When working with Schism Tracker, I’m used to have key repeat delay set to very fast speed as it speeds up the workflow. Problem here is that Renoise only lets you set key repeat rate but not delay. I’ve already set it to the fastest value from Windows Keyboard settings but would like it to be faster. I also edited windows registries at “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\Keyboard Response” to speed up repeat delay and while that affects pretty much every other program, it doesn’t seem to affect repeat delay in Renoise.
No. There is no setting to change the delay on the keyboard. In fact, this could be an added feature under the bonnet of Renoise, and would be very easy to add. I suspect Renoise internally uses a fixed delay timer. It would be as simple as adding a valuebox to change that value manually and solved.
It is possible to make tools with this premise. Especially if you use a mouse. It is also possible to create a virtual piano and operate it with the keyboard keys, using a configurable delay. But the Renoise API has limitations, and frankly, we all want direct control, not using extraneous tools.
Maybe you should ask this formally to the Renoise developers, if they are willing to add this feature…