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ArtRiver

Mock audio project walkthrough

Demo

This walkthrough shows how ArtRiver can track a small music project as it changes over time.

Read prototype status Open TimeShore

Demo context

A song with history

The demo project contains a small DAW project file and placeholder assets. The point is to show how ArtRiver handles creative state: files, revisions, runoffs, restore points, and project history.

The project begins

A producer starts with a basic session containing drums and a DAW project file. 

kick.wav
snare.wav
project.dawproject

ArtRiver initializes a local .arp session inside the project folder. 

arp session .

The first flow

The producer stages the initial assets and records the first meaningful project state into the TimeShore. 

arp revise kick.wav snare.wav project.dawproject
arp flow -m "Initial song structure and basic drums"

This creates the first patch in local history.

The project changes

The producer changes the tempo and adjusts a channel volume in the DAW project state. 

arp revise project.dawproject
arp flow -m "Increased tempo and boosted lead volume"

ArtRiver records this as a new point in the TimeShore.

An alternate direction appears

Before trying a more ambient version, the producer creates a runoff. 

arp runoff experimental-ambient

This gives the producer a safe place to explore without mutatively updating the assets representing the current, main direction of the song.

The TimeShore grows

ArtRiver can show the project history as a sequence of signed creative patches. 

arp log

This history eventually becomes more than a text log. It becomes a playable and visual surface for exploring project history.

Example CLI surface


arp status
arp log
arp branches
arp diff kick.wav kick.wav
arp checkout mainstem
arp time --max-minutes 60

Capabilities Displayed

  • ArtRiver can create local project sessions.
  • ArtRiver can stage audio and project files.
  • ArtRiver can record creative changes as history.
  • ArtRiver can create branches, called runoffs.
  • ArtRiver can restore a workspace from previous history.
  • ArtRiver can begin to compare project and audio changes.

Regarding Demo Status

ArtRiver is not a finished DAW plugin or production sync system. Glacier, Iceberg, peer-to-peer collaboration, and real-time automatic capture are future architecture goals.

Visual layer

Open the TimeShore

The TimeShore visualizer explores what a creative project history might function and looklike like once it becomes navigable and visual.

Open TimeShore

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