We are proud to present a new Renoise Release. Beta versions of our latest release are now available to all registered users at the Renoise Backstage. Everyone is invited to join our forums to welcome, discuss, tweak and help bug-fixing the new release.

Renoise 2.8 Features

Full 64-bit Support

Ever since our Linux users got a 64-bit version with Renoise 2.5, we’ve had a lot of requests for 64-bit support on all three platforms, and now it’s ready. Running the 64-bit version, the memory-hungry among you can now take full advantage of the available resources in your machine, allowing you to break the 4 GB barrier.

Renoise 2.8 also comes complete with a native plug-in bridge, allowing seamless usage of 32-bit instrument and effect plug-ins inside the 64-bit Renoise process, and vice versa.

• 64-bit versions for all platforms: Windows, OSX and Linux
• Plug-in bridge allows 32-bit plug-ins to be used within 64-bit Renoise
• Full Rewire 64-bit support

Reworked Pattern Matrix with Slot Aliases

Workflow has been the keyword for most of the 2.8 development cycle. Thanks to the revamped Pattern Matrix and sequencer, it’s now easier than ever to arrange your songs. By aliasing individual pattern slots, you can lay out complete tracks in no time. The new sections feature allows you to add structure and overview, while the streamlined sequencer helps to keep your project nice and tidy.

• Alias individual pattern slots in the matrix, i.e. treat them like clips
• Edit one slot and have changes propagate to all other aliases
• Quickly clone or alias slots by dragging their edges
• Use section headers to group parts of the song together

Track Groups & Collapsing

Another big workflow improvement is track grouping, which allows you to group related tracks together, and have each group share common effect chains. It’s now also possible to collapse tracks and groups, which can do wonders for the overview of large projects.

• Group tracks into logical units, collapse them for better overview
• Flexible routing of group tracks
• Collapsed tracks use minimal space, while still providing a quick overview
• Pattern effects in groups will affect all member tracks simultaneously
• Automatically collapse all tracks except the one you are focussing on
• Color code tracks with adjustable background colors

DSP Effects and Meta Devices

And what would a new Renoise release be without a few new DSP effects?

• New DSP Multitap delay for spaced out filtered echo madness

• New DSP Repeater for st-st-st-stuttery goodness

• New DSP Exciter to make your mixes sparkle

• New Meta Mixer allowing blending of modulation signals into one output

• Improved EQs with bigger graphs and all values can be automated
• Improved Send devices, which can now be individually panned
• New and improved crossover filters for the Multi Send device

Sample Editor

The Sample Editor has also got its fair share of workflow improvements.

• Left & right channels can be edited separately
• Zoom level & current selection are remembered per sample
• Significantly faster sample loading
• Destructively render slices to individual samples
• Improved keyboard and mouse selection handling
• Improved marker and waveform display visibility
• New and improved processing tools (mute selection, insert silence, invert phase, swap stereo channels and cross-fading loop creator)

Improved Spectrum View

• New Phase Correlation Meter in Phase Scope
• Side-by-side comparison of two tracks in the spectrum view
• New drawing modes: Filled Curve, Bar and Spectrogram
• Configurable frequency scaling, precision, peak fall rate, and slope

Pattern Effects

• Pattern effects in the master or group tracks will affect all member tracks
• Up to 34 DSP devices can be addressed via pattern commands 1xyy-Yxyy
• New pattern effects: Tremolo, Auto Pan, Set Envelope Position
• Logical mnemonics for pattern effects from A to Z instead of cryptic numbers

Performance Improvements

• Hyper-threading support for new Intel i5 and i7 CPUs and others
• Various audio engine speed optimizations for all platforms

Other Workflow Improvements

• New Favorites system for plug-ins and native DSP devices
• Expandable and detachable Envelope Editor
• Memorize last used bank/preset paths per plug-in
• Automatically name rendered songs/patterns
• Right-side modifier keys are no longer hard-coded
• Finer control over note distribution when dragging samples into keyzones
• Improved color picker with saveable swatches
• Context menus overhauled and made more consistent

Under the Hood

• Quicktime is no longer needed to import MP3 files on Windows
• Plug-ins are woken up from auto-suspend when clicking on their windows
• Support for mono capture devices on OSX
• New Jack implementation on Linux
• Trimmed overall memory footprint

We’re proud to announce the first Renoise 2.7 Release Candidate. Almost there! Registered users can download their copies from the Backstage. And for the first time in the 2.7 release cycle, unregistered users can check out the Renoise 2.7 Demo.

