Most used tools

afta8 · October 15, 2012, 2:31pm

What are the tools you use the most when using Renoise? Which ones do you find yourself reaching for every time you make a song? What are the ones you couldn’t live without?

Personally Automatron and Automasher get used on nearly every project, closely followed by Baguetter and Resynth, it would be good to know what tools are popular with other users.

2_daze_j · October 15, 2012, 5:59pm

I’m big on the scalefinder, epic arp, convert notes to track, sample/waveform generator, write automation from pattern notes, and automation cleaner lol… I expect to use the morph synth a lot, but it just came out… I’ve barely had a chance to get a feel for it… but its a great one!!

mehrdad · October 15, 2012, 6:54pm

Generate custom waveform , Resynth, scale mapper, freeze track and scale finder i use the most. And Duplex, when mixing <3.

Cas · October 16, 2012, 11:20am

Overtune, Rotate Pattern, Tap Tempo, all my keyboard shortcut stuff / instrument stuff / delay column stuff
If I made actual songs out of these millions of beats/loops I made I would definitely also recommend Automatron/Automasher

f_d_k · October 16, 2012, 12:31pm

I use those little helpers a lot: SplitPatternPlus, PatternRotate, AutoCaptureFirstNote, OrganizeInstruments. I’m sure I forgot some great ones.

And I love AutoClonePatterns!

dby · October 16, 2012, 1:02pm

Duplex: Grid Pie

mxb · October 16, 2012, 6:44pm

U-u-u-u-use?

You mean … people … they use the tools?

vvoois · October 16, 2012, 7:00pm

Nah, some of them only create them p

afta8 · October 16, 2012, 7:18pm

You are probably right, after 220 odd views and only 5 replies it has me wondering the same…

Edit: I just noticed that was my 100th post… woo hoo!

wubluv · October 16, 2012, 7:29pm

I put the Cabinet Simulator on just about every Bass I find; sometimes the lead, too. Just as an effect near the end, or through the whole song… It really adds character and spices up an otherwise quiet or dull patch. “Into the face” + Reese = dirty and sinister.

Signal Follower + Hydra -> Density (I know it’s a plug in, but it’s free so it “counts”) for all my side-chaining needs outside of Reason. Lately, I’ve been bringing out the kick from Reason on a separate channel on ReWire just so I can sidechain my ReNoise-based samples. I’m learning that signal following can be used for things besides just compression, though.

Also I’ve found the multi-band send is a great way to make a multi-band distortion, with sidechain on the low end, a cabinet or something on the mid, and a reverb or phaser on the high.

And MIDI control, as that’s the only way to twiddle Reason’s Combinators.

afta8 · October 16, 2012, 7:36pm

wubluv:

I put the Cabinet Simulator on just about every Bass I find; sometimes the lead, too. Just as an effect near the end, or through the whole song… It really adds character and spices up an otherwise quiet or dull patch. “Into the face” + Reese = dirty and sinister.

Signal Follower + Hydra → Density (I know it’s a plug in, but it’s free so it “counts”) for all my side-chaining needs outside of Reason. Lately, I’ve been bringing out the kick from Reason on a separate channel on ReWire just so I can sidechain my ReNoise-based samples. I’m learning that signal following can be used for things besides just compression, though.

Also I’ve found the multi-band send is a great way to make a multi-band distortion, with sidechain on the low end, a cabinet or something on the mid, and a reverb or phaser on the high.

And MIDI control, as that’s the only way to twiddle Reason’s Combinators.

Hahahaha… I give up, I’m off back to the tools forum… lol

f_d_k · October 16, 2012, 9:22pm

Yeah, that was hilarious!

Conner_Bw · October 16, 2012, 9:24pm

Nibbles.

Jonas · October 16, 2012, 10:39pm

Too many good ones that are used off and on, statistically it must be ‘Auto Maximize Selected DSP Device’ (http://www.renoise.com/tools/auto-maximize-selected-dsp-device) as this is always enabled .