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More and more lately I’m reaching the stuttering unusable “too much CPU for too long” stage when working on an admittedly complex piece of music in Renoise. I can see the percentage meter flying up as I hit play and I just know it’s gonna stop the song. Frustrating!

What do you folks do to keep the CPU as low as possible (apart from rendering off a CPU-heavy pattern)? Are there any tricks that work for you, be they within Renoise or other system settings? I’ve heard turning off the wireless card is one, perhaps switching off antivirus software, but that might be anecdotal.

It’s getting to the point where I have to render the song to hear it play properly - then do my tweak, then re-render - not ideal.

I’m running Renoise 3.3.2 on Windows 7 PC with a Samsung SSD installed. I have a NI Komplete Audio 6 soundcard. There doesn’t seem to be an option to extend the latency within the audio preferences of Renoise, but I have the process buffer and USB buffer within the Komplete Audio control panel maxed out.

Thank you!

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Hi,

i want to simply delete a unused or further not needed Trackcolumn. But in Column Contextmenu there is no delete, only a cut which only deletes the notes in it??!!! i checked the shortcut window and not found a Column delete too. As Workaround i delete all notes on Column and move it by mouse on last position of trackcolumns. then i remove it with the “-” button of Trackcolumn control. Is there really no other way to do this??

happy tracking

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Long/nested Lua comments using the --[=[ ... ]=] format are not properly syntax-highlighted in Renoise’s Scripting Editor. They are ignored by the interpreter as they should be, but they are just not properly displayed, which does impact their usefulness in development for those who rely on Renoise’s Scripting Editor.

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Hey
The Renoise Live Stream Q+A I did with Ani Klang is now up on the Youtubes! Recorded on June 10th, we attempt to answer your questions on the software, its use and how to do stuff. There’s a free Renoise track you’ll find in the info to folllow along any play with.

We gave out prizes for the best questions including a full Renoise license - thanks to the team for supplying that! It’s here as it went down, but hopefuly you can find something in here for you!

Enjoy,

Chris [midierror]

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All my tracks I did where made in Linux and I´m currently testing Windows for production. When opening my old tracks it seems that all the VST3 plugins load in Windows just fine, but the VST2 version are not loaded.

In other words: When opening a Renoise file that was made in Linux the e.g. Uhe VST2 plugins don´t load, although I can add new Uhe VST2 plugins in Windows.

When clicking on the plugin that´s not found in the plugin window I see e.g. “Zebra2 (not found)”. When adding new instance it ´s labelled VST:Zebra2(x64). Is there any chance to get the old plugins loaded somehow?

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Hello, I’m noticing that on some projects I’m working on, when I start the playback the audio comes in around 40-70ms late. On some project it delays up to around 200ms (gauged from what I feel + math with tempo).

Does anyone have this problem? I’m on Windows, and is using 3.3.2.

Thanks.

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Hi guys,

i’m excited, 32c channel strip just came out available as cross-platform plugin (win,mac,linux) etc…

Harrison Audio Consoles 32C Channel - Harrison Audio Consoles

The 32C Channel Plugin makes mixing fast and easy using elements from Harrison's 32C analog console and their Mixbus workstation.

announcement on gearspace (ex gearslutz)

gearspace.com Harrison Introduces 32C Channel Plugin (AAX, AU, VST, VST3) - Gearspace.com

The 32C Channel combines 3 of Harrison's most renowned processing elements - the 32C EQ, the 32C...

anyway, i use 32c daw for editing and mixing/mastering duties which has included elements of the plugin… nonetheless it’s sounding great…

Demo limitations is only nag-screen… no time-limit, nor audio degradation… so you can try it for as long as you need to…

Cheers!

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Hi @taktik,

After a week playing with Renoise, I’m saying bye. But before doing that, I had decided to write this post. It may help to bring some new ideas to the table, or not. This is a not critical review, a rant or a wishlist. My points here are about functionalities or ideas that I think could be useful to Renoise as a software and company. Please bear in mind my lack of knowledge on Renoise too. Also, this is about the software. I had no intention to offend anyone or make it personal.

