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Redux incompatibility with ableton 12.1.11

May 28, 2025 - 10:47

I recently updated Ableton to version 12.1.11 and initiated the VST2 plugins scan. Redux is the only one not showing up.

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Sandboxing causing Serum 2 to crash while selecting presets

May 28, 2025 - 08:41

Renoise 3.4.4.

Occasionally there’s a crash elsewhere but consistently when browsing the factory presets it crashes, causing a memory leak until I force close Renoise Plugin Server after not responding

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Entering note off while editing polyphonic patterns with the shift key

May 28, 2025 - 02:23

I’m hoping someone can help me solve a problem i encounter frequently while sequencing. When entering polyphonic patterns with the computer keyboard, the shift key is very useful. If you hold shift and enter a note, the cursor will shift over to the next note column. You can build a chord by continuing to hold shift and renoise will even add additional columns for you if needed. When you are finished entering the chord, you can release shift and the cursor will then jump back to the inital column and shift downward by the editstep value. This is fast and feels very natural.

The problem: You can’t enter “Note Off”. If you enter a note off while holding shift, renoise will immediately shift downward, which breaks the workflow. Is there a way around this? Am I missing a keybind? I don’t believe it’s possible using scripts.

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How to assign buttons on a midi controller to notes in renoise?

May 27, 2025 - 19:06

hi, ive recently gotten an akai midmix. it has a bunch of buttons on it that i can assign to many things, and i was wondering if i could asign a button to play a specific note of my choosing? i tried to figure it out myself in the midi mapping menu but couldnt find anything… could be me missing something but i might as well ask

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Keyboard shortcuts on MacBook Air M2 French keyboard

May 26, 2025 - 14:24

Hello

I’ve just switched from a desktop PC to a Macbook Air M2 with a French AZERTY keyboard and no external mouse and I’m a bit lost with the keyboard shortcuts
I run Renoise and MacOS latest versions.
First, if I go to help menu / list keyboard shortcuts, Safari opens a local file (file:///Users/geoffroy/Library/Preferences/Renoise/V3.4.4/KeyBindings.xml) but the file is blank ? If I open this file on Firefox it’s a long list not formatted and unreadable.
Could someone help me with the basic shortcuts ?

  • go to top / 1/4 / 1/2 / 3/4 / end of a pattern
  • go to pattern editor
  • go to sequence editor
  • play this pattern
  • play the song from the start
  • change octave

Thanks !

Geoffroy

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Renoise VST issues moving songs from old to new computer

May 24, 2025 - 21:05

I’ve created a lot of songs on an old Windows computer with a lot of VST’s. But when I copy all my old songs over to a new computer Renoise cannot find the VST’s, and I’m sure I’ve installed them correctly. The help I’m looking for specifically here is, how do I locate the exact path to the VST’s on the OLD computer, so I can manually place them in the new computer. Thanks.

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Formula Init code 's' variable

May 24, 2025 - 20:27

hello,

-- put custom code or variables here function example(s) local y = sin(SAMPLECOUNTER/SRATE * 2*PI*s) return (y + 1) / 2 end

The Init code of Formula Device…What is ‘s’ variable? …A ‘NAN’?

@taktik

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Robot Junkyard - Treadmill

May 24, 2025 - 19:02

Made in August of 2024 in a single evening, breaking a frustrating years-long dry-spell of absolutely not having made anything.

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How to reduce the amplitude of stepper modulation in the sampler?

May 24, 2025 - 18:52

I like using the stepper in the sample to provide random values (by randomizing the points) for each trigger.
However I don’t understand if I can lower the amplitude of the modulation.

In fact what I would like is having the stepper act as bipolar modulation with controllable amplitude (lower is negative, upper positive, and middle is null).
Is that possible?

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Copy/Paste NOTE OFFs only?

May 24, 2025 - 14:53

Hi All,

A lamer question: Is there any solution for Copy/Paste only NOTE OFFs?

For example: i have a Track with Notes and NOTE OFFs, and i want to copy only NOTE OFFs to another Pattern(s) on the same Track.

Any idea or suggestion?

Sorry, if there an existing solution, im too lazy!

Thx!

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Renoise is still the best for expressive sequencing — do you agree?

May 23, 2025 - 22:24

I’m one of those eternally torn Logic/Renoise users, now seriously considering switching back to Renoise full-time. (Okay, maybe not 100% — I still need audio tracks, but you get the idea.)

It makes me wonder:

How do people actually put feeling into their music these days?

I’m not talking about vocals or live acoustic instruments, but things like basslines, synth leads, layered pads… all the subtle stuff.

When it comes to note glide, vibrato, precise timing — I haven’t seen anything that rivals Renoise. Maybe there are alternatives, but they sure aren’t easy to use. Don’t get me started on MIDI. (Unless you’re amazing at live playing you would love the MIDI Seaboard keyboard).

