Renoise is certainly accessible to beginners but I think the main reason it got 10 out of 10 in Computer Music Magazine is because it wipes the floor with much of the better known competition (that didn’t get 10/10 )
I’m a graphic designer, and ugly GUIs drive me insane!
In my opinion, Renoise’s is the nicest with Live coming in a close second, but Renoise’s tracker interface looks so damn hardcore – who couldn’t love this thing?
The fact that you can change the colours and there are so many themes to choose from is a pretty big deal for me. Being able to make it monochrome or old-school yellow-on-blue is just awesome!