I’m not a coder, I’m a wannabe musician that just bought his first digital piano. I know nothing about music theory or composition, but I just want to play and have fun. I’m also a Linux guy, and I’m really happy the Renoise has its Linux version. It’s a big thumbs up! So, with no more delay, here are my points about Renoise:

1. The tracker nature of Renoise didn’t scare me at all. Yeah, it’s weird for those used with a time linear type of DAW (is this the correct term?), but you can get used to it. However, I see a lot of room for improvement here. IMHO, the “tracker nature” should not stop you from evolving. Plus, Renoise is not a “pure” tracker anymore, right? No, I’m not asking for piano roll! I’m talking about not to be held back by puritan thoughts/ideas just because “it was how it worked in Amiga and MS-DOS”. Honestly, that is not an excuse to keep something from evolving. For example. I don’t see a reason for the use of the hexadecimal system. Sure, Amiga had to use back there, but Renoise doesn’t have to, right? Keeping the “tracker spirit” it’s a very flat reason for that. Making everything decimal will not make your music better or worse, but can improve Renoise user-friendly for new users. Why? I think that If you need a calculator to set up your tracks, there is something wrong here. For me, a tool should not be in the way of the task that was proposed to solve. As a musician, I want to make music and not to learn a new numerical system. Donald Norman in his The Design of Everyday Things talked about affordance. Renoise could use that to improve its workflow, UX and so on.

2. I’m not sure who’s Renoise target public. I hope it is for everyone, and I really mean, everyone. The idea I have reading forums and posts out there about Renoise, is that people think of it as a hardcore DAW for advance users. If that’s your goal, great. You achieved. If not, we can try to change that. As I put before, being a “tracker” is not the issue. The issue is when you don’t break down layers of difficulty, just because it was how it was conceptualized 40-30 years ago. Renoise can and should expand its user base. Go after average people and not only “advanced users”. Make it easier for the 16 years boy/girl to start using Renoise from day one.

3. From a marketing perspective, a lot can be done. How you position yourself matter. How people see you matter. Put user first. An easier DAW, documentation, videos, tutorials, how’s to and so on. If you want to have YouTube flooded with videos about Renoise, like Ableton and FL have, you definitely need to increase your user base. But for that to happen, we need more people to use Renoise and for that, we need a more appealing DAW.

4. IMHO having that reverse-sidechaing-with-automation-push-in-to-vst3-bus-master-sender-mixer will not help any musician to create the next billboard hit. Neither breaking down the initial barrier. Why not focus in bringing the Renoise to the mass? You can do that without losing your identify, but some adjustments are necessary. I think Renoise is technically superior to many DAWs, it may just need some new perspectives from outsiders.

There are other ideas that I could be laid out here, but I’ll save your time for now. Of course, all the above may be BS if Renoise is comfortable where it is now, and there is no way/desire to make any changes like the above. If that’s the case, please just ignore this post. But, if you think Renoise can somehow benefit from some of these ideas, I’m willing to help.

Cheers,
Castle

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Windows 7 x64 support in future releases

• Yes
• No

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Just wanted to mention that if your a user of U-he instruments, Zebra2, Podolski, Ace, Bazille, others, that there has been a recent update/upgrade to most of them. The most obvious changes have been to the GUI’s but there have been some "under-the-hood improvements as well. You can read about it here on the KVR forum for U-he: u-he Forum - KVR Audio and the U-he website: https://u-he.com/

Cheers.

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Number theory is a branch of pure mathematics devoted primarily to the study of the integers and integer-valued functions.

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Mathematical Quadruvium:

Arithmetic (Numbers at Rest)
Geometry (Resting Quantities)
Music (Numbers in Motion)
Astronomy (Numbers in Motion).

