Learn Renoise Beginner 1. What is Renoise

[@droidon]

For me, this program has some DAW capabilities, but the main diference from Trackers, is that you make sequences on the go, with a tight preset grid in the face. Trackers can't edit full channel waveforms in a detailed way (drawing for example), but it has the sample editor to edit instruments waveforms. In my opinion, Renoise is great for sequencing tracks with your own, sefl-made loops.

[@OGGalleryCrew92]

This was the norm back in the early 90's.

[@roosmarcel1968]

eeh nope it's just vertical DAWing instead of horizontal, all vst's work, 32 and 64 bit

[@TheWitchOvAgnesi]

@@roosmarcel1968 32 and 64? Just like FL? Hmmmmm.

[@rorz999]

​@@TheWitchOvAgnesi Yep

[@herbertweinstein6651]

Hey man I really appreciate the way you explain stuff, quick, clear, no BS. Thanks!

[@robotjob664]

Great tutorial series! Been looking for a program that offers full DAW functionality in tracker format, and this completely fits my needs. Tried to get into more "conventional" DAWs like FL or Ableton but I could never really wrap my head around them, primarily because picking apart music files from games like Unreal Tournament in OpenMPT as a 14-year-old kid way back then was my first experience in creating music and I stuck with that for years, haha. Even now I think there's something appreciable about composing with trackers the old-school way. It's very quick, snappy and the interface densely covers a lot of song information so I'm glad to see you cover this.

[@GreyFromSpace]

I started with Milkytracker and I actually was suggested Renoise over Milkytracker by Ophidian on his Monophonic challenge video. And this looks like something I might be able to learn!

[@MrVitalic85]

Thank you a lot for this. I'v been using for the past 10 years ableton but now I'm in a road block as I'm not inspired. As of now my taste have changed a lot and I'm more interested in jungle dnb, deep drum and bass, 2 step and break.

[@georgeespley9177]

Screw Kalergi Why do u have a problem with jungle ?

[@heinzharald2083]

Started with FT2.. later used BUZZ from Jeskola (extremely nice) but Renoise beats all of them. So cool ! I had no doubts of buying it. Very Nice Programm! Thank you for the Tutorial! =) EVEN GUITAR RIG works with it.. =)

[@maasle]

Trackers was started on the Amiga :) Renoise is of course much more advanced. But the basicle principles are the same :)

[@trigophers]

I think in the case of tracker daws you may want to start with a simpler (and more restricted) program like famitracker or milkytracker

[@MalcolmBlakeSeeAndHear]

I've never used a tracker and I'm no computer wiz kid. So, when I installed the demo this weekend I was expecting to struggle mightily. How pleasantly surprised I was! I simply followed the quickstart guide and was making fun tunes in minutes. Give it a try, it's a damn sexy piece of software that will give you a fresh take on arranging and composing music. It's a lot of fun too.

[@MalcolmBlakeSeeAndHear]

@ampulex cOmpressa pleasure brother...glad my sales pitch could help :)

[@_CARKENT]

Is the demo good? What’s in the full version that’s not in the demo

[@hodd.]

​@@_CARKENT iirc correctly the demo has less samples and doesnt have options for high quality exporting, but other than that they're relatively similiar

[@bieldozap]

came by John Fruusciante's Renoise Tracks

[@heinzharald2083]

Also did you know the music of Deus EX / Unreal Tournament 2004 and I think even NFS3`s music was made with a Tracker? Very Cool!

[@yizhaqdesirebey5138]

Awesome, I've been looking forward to this series! Question: I have the renoise demo, but are there any free trackers you would recommend for the time being? I'm not sure how much the demo restrictions will be a factor while I follow the series.

[@ComposingGloves]

Milky tracker, but it lacks a lot of features Renoise has. I haven't seen any other tracker program that has as much as renoise.

[@jlewwis1995]

OpenMPT, schismtracker, famitracker, deflemask, jeskola buzz

[@JustinUrban1]

I got a Polyend Tracker yesterday and now I want to see what this DAW can do. It’s really changed the way I think about music production.

[@brainbox9219]

I have one as well and it works great for this, you can export to .it and transport that into renoise, finish working on whatever I had saved in the tracker, game changer

[@meintoob]

Bookmarked for later and subscribed. You are a really good teacher thanks for taking the time to put this up.

[@MrStanislav]

I started with OpenMPT and switched to Renoise. Quite smooth trangression but I don't recommend starting with OpenMT, the quality is much worse (or my samples were xD)

[@ivanl.8201]

Thanks for sharing. I've been using FL Studio for years, but am new to trackers, even though a lot of my formative years happened during the time of Amigas and 90's PC trackers. Back then, I was fumbling around with Cakewalk MIDI editor and there wasn't as much info out there how to do things, but trackers feel more organic, with a more pedal to metal feel. I'm also a programmer, so entering data via keyboard in a grid seems very intuitive to me. I've been playing with OpenMPT for the last several days, but yes, I have noticed that some of the modules out there have 8-bit mono samples. They sound really good for 8-bit mono samples, but they just cannot compete with the samples of today.