With the end of beta testing also comes the end of the 30% discount. But, because we’re nice, we’re offering a grace period. Anyone who wants to take advantage of the special price has until the 10th of May to do it. Get in there!

More goodies in the upcoming days. Watch this space for details.

After the hack-and-dev onslaught from the previous release, beats are back in business with “probably the most complete music tool available on Linux, and even on Mac and Windows“: the Renoise 2.7 Beta! Read on to see how you can join the party at a quite favorable entry fee. But let’s have a look at the new features first.

New Features

• Sample Keyzone Editor
• Sample Slicing
• Improved Automation
• Redesigned Instruments
• MIDI Input Routing
• Real-time Line-In Rendering
• Multiband Send Device

More details? See What’s New in Renoise 2.7.

Renoise 2.7 Beta Celebration Sale – 30% Off

To celebrate the Renoise 2.7 Beta, for a limited time new accounts can be purchased with a 30% discount, lowering the entry barrier to Renoise’s Beta phase. Existing customers can take advantage of the -20% reduced pricing on upgrades.

Download

the first Renoise 2.6 beta releases can be downloaded at the Renoise Backstage.

Beta versions are available to registered users only. Demo builds will be available shortly before the version goes gold.

What’s New?

For a complete list of all the new stuff, and some demonstation videos, have a look at the:

Main new features in Renoise 2.6 are:

• Scripting: create powerful new Renoise features with Lua scripting
• Truly customizable bidirectional MIDI controller + OSC support with Duplex, thanks to scripting
• Sample Autoseeking, which will make large samples behave behave more like a traditional audio channel
• 64bit port for Linux
• DSSI support for Linux
• … and more

The first Release Candidate of Renoise 2.5 is now available. Release Candidates are the last steps before declaring the version Final.

That means if you are an unregistered user, you can finally download the demo. Together with the registered users we have intensively tested and finetuned the release during the last months. So we expect it to be rock solid.

Renoise 2.5 has a ton of new features. A bird’s eye view of the patterns. Improved MIDI so you can map your controller to almost every button or slider. And more, too much to fit here. For the complete overview, have a look at What’s New in 2.5.

Renoise 2.5 Special Offer Price

As previously announced, the price of Renoise will be going up to 59 Euro when 2.5 Final is released. Until then you can buy Renoise for 49 Euro.

We can not pin-point the date for the 2.5 Final release. We test Release Candidates as long as necessary, to prevent a flood of unnecessary updates later on. All we can say is we expect the 2.5 Final release within the next few weeks.

This is your last chance to take advantage of the offer to buy Renoise at the lower price, so don’t miss it!

New Renoise Shop

We have updated our Renoise shop with better international support and new payment options to make registering Renoise easier and cheaper for you. We now support Directebanking, PayPal and Bank Transfers without extra transaction fees. All common credit cards are of course welcome as well. From now on, payments are taken care of by our friends at Avangate.

For more information, see the overview of Avangate’s Payment Methods. If you have other questions about the new shop, don’t hesitate to contact us.

Just in time for a new decade, Renoise 2.5 BETA is here.

New features

• Pattern Matrix: A birds eye view and editor of the song
• Cross Track Routing for “Meta Devices” and new devices like the “Signal Follower”, which allows you to sidechain other tracks parameters
• Plugin Grabber: Render Plugin Instruments to Renoise Instruments, Samples
• Vastly Improved MIDI Mapping
• A Bunch of New Internal Effects
• And much more…

A detailed description of the new features can be found at the Renoise 2.5 launch page.

Download

Beta versions are exclusive to registered users. If you are a registered user, you can get the beta from the Renoise Backstage.

Pricing and Availability

The first public 2.5 versions will be release candidates. The final version is expected to be released at the beginning of next year.

The price of Renoise will change from 49 Euro to 59 Euro when the final version is released. Everyone that buys Renoise 2.5 before the final version will get Renoise for the old price of 49 Euro. This covers upgrades up until and including version 3.5.