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In mathematics, a manifold is a topological space that locally resembles Euclidean space near each point.

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Hi,

I have an AudioDevice object. It might be in the samplers dsp lane or in the track dsp lane. Can I determine this, only knowing the AudioDevice object?

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Hi,

I am writing this little EQ Helper tool. It provides a context menu on each eq and filter device for transposing. It also can transpose all eqs and filters of a song at once.

Currently it works for EQ5, EQ10, digital/analog filter and filter 3 correctly. I am also trying to add support for Melda MEqualizer (and later Pro Q maybe), but I have a hard to find a translation function for this. Also forgot most math stuff here.

This is the current translation function for MEqualizer:

translate = function (value, semitones) value = math.exp(value / 0.217147) * 19980 + 20 value = math.exp(semitones * math.log(2)/12) * value value = (value - 20) / 19980 value = 0.217147 * math.log(value) return math.max(0, math.min(1, value)) end

Lot of fishy stuff here. Maybe @OopsIFly has a clue

This is how the frequency slider scales:

Any math help here please?

Anyway here is the current version:
ffx.tools.EQHelper.xrnx (7.8 KB)

It might still produce problems with correct event/observable hooking, e.g. on song load etc, since I forgot to do this right. But maybe it already works. Please give me feedback.

There is a “pluginRegistry” in main.lua, in which you can add your own translation functions for other eq and filter plugins.

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Hi,

I have an AudioDevice object and want to find its track. How to do that? Seems like I can’t compare the object with a trackDevice object directly…

This seems to be too few comparison then:

function EQHelper:findDeviceInTracks(device) for _, track in pairs(sng.tracks) do if (track.type ~= renoise.Track.TRACK_TYPE_GROUP) then for _, trackDevice in pairs(track.devices) do if (device.display_name == trackDevice.display_name and device.device_path == trackDevice.device_path) then local isSame = true for x = 1, #device.parameters do if (device.parameters[x].value ~= trackDevice.parameters[x].value) then isSame = false break end end if (isSame == true) then return track end end end end end return nil end

Would like to compare the object memory pointers directly or something… Maybe I already did that, but I forgot how.

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When the pattern editor is armed, Renoise seems to be entering commands randomly. I thought it may be a faulty keyboard hooked up to my laptop, so I unplugged and just using the laptop keyboard but still happening.

Those: 02 M0 470E

They just show up when armed at random places in the pattern. Tried a reboot, still happening.
I also have an Axiom 61 plugged in I use to enter notes…maybe something is funky with that?
Any ideas?

Mac OS 10.14.6
Renoise 3.3.2

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Hi,

Let’s say you are using FL or Ableton. You create a track and load it with an audio sample. Then, you click the play button. Your track start playing. Now, can I do that in Renoise without assigning a note in the track?

Cheers

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Hi,

I am looking for all the translation functions of the cutoff parameters of all the Renoise filter devices. I think @OopsIFly did that? Can you help me? 8)

Also for melda eqs, I had the following working formula, but it’s expecting key number, can’t wrap my brain around it converting it to frequency offset. freq_start is 20, freq_end is 20000:

function func(a,b,freq_start,freq_end) local keynum = b * 119 local keyoffset = a * 119-60 local C5 = 1391.915051294 local retval = C5 * pow(2.0, ((keynum + keyoffset) - (12 * 5)) * (1.0 / 12.0)) if (retval < 0) then retval = 0; end retval = (log10(retval) - log10(freq_start)) / (log10(freq_end) - log10(freq_start)) if (retval > 1) then retval = 1; end return retval end

I am writing a little tool “EQ helper” which provides transpose for EQ devices. So far it only works correctly for EQ5/EQ10:
ffx.tools.EQHelper.xrnx (7.2 KB)

Have a look into the “pluginRegistry” inside the main.lua.

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Is it possible now that you can use an external editor for tool coding, so Renoise auto-detects file changes and then will recompile? I remember that there was something changed lately…

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