I like the vocal sample abrupt change-ups
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dig the thematic and textural juxtaposition here 
pleasant and engaging listening
how much do you use the Y pattern effect command?
def loves me some Y, esp in phrases
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i like the rubbery saw bass tone 
Thanks @slujr! Well, for this entire album, I intentionally avoided using the YXX command. Many of my other albums used it all over the place. I wanted this one to really be entirely āup to meā. The closest thing I did with any sort of algorithmic outcome was use a random LFO on the volume levels of the very quiet clicking sounds. So, even the patterns there were all hand-input, but the randomized volume levels could alter it enough to make it āsoundā algorithmic. Iām enjoying micro-managing these tracks versus using the YXX.
interesting. could you speak briefly to your approach on rhythmic structure in tracks like these? Definitely not square feelingā¦
Are you using additive rhythmic structures or odd LPB values? Just curious how you get these to breathe so nicely
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Primarily anti-rhythmic. Working with variations of the LPB of 5, and also with varying note delay; forwards and since I cannot move backwards with the delay, I drag the note back one step to emulate the slop of backwards delay. Then I just listen to my patterns on repeat until I come up with a strong backbone, and make sure that it (at least to me) connects well to the one before and/or after it. I create along the lines of abstract painting and speaking language, and brain cells connecting - rarely linear.
Been in electronic music a long time, and while squared-off composition is still king, Iām just happy to be able to generate audio this way in Renoise. Very similar to Max/MSP without the need to code modules. Thatās why Iām always begging for granular synthesis and FM/PM, etc. Renoise is just so rewarding, compared to what I could create in, say, Reason.
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Totally agree. I worked in reason for a looong time before switching to renoise some several years ago, & havenāt looked back. despite it being in many ways the complete opposite in terms of functionality, aesthetics, and approach. Yes, would be absolutely excellent to get native granular, FM/PM, etc. @taktik please?
Thanks for speaking to your process! Iām generally on the (humanized) rhythmic grid, but like odd meters, polymeter, additive rhythm, etc. and intend to do more with it moving forward. I definitely appreciate how rhythmically and metrically flexible renoise is. makes it a really powerful composition tool
cheers on the impending album release!
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Thanks a bunch for all the kind words, and happy to see yourself and others starting to see Renoise in a new light for abstract composition. Itās really just too good!
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Some stuff i made the last week, its all made with renoise in combination with an akai s1100
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dope old school boom bap vibez! think ricordo is my fav. are you the painter as well? nice visuals
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Thanks! fucking happy with this sampler, its instantly boombap! (-:
And neah, unfortunately im not the painter myselfā¦ i wish i had some painting skillsā¦
Just uploaded this. made entirely with white noise. All sounds synthesized, arranged, etc in renoise 3.3.1 using stock dsp
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not a psy/goa fan, but all out of whitenoise, impressive!
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all our stuff is made with Renoise + Reaper.
our latest are:
and a colab:
all is āpay what you want even 0ā so
you can get it free. or give us a beer/pizza.
enjoy!
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thanks!
not a psy/goa fan
^ to each their own! Anymore there arenāt any genres I donāt like per se, just individual artists/tracksā¦ what did duke ellington say again?
but yeah, had fun diving deep in the sound design for this one. feel free to check out the white noise challenge in the songs/competitions/collaborations forum if you want to give it a shot 
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Such smooth bassline Nice. Is there some saturation on it, too? Your mix sounds again very well balanced. I am not the right one to judge here, but maybe the snare could be a tiny bit less bright?
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@ffx Thanks for checking it out!
wellā¦ there are several parallel chainsā¦ also on the final sum, there are several sequential compressors/saturationā¦ i might open a project for a quick demonstration.
well, to me snare is just āfineā, as iāve had several mix revisions, iāve had to push it under the carpetā¦ to much time for a simple beat, yet i was sick of mixing it to the perfection
some of the tools used: TDR kotelnikov,limiter,eq m, nova, airwindows tape, studio tan, channel 9, aand some of the bitwig native stuff - since itās made in bitwig
the bass is from bitwig presets:
also strange thing when i reloaded project now - ToneBoosters ReelBus v4 did not recall āamountā of tapesat effect, - it defaulted to 100% hence the mix now sounds not exactly like on youtube, but a lot shi**ierā¦ wellā¦ i didnāt encounter this except for some airwindows pluginsā¦ but heeeyā¦ 
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That would be very interesting to me! I always wonder how you are able to benefit from Airwindows stuff, I obviously am trying it the wrong way 
Nice shot of the mixer, thanks for sharing. There it is, the EQ+ on the snare, I would simply lower the right bump of it a bit.
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nice ! impressive considering the challenge.
Just one thingā¦ did you pan the bass right ?