I don’t know if this idea has gained any new traction since, but I still use my Steam Deck, including for other than gaming.
I still think it would be a compelling platform for Renoise, considering it technically runs already but just needs to be integrated.
A couple of hardware trackers already use gamepad controls as input so I think it would be as usable as with a keyboard with just a bit of adaptation of the UI and control mapping.
as a handheld tracker user I am really adamant about using renoise on the steam deck. Using renoise with gamepad controls just would be faster for me as PC controls hurts my hands and i cant do it for very long.
I have it running fine on my Deck and it sounds pretty good to me. If i can set up the controls to be like LSDj and M8 tracker I wont have a problem.