Instrument envelopes are a total superweapon IMHO. The only thing left to add is the ability to control an envelope from within a track.
I mean events like triggering an envelope on\off, choosing an envelope preset, maybe even automating the envelope change (that would be simply fantastic!).
Also a single envelope can be assigned to multiple instruments.
For these purposes even a special envelope effect column can be useful.
i’d really like to see a multiple envelopes per instrument feature, where you can trigger one envelope from a range of different ones through song automation.
i’ve been copying one single sample like four or five times just in order to associate different filter and/or volume envelopes to it - quite a lot of redundancy which could certainly be avoided with the appopriate functionality within renoise.
FT2 has a great feature regarding this: if you specify a different instrument number when playing a note, the new instrument’s envelope will be triggered for the old note:
C-4 01
--- 02
sample does not get retriggered: only the envelope, but with the one of instrument 02.
@keith303… Yeah, that would be ace! I agree entirely.
The Instrument Envelope feature of Renoise is excellent and indeed a Super Weapon as stated by the OP, but it certainly needs some extra muscle. Any enhancements are more than welcome in any form.