Those who registered Renoise before version 1.5, can update their license in the backstage. The price for a full versions upgrade is 39 EUR.

More information can be found at the Renoise Order page.

Renoise 2.0 provides unprecedented granular control over audio, now with a range of new features targeting traditional recording artists and composers. A unique approach when compared with mainstream music sequencers, Renoise’s streamlined workflow delivers professional results on Windows, Macintosh, or Linux.

Why spend hours cobbling beats together with a mouse when you can do it in seconds with a few keystrokes? Whether you’re an audio veteran or just starting out, Renoise is the perfect compliment for anyone looking for something new. Many artists from every genre have seen the light long ago. Renoise 2.0, with an entirely overhauled audio engine, is like staring into the sun.

Details & Download

Need to know more about Renoise 2.0? Here is what’s new: new feature details.

If you are a registered user, you can download the Renoise 2.0 Beta from Renoise Backstage.

Not registered yet? Order Renoise now and you get Renoise 2.0 Beta immediately.

What’s new in Renoise 2.0?

Renoise 2.0 incorporates several fundamental changes. Some aspects have changed so revolutionary that it completely revitalizes the way you make music in Renoise. Moreover, this massive engine overhaul is essential for behemoth features in later releases.

Timing & Precision

Higher resolutions are now possible without unintuitive hacks like changing the amount of ticks or doubling the BPM. A new note delay column vastly improves recording precision, be it jamming with your MIDI gear or laying down tracks with your QWERTY keyboard. Speed is replaced by more powerful and easier to use LPB and TPL settings.

PDC

Renoise joins other state-of-the-art sequencers with a unique built-in implementation of plugin delay compensation. Not only does Renoise automatically fix unwanted plug-in latencies, it also compensates your MIDI gear and midi cables wired to other hosts. One of the most innovative PDC implementations ever has arrived.

Audio Units

Mac users rejoice! The developers finally caved and added support for your toys, too. Support for Audio Units alongside VST and LADSPA makes Renoise one of the only sequencers with support for Windows, Macintosh and Linux. Every platform, no plugin left behind.

Improved Plugin Support

Better performance and compatibility for VST brings less audio latency related crackles on songs that use lots of VSTi instruments, multi-output VSTi/AU instruments support, and the ability to send notes to VST/AU effects.

And More!

High-precision filters, drag and drop, quantization, bigger disk browser, pimped plug-in browser, windows clipboard integration, improved audio latency when recording, optimizations, GUI improvements, the list goes on!

About Renoise

Renoise has a different approach to making music compared to conventional sequencers, called Tracking. Tracking comes from the demoscene that pushes technical limits to show off coding skills, art, and music beyond what is thought possible.

Renoise was originally written from code by the late Arguru. In 2000 the new Renoise team started to take tracking software into a new standard of quality, enabling users to make music on par with mainstream sequencers, while still keeping the proven design principles of years gone by.

With Renoise 2.0 a generation of oldschool trackers and contemporary musicians looking for something “different” have reason to celebrate.

Track on!

The first Linux version of Renoise has finally gone gold. We have spent the last few months finetuning to complement the versatility offered by the various Linux distributions and we think it paid off. Renoise has become one of the most stable and integrated music production applications available on the platform.

Renoise is a complete music composition and production environment based on the design principles of the module tracker. The basic tracker design has been modernized to today’s standards and expanded with support for effect and instrument plugins, audio recording, MIDI I/O and parameter automation.

You will find that Renoise reflects the things you love about Linux. The level of control over your music, the way you can enter notes directly with the keyboard instead of having to draw blocks — similar to having a plethora of configuration options at your fingertips and equivalent to the joy of piping commands in the bash shell. It all boils down to potential and workflow.

For an outsider’s impression, read the review and Starters Guide by Linux audio veteran Dave Phillips from Linux Journal.

The Renoise developers want the Linux version of their program to be fully functional and without grievous problems or difficulties. As far as I can tell they haven’t rushed the production of the Linux version of Renoise, and their diligence shows in the overall polish to the package. The program installed easily, configures itself, and runs beautifully on both my 32-bit JAD system and my 64 Studio box.

