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Advanced Step Composer or A.S.C. is a stepper note injector, with an acidic sequencer approach. It is a big evolution of the Acid Step Sequencer tool. Choose a number of steps between 2 and 32. You can manipulate the notes and all their related values. Use the Master Step (“M” switch) for manipulation in selective groups or each step individually. You will be able to import, edit and delete data. Experiment with your notes quickly from a advanced sequencer panel. Use the power of randomization to get more creative in no time. This tool will add hours of fun building your patterns!

• Up to 32 steps.
• Line jump (click inside the “Step X” name).
• Marker (with green lighting).
• Individual editing of each step.
• Master step for group editing (red step).
• Ability to auto-adjust the “number of lines of the pattern” from the LNS Value of the Master Step (press [CTRL + Click] from increase or decrease the LNS Value).
• Direct control of: note, instrument index, volume, panning, delay, sfx parameter and sfx amount values.
• Manipulation the number of lines for the steps.
• Manipulation of the note-off for the steps.
• Four selection modes: all, odd, even or custom (with 32-step panel with various selection modes).
• Selective transposition of notes.
• Randomization of values (all), with range capacity and number of steps.
• Injection of the effect and quantity in lower empty lines.
• Selective cleaning.
• Slider bars with “set to 0” (double click).
• Data import/load.
• Safe! It need Renoise “edit mode” enabled to edit.
• Work with Profiles!

• [SPACE] Restart/stop song.
• [ALT SPACE] Continue/stop song.
• [CTRL Z] undo.
• [CTRL Y] redo.
• [CTRL SHIFT A] close window.
• *[CTRL SHIFT A] open window (Assignable: Preferences/Keys:Global/Tools/Acid Step Sequencer)

• Renoise: Tools/ ~Advanced Step Composer…

The GUI is constructed so that the tool appears as integrated as possible with Renoise.

“A step” is defined by the triggering of a single note. The note occupies one line, and it can have more lines below to lengthen its duration. A.S.C. is capable of injecting a specific number of notes with a specific distribution by steps. Choose a specific number of steps, insert the notes and then manipulate all their values ​​from the tool, through each step panel. You can view between 2 and 32 equal panels. Master one, and you will master them all.
It is important to know how to control the Master Step (red panel), by pressing the “M” switch. Master Step allows you to selectively manipulate all the parameters together. Choose from All, Odd, Even or Custom for step selection.

The tool can work back and forth. That is, manipulate the data from the tool, or import data from the Renoise pattern (the selected note column). The “Import data” button allows you to readjust the tool to already written notes (only note lines and their associated note-offs).

Furthermore, A.S.C. allows specific manipulation of the effect parameters and their amounts. You can inject the values ​​down, leaving the pattern ready for a more granular edit later.

The highlight is the selective randomization panel. This allows the user to be much more creative when he is not able to be. Use the randomization of any parameter to increase your inspiration shots. A.S.C. will help you find that step-sequenced note pattern that you never would have thought of!

This tool has been built based on the Acid Step Sequencer tool, being an evolution of it, between April and November 2020, and has been launched in December 2021.

Due to other projects I have not had time to develop a profile package for direct upload. If any user is willing to create folders with a multitude of profiles, they can send them to add them in a possible next version.

Direct profile loading allows you to switch “on the fly” between hundreds of note step profiles, which can be sorted by folders according to musical style.

This tool is free. You can take the LUA code and manipulate it, as long as you mention the original authorship!
Enjoy it!

https://www.renoise.com/tools/advanced-step-composer

Go to Renoise:Help: ~Find Tool Updates… & check it!
v1.0.105 (December 2021)

• First release.

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Hi, guys.

I’ve just uploaded new animated music video with full #Renoise-only Audio & Music Production, so I would like to hear your comments. Regarding that I will have few questions about Renoise production itself, but overall, it was fun to do Here it goes:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/yT1Gv1leGRg

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So i’m triggering samples in renoise from vcv2 vst,
it works just fine with midi routing from vcv instrument to a drumkit instrument, super fun !

