns a beat-synced music video — with consistent characters, lyric titles cut on the measure, and a finished 4K film. One pass. No editing required.

Invites land in waves · No spam, ever

▸ Track 02 — Anatomy of a render

One song. Six sections. Beat-aligned all the way through.

01
0:00
Section
Intro
02
0:14
Section
Verse 1
03
0:46
Section
Chorus
04
1:18
Section
Verse 2
05
1:50
Section
Bridge
06
2:34
Section
Outro
0:000:461:342:34

Riff segments your song into structural sections, plans keyframes on measure boundaries, and renders each scene with the same character DNA — so the protagonist who walked in during the verse is still standing there when the chorus hits.

▸ Track 03 — How it works

Three steps from a streaming link to a finished cut.

01

Drop the song.

Paste a Suno or Udio URL, or upload an MP3/WAV. Riff transcribes lyrics with Whisper, detects beats, bars, and structural sections.

02

Direct the video.

Pick a director preset and a story world. Add reference photos for your characters. Set length, aspect ratio, and lyric overlay style.

03

Approve & export.

Review every clip before assembly. Approve or regenerate individual scenes. Export 1080p or 4K H.265 — ready for upload.

▸ Track 04 — Features

Built by people who watch their own videos.

Most AI video tools generate slop because they treat every shot like an isolated prompt. Riff is built on continuity — of identity, of beat, of story.

Identity

8-layer character DNA

Your protagonist looks like the same person at 0:08 and 2:47 — even when they cry. Reference photos seed an 8-layer biometric prompt that locks identity through every shot.

Edit

Beat-locked cuts

Cuts land on the measure, not on the beat. We detect bar boundaries with chroma autocorrelation, then snap every transition so your edit feels composed instead of chopped.

Direction

14 cinematographers in your back pocket

Shinkai's god-rays. Spider-Verse panels. Wong Kar-wai blur. Deakins fluorescents. Switch director presets between songs and your visual identity stays coherent.

Lyric

Titles on the downbeat

Whisper-aligned subtitles, designer-typeset and frame-burned at the right moment. Your lyric titles arrive on the bar, not slapped on after the fact.

Continuity

Series mode

Build a music video universe. Same characters, same world, different songs — DNA carries forward, so your second video feels like episode two, not a one-off.

Export

Broadcast-quality finish

1080p or 4K H.265 10-bit, 320 kbps audio, hvc1-tagged. Goes straight to YouTube and Apple platforms without a re-encode round trip.

▸ Track 05 — Director presets

Not vibes. Cinematography.

Each preset encodes a lighting palette, lens choice, blocking style, color temperature, and editing rhythm — distilled from a specific director or movement. Pick one. Or mix two.

  • 01Hayao Miyazaki
  • 02Makoto Shinkai
  • 03Spider-Verse · TRIGGER
  • 04Wong Kar-wai · Christopher Doyle
  • 05Roger Deakins
  • 06Emmanuel Lubezki
  • 07AG Cook · PC Music
  • 08Hype Williams
  • 09James Cameron
  • 10Wes Anderson
  • 11Sofia Coppola
  • 12Tarsem Singh
  • 13David Fincher
  • 14Floria Sigismondi
  • +more in private beta
▸ Track 06 — Pricing

Pick a tier. We'll honour it at launch.

Full comparison →

Sketch

$0/ month

Try it. Walk away if it doesn't move you.

  • 3 videos / month
  • 720p export, 60s max
  • Watermark on output
  • Personal use only
  • Community support
Join waitlist

Creator

$12/ month

For solo artists shipping into the algorithm every week.

  • 15 videos / month
  • 1080p export, 3 min max
  • No watermark
  • Commercial rights
  • Email support
Join waitlist
Most chosen

Pro

$28/ month

For working musicians and the people who design their world.

  • 40 videos / month
  • 4K export, no length cap
  • Series mode (DNA across videos)
  • Priority queue
  • Early access to new presets
  • API access
Join waitlist

Studio

$79/ month

For labels, agencies, and creative teams running multiple acts.

  • 120 videos / month
  • Batch generation
  • White-label exports
  • Shared workspaces
  • SLA + Slack support
Join waitlist

Annual billing saves 25%. Credit packs available on every tier. Founding members get launch pricing locked for 12 months.

▸ Track 07 — Questions

Things people ask before they ship us a song.

Q01

What music sources work?

Suno URLs, Udio URLs, or direct MP3/WAV upload. If it has a tempo and a structure, Riff can score it.

Q02

Do I need a Suno account?

No. Paste a public Suno or Udio URL, or upload your own track. We never sign in to your music platform.

Q03

Why is it invite-only right now?

We're tuning the consistency engine with our first wave of artists. Joining the waitlist puts you in the queue for the next batch of invites.

Q04

How long does a 3-minute song take to render?

Typical render time is 8–25 minutes depending on song length, director preset, and queue load. You'll get a notification when it's done.

Q05

Who owns the finished video?

You do — on the Creator tier and up, with full commercial rights. The free Sketch tier is for personal projects only.

Q06

Can I bring my own characters?

Yes. Upload reference photos and Riff carries the visual DNA across every shot. Series mode lets you reuse the same character across different songs.

▸ End of broadcast

Ship the music video your song already has.

We're inviting artists in waves. Get on the list and we'll send you a key as soon as a slot opens — usually within a week.

Or write to hello@riff.video if you're from a label