New Tool (3.1): ColTools

Hey guys,

I spent the weekend writing my first lua script, and it became a renoise tool :smile:

This tool adds some assignable keyboard shortcuts under Global/Tools. These shortcuts are effecting only the currently selected note or effects column in a track.

The shortcuts are:

  • Repeat: The block of lines above the cursor is repeated until pattern end, starting from the currently selected line. For example you type in some notes or effects in line 1-7, place the cursor in line 8, and have the first two beats repeated. Notes and effects are repeated independently.

  • Increase/Decrease Instrument: Sets the instrument for a note column. Do it repeatedly, and you can simply browse through all available instruments for your song

  • Increase/Decrease Shuffle: Increases or decreases the delay column value of every 2nd and 4th line.

  • Rotate up/down: Rotates the column content up or down. Notes and effects are rotated independently.

I wrote these to speed up editing of basslines or drum tracks. As a Renoise noob I’m pretty sure I have reinvented some wheels, but it was great practice.

Hope you find it as useful as I do. Have fun!

de.sycokay.coltools_V1.xrnx (2.7 KB)

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Welcome and thanks for sharing your new script!

Hey, thanks! I’m pretty amazed of what can be done with the scripting feature of Renoise. Makes me like it even more :grinning:

Still in awe when I see what other people do with it. You can basically write your own DAW without having to mess with the no-fun parts. That’s great, because whenever making music I run into things I want to speed up or automate, and now I don’t have to nag the devs anymore :upside_down_face:

Next project will be to make my Akai Midimix a useful controller…:yum:

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