However I can’t seem to find a way to make the drumkit instrument play on a track,
it’s only playing on the master track

Had a similar problem with 303 vst’s, got it working by entering a note in the track but no luck here

Am i missing something?

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Another nonfinished track by your’s truly.

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I’m using the new Korg SQ-64 sequencer with Renoise and got their MIDI clocks synced up. But when I record patterns into Renoise - even if they’re right on the grid in the sequencer - there’s always some delay in the delay column from like 40-70.

I was hoping to use the step offset feature in the SQ to come up with grooves but it’s kind of pointless if everything will be recorded with this long delay added to it anyway.

Any tips?

I had my block size at 256 & 32 and happened both ways.

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Hi!

Could you please introduce a variable to pattern effects. For example YAA would refer to probability command with the variable AA. The variable AA could be controlled through Macro / LFO / Envelopes. This would enable cool effects like increasing probability of notes. This would be useful in introducing new melody note by note, until the whole melody would be played.
Thanks!

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Hello,

My last track for 2021… Inspired by Dune movie film.

Mix between IDM / Classical and Movie Film

Vsts : Arturia Pigments, EastWest Drums and Piano, Native Instruments Violin, Spire VST and few samples…

Thanks for listening and merry christmas

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Hello,

I recently switched to Linux Mint from macOS and love it so far. The only program giving me real trouble is renoise.

I’m able to install and launch renoise, ALSA successfully detects my audio card and creates an ALSA RT thread. When I press play no audio comes out of either my headphones or laptop speakers. The audio output is set to hw:1,0 (CS4208 Analog). I don’t have the same problem on Mixxx which leads me to believe it’s not an ALSA issue. I also tried setting the audio output to 3+4 instead of 1+2 which I saw on another thread but it did not work.

Is there anything else I can try to get my sound working?

Nick

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Bought Reason, regret it. Kinda just adrift with the hobby at the moment. Hoped going to something I used to love would help but, alas, it did not.

Have listed it on eBay, happy to do a direct sale through PayPal though:

It is a great bit of kit and on my modest laptop it runs buttery smooth.

Thanks.

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Trying to use valhalla free VSTs as aliased effect plug-ins, but I’m not seeing them come up in the alias lists… Neither AU, VST, or VST3

Anyone have any ideas?

Is this a known issue?

want to tweak those sweet knobs into madness in renoise…

Any help is much appreciated!

thanks!

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Hi,

First post. I’ve spent a few hours with the renoise demo on my windows laptop using only the onboard samplers and fx and it got me excited.
But in the end I was hoping for it to be my new main midi sequencer for triggering my hardware samplers and synths. So right now I have it installed on my studio PC hooked up via MIDI to an akai sampler and unfortunately the midi jitter is really bad.
I am coming from reaper and reaper’s midi out timing isn’t the tightest either, but after a few tweaks (e.g. lowest ASIO buffers) and avoiding a few features (e.g. no item looping) i can make it work ok. Also I spread stuff out to several samplers, each with their own midi port, which helps a lot, too.

But the test I’m doing right now is a simple monophonic 1/16th note pattern sent to an akai s3200 and it sounds all over the place. (both on USB MIDI and the MIDI OUT of my RME AIO, makes no difference)
Unfortunately the demo does not let you use asio, so I can’t check if that’s the issue.

Am I doing something wrong here? I found a few other threads discussing midi timing issues with renoise, but they’re old. Also I see videos on youtube where people are sequencing their hardware with renoise and it sounds fine.
I was ready to buy a licence, esp. since the pricing is very fair, but the midi jitter I am currently getting makes it useless for my application.
Any help? thx

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Hi,
how hard would it be to include simple button in doofers… next to knobs… or just hardcode 2-3-4 buttons per doofer (expandable, or just present?) ? or more macros?
Thanks

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Hey,
Join us for the Sonicstate Quiz 2021! We’ve released the picture round a day early to give you some time to answer: What’s missing in these synth pictures??