[@hinsen]

I am also a FL Studio user but decided to learn a second DAW and the choice fell on Renoise. I think that you should not limit yourself to one DAW and mastering a program such as Renoise or other trackers makes you approach composing songs in a different way and you can become more creative. You can always transfer some learned patterns from one DAW to another.

[@ivanl.8201]

​@@hinsen Same here. I've been an FL Studio user for years, and have gotten Renoise just last week. I was also looking for a way to spark my creativity by using a completely different tool, and I also place very high value on adaptability and flexibility and often prefer to combine approaches in everything I do in life (not just music) rather than following the either/or approach. I'm very much a self-taught improvisational keyboard player who's very rarely been disciplined to use metronomes/click track/beats etc. Playing in bands never interested me, although it would be cool to find one more person to collaborate with. I am kind of hoping I can use Renoise to make some sequenced arpeggiated track parts that I can use instead of regular beats and can sort of build some cool instrumental backbones that I can then import into FL Studio and layer some of my melody lines over. It's really awesome to find others who also think around these lines, because there's just too much competition about which DAW is better, and I am not terribly interested in those types of debates. I'd rather use a bit of everything as means to an end, so I can successfully materialize all these ideas in my head.

[@roosmarcel1968]

Look at all the DNB and jungle made with rns

[@quaad_heavy_sounds]

@Screw Kalergi LOL

[@radstorm]

Can you play back a mod and then add or edit the music with a vst? I dabble with openmpt so just wondering if this a lot better..the renoise screen looks nicer at least :o)

[@elijahjflowers]

Have you tried the piano roll plug-in for Renoise. It’s very similar to FL. & open source.

[@ComposingGloves]

I looked at it a while ago, its probably grown a lot since I last saw it, looked like a super amazing tool

[@aberrantharmonics8923]

It was ProTracker (Amiga)

[@ngoudaprinceba9813]

thank you !!!!

[@Matrixorial]

i cant type in commands. i keep pressing keys on my keyboard and nothing is happening

[@Tabu11211]

Does the sample instrument work with a hardware synth?!??!??!! That would be a game changer

[@Broyale26]

Yes, I am using Renoise to control a virus TI2 and an Akai S5000.

[@tristannurse9721]

Hey Mr Gloves! Sick videos btw dude you're an absolute savior! what did you click randomize the numbers at 5:34? cheers in advance

[@ComposingGloves]

That is the interpolation command. You put a start and end value, then select the region and hit cntrl+i. There are different interpolation commands, they are linear, log, and exponential. Pretty handy stuff!

[@tristannurse9721]

@@ComposingGloves that's wicked cheers for the quick reply this is super helpful! love your videos. no blah blah-ing, straight to the point, clear 'n concise. respect bro

[@vyppahsanchez]

I"v been trying to figure out how to do parallel compression on this software can you tell me how it"s done. any help would be appreciated.

[@ComposingGloves]

You will need to use a send module under the routing category for FX, make sure you have a send track and then just put the compressor on the send.

[@AngusGiorgi]

Subscribed! Thank you for the knowledge!

[@ulek_604]

Looks really good!

[@Convisis]

Do you move audio back and forth between FL and Renoise?

[@ComposingGloves]

In the series I only use renoise, but in general yes.

[@roosmarcel1968]

Renoise 3.2 has time stretching no need for commands

[@elvisdumbledore1571]

I've got a Question about the Plugin thing. In what case can you work with audio - when you load a plugin and sample that? Does Anybody understand?

[@ComposingGloves]

I'm not sure I understand your question, but I think your asking when to use audio vs a plug-in? Or the sampled version of that plug? Basically Renoise has the ability to playback samples very efficiently, so if you plan to use those abilities then go with audio. You can sample a synth patch and then use its sampled version to take advantage of these abilities. Otherwise its better to stick with midi if you plan to use the synth's engine.

[@bluename4]

how does a tracker differ from a sampler?

[@ComposingGloves]

It's made to sequence and mix (depending on the tracker). Basically its DAW where a sampler can have various effects but its not really good for creating a track with

[@quadpad_music]

@@ComposingGloves - Wait, what is that you consider not good to create a track with? The tracker or the sampler?

[@ComposingGloves]

@@quadpad_music The sampler

[@quadpad_music]

@@ComposingGloves - Thanks! I assumed that's what you meant, but the way in wich the sentence was structured confused me a bit for a moment xD

[@asielmanuelrodriguezespino748]

hi man nice videooo...hope you like my sound design video for Renoise using only built in stuff

[@sr7bbird]

you got a lot of likes, but most of what i heard and seen was just a bunch of history and personal opinions. i still have no idea how it works as you really dont explain to well.

[@quadpad_music]

This is supposed to be an introduction, you should probably keep watching the series if you want more info.

[@goldenstatebeats5355]

This shit doesnt look fun at all to use

[@brainbox9219]

You think that until you try it out