– Dave Phillips, Linux Journal

Renoise 1.9.1 for Linux contains the following exclusive features:

• ALSA support (for Audio and MIDI)
• JACK Audio support (optional)
• LADSPA support (native Linux audio plugins)
• Native Linux VST support

More Linux specific features, such as Jack Transport, are already in consideration for future updates.

We tried to make the installation process non-existent, and in most cases we have actually succeeded; just a matter of decompressing the archive. Consult the Linux FAQ if you run into problems anyway. You can also visit the Renoise forum to present us your questions, experiences and suggestions.

Another aspect of Renoise that is becoming increasingly important, is that user files and clipboard data have an open file format. This allows for 3rd party tools to interact with that format. A recent addition is the Renoise Track Generator.

Renoise 1.9.1 Download Links

If you like to create on music on the computer and are fed up with endlessly mousing around in most DAWs, give Renoise a try. Available for Windows, Mac and from now on, Linux.

• Renoise 1.9.1 Demo
• Registered users: Renoise 1.9.1 Full

The demo version is fully functional, except for .WAV export on all platforms. Additionally, ASIO support is disabled in the Windows version. Registration costs 49.99 Euro. You will receive updates for a full version cycle (eg. 1.9 to 2.9).

Here is the first Release Candidate of the Linux version of Renoise 1.9.1. There is also a free demo to evaluate the software before you register.

As the number of bug reports diminishes the Final release is not far off. Stability has priority right now. Much wanted features such as Jack Transport support and 64-bit builds have been planned for upcoming major Renoise updates, that is, Renoise 2.0 and onwards. As there are no more minor updates in the pipeline, if you think there are still some bugs to be fixed or things to be changed, now is the time to speak up. Anything that misses the 1.9.1 Final release will have to wait for Renoise 2.0.

There has been some interest in VST technology for Linux. Renoise supports native Linux VSTs out of the box, but unfortunately there are not a lot of them available. Some people have tried to emulate Windows VSTs with WINE. For the adventurous Linux user, here is a guide: How To Use Native Windows VSTs in Linux.

New in Renoise 1.9.1 Release Candidate 1 for Linux:

• A new option in the Misc/VST properties pane to toggle longer names for the LADSPA and VST plugins. This option is enabled by default.
• All bugs labeled [fixed rc1] have been fixed. See Linux Bug Forum.

Note: Renoise might scan some of your installed VST/LADSPA plugins on the first start after installing this update. This happens because the format of the VST/LADSPA cache has changed. The scanning does not cause any trouble and is intended behavior.

To help you get Renoise up and running on your Linux box, there is a Linux FAQ.
You can also visit the Linux forum section for all your questions, experiences and suggestions.

Renoise 1.9.1 Download Links

If you got this far, you might as well download this music production suite and give it a whirl. Comes in three great tastes: Windows, Mac and Linux.

• Renoise 1.9.1 Demo
• Registered users: Renoise 1.9.1 Full

The demo version is fully functional, except for .WAV export on all platforms. Additionally, ASIO support is disabled in the Windows version. Registration costs 49.99 Euro. You will receive updates for a full version cycle (eg. 1.9 to 2.9).

Say Hi to Tux the Penguin!

Linux’s official mascotte wearing a Renoise tattoo can mean only one thing. Hm. Yes indeed, Renoise has been ported to Linux!

To help you get up and running with Renoise for Linux, we have prepared a FAQ. We also have set up a forum section for all your questions, experiences and suggestions.

But that’s not all. This update also contains a number of new features and fixes for the Windows and Mac versions.

New in 1.9.1 Beta 1

(Release Info)

• New feature: freeform waveform drawing in the Sample Editor
• Enhanced undo functionality in the Sample Editor
• Faster drag ‘n’ drop behavior in the Pattern Editor
• Added a “Record dry” switch to the Sample Editor Recording dialog
• Added “Clear Muted Tracks/Columns” actions
• Faster rescanning in the Disk Browser
• Added an info tool for VST / LADSPA effects
• Fixed all bugs reported in the Bug Report forum

Download

If you are a registered user you can download Renoise 1.9.1 Beta 1, including the Linux port, from Renoise Backstage.