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News | Renoise 1.8

ASC, Enduser, Soundmurderer, Venetian Snares, the list of broken beat innovators using this application goes on. In beta since September 2006, Renoise 1.8 is on the horizon. RC1, recently having been released for free to the general public, boats over 100 improvements and new features compared to the previous version, Renoise 1.5.2.

"For me it's all about the workflow" -Haplo

Renoise is rooted in a very different approach to making music than other more expensive sequencers on the market today. This approach is known as Tracking. Tracking entails a spreadsheet type of sequencing methodology that has been around for over two decades now.

"I see this as a very necessary stand against corporatism and dehumanization." -Foo?

Historically, if you were using computers in an (analog) studio it probably meant you had a setup that cost hundred of thousands of dollars. In contrast, demo/warez scene composers pioneered the use of personal computers as the "studio-in-the-box" while being chastised by the professional industry who considered this some sort of joke. As computers became more powerful and more accessible to a less nerdy crowd, the "studio-in-a-box" became the norm. Along with this came interfaces that look absolutely nothing like a tracker. Renoise 1.8 bridges the gap between these interfaces in many respects, yet remains true to the roots of tracking.

"We've got millions of scene-souls behind tracking. It's more about art to me. It's about how personal (i.e unique) your music making can be as a process. It's about being inspired with details you can put out but not features that distort your ideas. " -Zed

The Renoise community, the Renoise team, and the Renoise developers are a tightly knit group. This camaraderie and symbiosis makes the Renoise Forums an excellent support mechanism. With this grass roots approach, it is not uncommon to see a discussion of an idea make it's way into the application.

"Every Renoise user has a different background and motivation for using it. One may use it as their main studio tool, someone else likes it for sequencing percussion lines to use the result in a more expensive sequencer. Whether you want to use it as your complete start-to-end production tool or whether you just want to use it for sub-production, Renoise offers every user different choices of how and why to use it. As the price is very affordable, you can't ever really go wrong with your money on this one. For me it is the respect of the community that counts and drives me to keep going." -vV (Team Renoise)

If you're looking for decent example tracks, sort through the beatbattle results. Not a whole lot of drum & bass, but several noteworthy break styled tracks to get you going in the right direction. The best way to learn is to load up a track you like and play around with it. Oh and:

http://wiki.renoise.com/wiki/

Happy tracking.

Posted by conner_bw on Tuesday, January 09, 2007 (04:22:28) (1681 reads)

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