New Features in Renoise 2.7

• 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

Free 500 MB PureMagnetik XRNI Pack with your Renoise purchase

To commemorate this achievement we’ve teamed up with Puremagnetik.com to bring you “Puremagnetik XRNI Essentials Volume 1” – a hand-picked selection from their catalog of professionally multi-sampled instruments.

The sample pack includes such instruments as:

• Analog Synth Basses
• Circuit Bent Drum Kits
• Buchla Drum Kits
• Mellotron Strings and Flutes
• Glitch, Toy & Lo-Fi Sounds
• Fender Rhodes Mark II
• Model-C Clavinet
• Electric Guitar
• Upright Bass
• Classic Analog Synths
• Grand Piano

and more!

BeatSlaughter XRNI SoundPack (300 MB) free for registered users

Additionally, Berlin based artist and longtime user Beatslaughter has blessed us with a touch of evil in his sample pack “Beatslaughter SoundPack Volume 1“.

Those two sample packs total over 800 MB and let producers jump into all the latest sampling features of Renoise 2.7. The packs are free for all registered users new and old, and are waiting in the Backstage.

Tool Update Downloader

But that’s not all! Act now and we’ll throw in a Tool Update Downloader which automatically updates installed XRNX Tools. It’s so easy even your grandmother could do it. In fact, she’s learning Lua and scripting a new controller template for Duplex as you read this…

Always remember… keep it vertical!

Script everything using an open API

Lua is a light-weight programming language, which together with the Renoise API allows you to build add-ons quickly and easily.

Lua scripting, introduced as part of the beta cycle in July, has already resulted in a plethora of new tools, as well as native support for the following hardware: AlphaTrack, BCF-2000, BCR-2000, KONTROL49, FaderPort, microKONTROL, nanoKONTROL, Launchpad, Remote SL-MKII, Nocturn, Monome, Ohm64, iPad via TouchOSC… All created by the Renoise community on their own dime, just for the fun of it.

Check out the new tools page for more: http://tools.renoise.com/

Sample Autoseek

Samples have a new setting, “Autoseek”, which will, when enabled, make them behave like a traditional audio channel. You can start playing back the song at any position, and the sample will automatically seek to the current position in the song without having to be triggered.

And More

• Open Sound Control (OSC) Server Support.
• Duplex – MIDI/OSC controller framework.
• DSSI Support on Linux, 64-bit Linux Version.
• Support for CAF, AIFC, SND and AU Files.
• Linux & Mac OSX Performance Tweaks.
• Usability and functionality refinements galore.

The full scoop, here:What’s New in Renoise 2.6?

In case you missed it the first time around, new features in 2.5 include:

• 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 what’s new can be found on the Renoise 2.5 launch page.

We’ve also rewritten the user manual from scratch and published new video tutorial specifically geared towards using Renoise 2.5.

We’d like to thank the Renoise users for all your help durring the beta phase. It’s you that makes Renoise the world class audio application and community that we are today.

Registered users can download their personal copies from the backstage. New users can download and try out the demo.

Oh, and one more thing. Let’s celebrate!

UPDATE: 01/04/2010

A small maintenance update for Windows 7 was released: Renoise 2.5.1 fixes problems with UAC on Windows 7, with the latest security patches installed.

This update is only necessary if you got annoyed by “C:\ Location Not available. Access is denied” messages from Windows when running Renoise.
If you don’t got those messages, you don’t need to update from Renoise 2.5.0 final. Mac OSX and Linux builds only have been updated to set the version number to 2.5.1.

The idea behind 2.1 is that until Renoise has features like a piano-roll, an arranger and audio file streaming, you should at least be able to use them through external means. That is why we have added routing features to connect Renoise to other audio applications. With ReWire on Windows and MacOSX, and the Jack Transport protocol on Linux, you can finally combine the best things about trackers and sequencers.

Performing live with Renoise is more flexible than ever. First of all, you can keep editing a pattern while the song continues to play. That makes it possible to do some last minute changes before playback actually reaches that pattern. Secondly, you will be able to queue patterns. When playback reaches the end of the pattern, it will ignore your pre-baked sequence and go to the blinking pattern instead. It’s like going off-road: if your audience likes it, why not take the scenic route?

To top it off we threw in a couple of new devices. The ominously named Hydra Device multiplexes movements from one slider to a maximum of 9 outputs. Mythological experts know why 9 of them. The Key-Tracking Device modulates any parameter according to an incoming note pitch. Real nice for frequency dependent effects. And finally, the MIDI-Control Device is a pimped up replacement for the MIDI CC Device. You can now send and automate several non-CC parameters to MIDI Instruments, such as Pitchbend, Channel Pressure and Program Change.

More details about this release: What’s new in Renoise 2.1

Maybe you have a different DAW of choice, but you are interested in creating music from a different point of view? With ReWire and Jack Transport, Renoise excels along your other audio applications. Download a demo from our website and give it a try: Renoise Demos for Windows, MacOSX and Linux

Because this launch is such a special event we throw in an exclusive sample kit of over 100 MB.

Also be sure to check out the Renoise 2 Launch Page for video demonstrations, community music mixes and an overview of new features.

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.

Automatic 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!

Download

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

Not registered yet? Take advantage of the 20% discount promo and you will pay just 39 Euro / 54.20 USD *. Order Renoise now and you will receive Renoise 2.0 Final and the exclusive sample kit immediately.

About Renoise

Renoise is a complete music production environment for Windows, Mac and Linux. Automatic plug-in delay compensation, support for VST and AU plugins, multi-core load balancing, MIDI i/o, audio recording, 4096 PPQ resolution and parameter automation in a rock solid package.

Renoise is a mod tracker. The machine-code-like appearance of the main editing screen is its strong point. In the hands of a tracker guru it will give traditional sequencers a run for their money.

Why spend hours cobbling beats together with a mouse when you can do it in seconds with a few keystrokes? Whether you are an audio veteran or just starting out, Renoise is the perfect complement for anyone looking for something new.