Sure, there are tons of things I wish Renoise had. But in the end, I keep coming back to what really matters in music: expression.

That’s what Renoise gives me.

Personally, I still miss ReWire — and I really hope Renoise adds solid Ableton Link support (transport sync etc). Redux also has its problems. And Logic’s handling of program changes? I still don’t understand some things…

For what it’s worth, I even started developing my own AU plug-in — a minimalist tracker-style sequencer. With AI in the mix, it might actually be done within a couple of years. I’m happy to share more about that if anyone’s curious — and hey, I’ll even throw in some free ideas for the Renoise devs while I’m at it.

I know, I probably don’t sound like the happiest Renoise user… But really, I’m just hard to please in general — no hard feelings! I am an optimist. Until the glorious days I’m bouncing between the two DAWs, when necessary, and having fun along the way.

Anyone else made a return to Renoise after years with another DAW?

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Can external editor (stepper modulation device) range be read and modified?

May 23, 2025 - 22:02

hi, how do i read this range, please?

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How to remove only Volumes without Notes?

May 23, 2025 - 20:52

Can I remove all unused volume values for an entire track or a selection, i.e. volume values without a note in front of them? Volume values with a note should not be deleted.

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Crash changing time-stretched sample transposition

May 23, 2025 - 17:52

I closed my previous thread since I didn’t realize I was on an older version of Renoise (3.4.1), updated Renoise to 3.4.4 and the bug still persists hence the second thread.

Behavior:
Changing the transpose tuning of a sample instrument causes the application to crash during playback of a pattern.

To Reproduce:

  1. Load a long sample into instrument and place down notes
  2. Play the pattern
  3. In sampler tab, change time-stretch algorithm of the instrument to percussive or texture
  4. Change the tuning of the sample with transpose

Expected Result:
Tuning changes.

Actual Result:
Program crashes.

System:
Renoise 3.4.4
Windows 11
Focusrite USB ASIO drivers, Focusrite 6i6 2nd Gen @ 64 buffer size
AMD 3900x CPU
16GB DDR3 RAM
MPG X570 Gaming Edge WiFi Motherboard
RX580 GPU
500GB SSD

Latest crash on 2025-05-23, 16:34:15 program start up.
Log.txt (56.8 KB)

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Crash when changing timestretched sampler transpose

May 22, 2025 - 22:25

Behavior:
Changing the transpose tuning of a sample instrument causes the application to crash during playback of a pattern.

To Reproduce:

  1. Load a long sample into instrument and place down notes with offset start commands in a pattern
  2. Play the pattern
  3. In sampler tab, change time-stretch algorithm of the instrument to percussive or texture
  4. Change the tuning of the sample with transpose

Expected Result:
Tuning changes.

Actual Result:
Program crashes.

System:
Renoise 3.4.1
Windows 11
Focusrite USB ASIO drivers
AMD 3900x CPU

I’ve attached my log file, latest crash happened at 16:06:53, 2025-05-22, but has also happened several times before.
Log.txt (1.3 MB)

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Learning the UI (or not)

May 21, 2025 - 12:45

Hello all.
I’m excited to get to using Renoise as I recently found out about the tracker workflow and have always wondered how Jungle was made - there was a real lightbulb moment when I realised. I guess it should have been somewhat obvious, hehe.

I’m on a PC, but seem to be having major issues getting used to the foundations of the UI - mouse functions that are ubiquitous across programs and platforms such as click & drag, double clicking or click to select seem to be repurposed in Renoise, but sometimes they aren’t.
Perhaps it’s my ‘old dog’ mentality, but it’s proper getting on my nerves! It’s as though any creativity I have is being stifled by having to realearn how to use a bloody computer, let alone the program.

So, my question is, has anyone encountered a good way of learning the ‘new way’ the mouse works in Renoise? Mods, videos etc, etc.
I’m perfectly willing to learn in order to get what I want done, but I just thought I’d ask people in the know before beginning an endless search of the internet.
Thanks very much in advance for any help!

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I made a Frutiger Aero aesthetic inspired icon for Renoise

May 21, 2025 - 12:28

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No way to hide all FX columns with keys?

May 19, 2025 - 18:04

Every other column can be easily hidden with a keyboard shortcut, but it seems you need to use the mouse to get rid of the very last FX column (i.e. when there is only one). Maybe it would make sense for the “Decrease Number of Columns” shortcut to do this.

I could be missing something, as I vaguely remember some obscure key shortcut that hides all unused columns?

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[new tool] Industrializer

May 18, 2025 - 11:15

Hello,
So, on the impulse of Achenar after watching his video about creating industrial sound (thanks),
I sat down and added some information to my tool and I am also releasing it.
Tool is based on “IXA” synthesis, but since this technology is patented,
it is just my attempt to get closer to it (I’m kidding, I modified it again according to how it suits me).
I try to create industrial and other technical sounds from the field of electrosmog.

Tool: Industrializer
Thanks for your support.

Industrializer

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