In MED Sound Studios instrument properties, you can assign a notes hold value (length) in ticks - ie if there are 6 ticks per line, a hold value of 6 will play the note for one line only before turning the note off - 3 would be half a line etc.
This value can be set in the pattern editor of MED to create a gated pattern which varies in length to create a nice effect.
How can I achieve this in Renoise - using note off to achieve this would require a high tick setting and lots of lines per block.
Is there a pattern command for this or something else?
In the volume column or panning column you can insert the command Fx (where x is a number from 0 to F) to cut a note after x ticks. This works for both samples and VSTi.