I cooked up a little Renoise tutorial for beginners using the “How to make a jerkin’ beat step-by-step tutorial” at Indamixx.com. Count the amount of times I say “alright” and win a prize.

Speaking of Indamixx, we are running a challenging music contest. We are giving away one of their Netbooks for the best low-power Renoise song. Go to CreateDigitalMusic for the details. You need to send in your music before 15 October.

Three strikes, you’re out! Mutant Breaks Compo 2009 “RBI Baseball” is over and we have the results. Blac Waldo – Chicken Eggz 2.0 struck gold, Spodnik – Drail is a close second.

Song downloads are here: Songs from Mutant Breaks Compo 2009 “RBI Baseball”. Check it out if you love sick shit, crazy chopped-up breakbeats and bass lines that give your bowels a proper rinse. A must-have collection for the distinguished gentleman.

Now it’s time to pull the tracker trickery out of your magic hat to win that tasty Indamixx Netbook with your sustainable, low CPU, green power Renoise smash hit! Indamixx + Renoise + CDM Music Production Contest

Trackers have always been about getting the most out of little. Big productions from tiny bed rooms. Epic songs in kilobytes rather than megabytes. And most importantly, all that through your personal computer instead of a multi-million dollar studio.

Lately we’ve been spoiled with elaborate plugins, unlimited channels and an ever more powerful growing CPU. At the cost of the true ninja tracker spirit.

So here’s a competition in honor of the tracker legacy. We’d like you to create a kick-ass song, using computer resources as efficiently as possible. In fact, you will need to optimize the hell out of your song if you want to win the grand prize: an Indamixx Netbook

To enter this competition, go to Create Digital Music.

Deadline: October 15

We’ll launch a public upload, comment and voting system soon.

Update: Results and song downloads

The most unorganized Renoise competition is back for round two. This year’s confusing and slightly erotic “RBI BASSBALL” theme is sure to delight chiptune aficionados everywhere. With one slight twist: no chiptunes allowed.

SAY NO TO CHIPTUNES – SAY YES TO MUTANT BREAKS

Calling out to all the IDM / breakbeat / breakcore / bassline heads out there. A panel of hand picked profesional alcoholics and drug addicts eagerly await the opportunity to judge you.

Rules

* Breakbeats, basslines, any tempo, any thing
* Some proof that Renoise was involved with production, an MP3/OGG file
* The track that appears in the most top 3 lists wins

Prize

The winner may choose 1 of the following:

* Registered copy of Renoise
* Renoise T-Shirt and Mouse pad
* Each judge chooses a CD they like or are involved with, I buy and ship the pile to the winner

How to join

Upload your song somewhere and post the link in the Mutant Breaks 2009 thread.

Deadline

Songs must be entered by August 24th, 2009

Tat dads.

Renoise 2.1 Final has just been released. For this version we have made it easier to integrate Renoise with your studio. We also made live performing a lot more interesting.

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

Hunz’s new album “thoughts that move” has just been released. Besides that it’s totally awesome, there are some notable facts to be mentioned about it.

Hey, but before continuing, why don’t you start playback on the music player on the Renoise frontpage to listen to 3 songs from the album?

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Hot off the press! Computer Music 138 contains an awesome review of Renoise 2.0.

The reviewer begins the article by asking, “has v2 been worth the wait?”. As the author digs through the new features,his initial rhetorical question is put to work, concluding with the presentation of the Computer Music magazine’s coveted ‘Value’ and ‘Performance’ awards. Great!

The May 2009 issue of Computer Music is available through newsstands or by subscription.

The Immortal Empire – Renoise Music Competition has come to an end. The winners are: Jacek Dojwa, Frej Bjon, and Bence Tasnadi. Congratulations! They receive $300, $200, and $100 (USD) respectively and will have their music featured in the upcoming role playing game Immortal Empire.

The response to the compo was immense, with participants sending in over 50 great songs. Immortal Empire’s developer Tactic Studios has ranked and reviewed all songs: Compo results and comments.

To commemorate the closing of the competition, here’s a trailer of Immortal Empire featuring the music of first place winner Jacek Dojwa.

Update: Song downloads

To celebrate the launch of Renoise 2.0, the teams from Renoise and Tactic Studios are announcing the start of the official Immortal Empire – Renoise Music Competition. The objective of the competition is to score music for the upcoming MMORPG Immortal Empire. The game is a turn-based strategic RPG set in a fantasy world.

The entries will be judged by Tactic Studios’ development team. Any song submitted may be used in the final product of the game, so this is a chance for your music to be exposed to a large audience. If you make it to the top 3, you will win up to $300 in cash.

The kind of music we are looking for is Orchestral or Progressive Orchestral. To get an idea what that sounds like, check out the background music of games such as Diablo, Baldur’s Gate 2, StarCraft and Mass Effect.

The competition will close on March 15th 2009.

Visit the Immortal Empire Renoise Music Competition Website for more information.

Renoise 2.0 Beta Music Competition Results

Renoise’s previous competition has come to an end and the winning songs have been included in the installation packages. All songs and reviews of the Renoise 2.0 Beta Music Competition can be found on the Beta Compo website.

This time the Remixta DJ Mix takes you all the way back to 2008 to present you some of its greatest tracks. The mix is heavier on the electronic dance music compared to the previous episode, but other styles won’t be entirely left out. Although DJ Suva was trying to be objective, he couldn’t ignore his DJ personality and just went with the flow. There’s only so many to fit in 45 minutes, so many extremely talented artists missed the boat. Don’t worry though, your time will come in another episode for sure!

Remixta 4 Track List

1. Polybius – Ephemere
2. Scott Althams – I wonder If God Was Sleeping
3. Keith303 – No More Looking Back
4. Beatslaughter & Ptrance – Crowbar Massacre
5. She – Gum
6. Charly Linch – Marbles
7. Venetian Snares – Gentlemen
8. B-Complex – Acid Trip
9. Benefit Of The Boomerang – Jong Belegen
10. IT Alien – Le Femme Et Le Chien

Download: Remixta Episode 4 – Best Tracks of 2008 (42:56min / 59MB)

Enjoy all Remixta Episodes at Remixta.net. Occasionally DJ Suva hands out goodies to listeners so be sure to check it out.