Redux sequencer is identical to renoise sequencer?

[pointandclicksystems]

i bought redux and im wondering if theres any advantage to also owning renoise and how similar they are. redux is just a copy of renoise inside a plugin, right? what are the functional differences between them?

thanks!

[dspasic]

Hey @pointandclicksystems, this should be enough for starters

Renoise vs Redux

It would be enlightening for me if someone would explain the differences between Renoise and Redux. What can Renoise do that Redux cannot, for example? And vice versa … Any insight would be very useful. TIA Thal

[pointandclicksystems]

thanks so much. that thread needs to be a sticky

[rainydayshirts]

TL;DR

Renoise is a complete DAW built around a Sampler engine (phrases/scripting, modulation sets, effect sets, keymapping, etc.) with a full multi-track mixer environment with exclusively Tracker style arrangement with a unique Pattern Matrix.

Redux is just the Sampler engine. No mixer (beyond the sampler’s mixing capabilities and effect sets). No Tracker style pattern arranging (outside of the phrase editor). No pattern matrix. Essentially a unique and robust multi-sample instrument engine. No, it isn’t the saem as Kontakt or Soundfounts or whatever sample library you may use. It is it’s own thing with a unique interface.

If you bought Redux, I assume you are using a DAW that you prefer for arranging/composition, mixing, etc. This is the primary use case. If you have Redux, you don’t really need Renoise because you presumably have a host environment that you are running Redux in. If you have Renoise, you don’t really need Redux as you have everything and more in one self contained package. If you would like to use more than one DAW for any reason, having both makes more sense.

If you reach a point where you’re spending more time inside Redux within your DAW and yearn for more, maybe switch to Renoise. Otherwise, enjoy the Renoise Sampler within your DAW of choice (Redux).

[pointandclicksystems]

im using reaper to host redux but i wish to arrange phrases from live midi input from hardware sequencers i own and am very fond of including polyend tracker+, squarp hapax and mpc1000 running jjos2xl. im super happy with my studio at this point! im always looking for meta sequencing workflows and decided to see what redux would yield. i cant wait to try it out. im waiting on a new x86 computer to arrive which will be a music only machine.