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So… before you ask me why I’m using 2.8, no I’m not pirating it (anymore, I was when I was 16). I just really like that there is built in 808 and 909 samples, I also like how you can see each track’s waveforms in default view… I do use it in conjunction with 3.3.

But it is working pretty sluggishly on my macbook pro. It wasn’t before, changed out of the blue. Resetting did not help at all. I am using it with the low resolution thing turned on. Does anyone have any suggestions? has it ever gone from working super smooth to sluggish?

To give a little more detail, my main problem is that when I use the computer keyboard, there is a slight delay, it almost feels like what I’m playing gets quantized to 32nd notes with some notes being skipped occasionally. The frame rate has also taken a noticeable hit, which I don’t really care about cuz at the end of the day it’s just letters and numbers moving around, although the gain monitor lag is kinda annoying.

Sorry about the super long post, I’m quite stoned.

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I’m getting the hang of the plugin-grabber after some adjustments to put some load off the CPU.
Question is-- lets say sample range is from C3-C6 from resulting grab and I want to replace multiple files ranging from C5-C6,
what’s the proper way to do it?

Tried loading samples from Keyzones, but they seem to overlap or get mixed up.

Thanks in advance

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15 SONGS TO LISTEN TO WHEN YOUR BREAKUP IS ALL YOU CAN THINK ABOUT
When Adele’s 25 albums came out, my then-boyfriend said, “We should break up for a week just so we can enjoy this album to its fullest potential.” It sounded ridiculous — and no, we did not break up for a week just so we could cry listening to “Hello” — but it also made sense.

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I’m trying to figure out which DAW combo to use since I am picky with how I record vocals - probably gonna end up with SO, Reaper, or Live as my vocal recorder while I make beats in Renoise. Going through all my DAWs made me think a lot more about grooves, and the groove mixer/pool functions in Reason, ACID, and Live.

Really made me realize how pointless it is to try to get a really grooving beat going in most non-Renoise DAWs. Swing isn’t good enough and piano rolls/groove templates are so imprecise. But Renoise is great, you just have to tweak the values in the delay column in a predictable (i.e. rhythmic) way to create a unique groove that’s actually a groove and not just a swing knob affecting certain notes.

The only things I see Renoise as lacking in the groove department are two things - the ability to set a negative number in the delay column. You see this kind of feature in Reason’s ReGroove mixer, with it’s “slide” knob that lets you inch a groove just before the beat.

I’d love to see an ability to use negative numbers in the delay column to make lines trigger early. If we could do this, it would be easy as pie to get some sort of groove mixer function going. You’d just need to be able to save the whole delay column in a given pattern and then be able to apply it to another pattern or project. Wouldn’t necessarily work without it, because if you for example make a groove where every beat hits early, with the current setup as I understand it, you’d have to know in advance to type it on the line before and delay it to hit very late. This would be hard to save and share with someone or apply to a pattern after the fact unless you knew and planned ahead and intentionally put your kicks on the wrong line to delay them.

Basically my feature request is three-fold:

1. Some way to reverse delay lines so they trigger early
2. Some way to save, recall, and share entire delay columns’ data from phrases or patterns and apply them to other phrases or patterns, like Ableton’s “Groove Pool” but better because it’s Renoise.
3. A way to make these delay-based “Grooves” scalable to LPB. So for example if I make a groove template in 4 LPB where every line has some delay effect on it, if I recall and apply this groove in a 16 LPB track it would automatically space the delays out so they line up with the same beats.
4. Possibly some way to scale from 0-100 the “amount” of groove applied. What I imagine this meaning in practical terms is 100% exactly copying the original groove’s scaled delay values and something like 10% just moving the relevant delay lines 10% closer to the value in the groove relative to the originally typed delay, so the grooves don’t have to strictly overwrite any delays that might already be in a pattern.

Since it’s just playing with the delay column I don’t imagine this being too crazy to implement, but it would be a big deal to get a real groove function that deals with real grooves rather than just swing/shuffle because the tracker interface blows piano roll DAWs out of the water in the groove department.

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Hi,
on Mojave there was right click > open in low resolution - and Renoise worked fine. Not utilising retina I guess, but there was no laggy/sluggish gui. Now this option is not present in Monterey - so Renoise is practically unusable. Even if I disable retina HiDPI and animations… even playback of empty project skips lines regularly…

is this issue related to Mac metal support? I know that Harrison mixbus (based on ardour) does ship with 2 versions, one with 'metal support; which behaves exactly the same - unusable on mbpro, and older build with graphics which are older than ‘metal’ which work flawlessly…

Any help? Thanks

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In sampler mode hotkeys such as Undo/Redo (Ctrl (+ Shift) + Z) or fade in/out (Ctrl + Shift + I / O) doesn’t work anymore… But hotkeys in main mode (Space, Tab and others) still work fine. Why some hotkeys are broken and how to repair?

renoise re-installation does not help

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KVR Audio Forum - About CLAP - u-he Forum

free-audio has 4 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

CLAP is an open source plug-in format originally designed by Alexandre Bique a few years ago that we currently help to bring forward, along with friends at Bitwig and a whole bunch of other developers from both host and plug-in side.

While there is no official launch date, we have decided to include the current state of CLAP in all future updates and installers. That’s why now it’s in the MFM 2.5 public preview/beta installer.

The main reason we (u-he, others may have other reasons) try to bring forward a new plug-in standard is very simple: It’s liberally licensed. No one needs to pay fees, hire lawyers or go through vetting process. No need to sign weird contracts or NDAs that may turn into future risks of investment.

Another reason is its robustness. CLAP is very easy to grasp and very determined to avoid misinterpretation. CLAP is designed to minimise bugs that arise from different host implementations or plug-in implementations. CLAP offers ways and helpers to avoid conflicts between hosts and plug-ins that commonly happen all the time.

A third reason is its completeness. It’s got all the modern features and quite a few that we haven’t seen yet. For instance it takes into account that some hosts are not just modern tape recorders, some hosts are modern modular synthesisers. Such that CLAP offers parameter modulation which is non-destructive (unlike classic automation) and which can be polyphonic. Things like that, including event based parameter, tempo and timing changes.

Another reason is, it solves common problems. It has fast plug-in scanning, it offers host controlled multithreading (which we have benchmarked with eye popping results), it offers plug-in meta data to organise your plug-ins, resource consolidation (i.e. the plug-in can tell the host about the samples and stuff it references so that the host can gather all that in its project file) and a lot more.

As for reasons that we haven’t mentioned, maybe because they’re not as important for u-he as others, CLAP is a pure C ABI, so people can develop in any programming language they like. It can run on pretty much any hardware and operating system, even embedded. I’m writing this off my head, I’m sure there are numerous reasons to develop and deploy CLAP that I can’t possibly all mention here.

But: Please don’t expect a full blown roll-out in the next few months! Even if we offer ready-to-go CLAP plug-ins, we can’t speak for our partners on the hosting side, and CLAP is still in development, i.e. specs might change a bit.

We are however happy to include host and plug-in developers in our chats once the specs are finalised. This is going to happen, we hope, before MFM 2.5 is released, and then MFM 2.5 can be used as one reference implementation for host developers to try.

We are also offering some financial support to open source projects which would like to offer CLAP support. We’re currently supporting three initiatives, we may have room for some more. So if you have a project that’s currently compiling to any other audio plug-in format, or hosting such, we’re happy to hear from you and maybe it fits within our budget.

Btw. some cool open source projects are already running as CLAP in private branches, we can’t wait to see them running in a cool host soon!

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