this thread is awesome! i’ve browsed through a couple of the responses. I’m gonna answer mine first, and then I will read some of the others more thoroughly.
- What is your Renoise-name? What is your real name? Any past names?
“i/o” or “dj i/o”. honestly I only add the “dj” part because just “io” isn’t long enough to be a username anywhere.
real name: Scott
past names: plikt
- How long have you been using Renoise?
since March, 2005. I discovered it apparently a few days after 1.5 came out. good timing!
- How long have you been making music?
since 1997
- Have you used any other music software/platforms? If so, which ones? Which one have you been most inspired to work with?
Impulse Tracker. Migrated to fruity loops around 2003 due to the inconvenience of having a DOS machine for IT. I hated fruity loops and I didn’t complete very many songs in it. I wish I had discovered Renoise earlier.
- What sort of music do you end up making? Has this music changed over time?
I try to make something different every time. I have explored many genres of electronic music. The only consistent element is that I always try to include strong elements of melody and harmony.
- What is your favorite part of Renoise? Is there any feature that is integral to ‘your sound’?
The fact that it is a tracker but it also supports VSTi’s and DSP’s.
- What is your favorite pattern effect code? (If you don’t know what this is go and learn them now! )
01xx and 02xx
- On a scale from 1 to 10 what would be your Renoise geek-factor? Provide an example.
Maybe a 3. I’m not really that advanced of a user on a technical level.
- If development of Renoise continues well into the future, what would be your ‘dream’ requested feature? Be imaginative.
Piano Roll. that is the one thing I actually liked about fruity loops.
- Any other Renoise artists that really impress you?
the khin, BotB, sonus, sonicade, mick rippon, kizzume, rob williams jnr, aged, harmony steel, dilvie, i could go on, but that would be excessive …
- Who or what are your musical inspirations? Who or what do you ‘keep coming back to’?
my classic top 4: goldie, orbital, natalie merchant, tori amos
stuff that’s got my attention in the past 5 years: chicane, atb, twarres, lene marlin
- Are there any cover-songs you want to do?
the “warbot” theme from silverball plus 2
the jigid - “organic climax” (old s3m file)
iron & wine - “upwards over the mountain”
bad religion - “sowing the seeds of utopia”
- How serious are you about making music? Does Renoise consume your every thought, or do you do this occasionally just to have some fun?
pretty serious. i’d probably be dead if it wasn’t for music.
- Do you have a website, or a place where we can hear your work? If yes, please boast about it.
http://djio.ctgmusic.com/
my little corner of ctg music. here you can download some of my songs that i’m more confident about.
- Do you have any fans? If so, do you know why they are fans?
a couple of my friends. probably because they are my friends 
they listen to works in progress and give invaluable feedback
- Do you play any musical instruments? If so, which is your favorite?
i pretend to play piano. i’ve been meaning to get down and dirty and learn how to read music and play better but i haven’t yet
- How much musical theory knowledge do you have? Do you feel that it’s applicable to your composition?
only basic knowledge.
- What are your views on song arrangement or composition? Do you just compose for yourself? Do you care what other people think?
I feel really passionately about this. I have a goal that I would like to attain with my music: My goal is to find some kind of balance between “easily accessible” and “complex/profound” in terms of song structure and chord progression. What I mean by this is that I don’t want to be like some kind of power-pop band that uses 3 chords, but I also don’t want to be some kind of crazy/abstract idm/jazz shit that is completely unlistenable. Out of all the artists I’ve ever heard, Tori Amos strikes the best balance between these two worlds, I think. Her songs are very complex, but still very listenable.
Mostly I compose for myself… but if somebody else enjoys it, that is great! I definitely care what people think. I love to hear if they like a song… and I also like to know if they don’t like a song – why they don’t like it, what they don’t like about it… any suggestions on improvements I could make, etc.
- How much is enough repetition? How much is enough repetition?
this is entirely dependent on genre. if you’re writing house music, bring on the “boom boom boom”. if you’re writing jazz, not so much repetition then.
- What sort of gear can we find in “your studio”? Any bits of gear you’d like to rave about?
nothing special. it’s mostly software based. the only hardware i have worthy of bragging about is my Sennheiser HD-590 headphones.
- Have you got any plug-ins you’d like to rave about? Are there certain plugs you keep coming back to?
renoise internal dsp’s
- Is your studio adequate? What gear are you needing to buy?
i need to get a real soundcard. that would be the main thing i want. these days, everything is so much software based that i don’t think you really need much hardware anymore.
- Outside of your musical skill, how good is your engineering? Do your ears or gear deceive you? Do you value getting outside ‘sonic’ help?
i’m working on my mixing skills, but i can use as much help as people are willing to offer
- Additionally, do you master your songs yourself or do you get someone else to do them?
i run them through a brickwall limiter. i’ll start sending them out for mastering once i actually have some songs that I feel would be worthy to send to labels for demos. i haven’t yet reached this point.
- Have you ever performed live? If yes, how did you do it? What would you think would be ideal to reproduce your music live?
i’ve DJ’ed a couple of college parties, and played piano in a band a couple times. i don’t have any aspirations for playing my electronic music live, though.
- Do you ever seek to make money with your music? Do you make money now?
maybe? eventually. i’m not really sure how i feel about this yet
- Are you involved with any labels? Netlabels?
no
- What is better for your future: being on a contract or being independent?
not really sure
- Have you ever worked collaboratively? Do you like working collaboratively? Will you do it in the future?
a couple of times. i do like it. indeed i will. actually right now i am working on 2 collaborative songs for sdcompo round 13
- Do you have an ‘albatross song’? (A song that people really like that you don’t and they won’t leave you alone about it)
why would somebody write a song they didn’t like? i know what you mean, though. my most downloaded song on ctg is one i did in fruity loops and the production quality could be a lot better.
- Do you like your music? Any songs your are proud of? (come on, do tell!)
of course i like my music. the songs i’m most proud of are “lament expire dub”, “corner atmospheres”, and “phantasme 1 - bonzai rain”
- What do you think is lacking in your music? Do you feel you need to be working on any one particular area?
i want to start focusing on more complex song structures. also on better transitions, and more complex chord progressions (that are still accessible, as mentioned above). mixing is something that could always be improved. eventually i wanna get down and dirty and spend trying to create “unique sounds” ( i.e. instruments that have never been heard before), but i’m not as concerned about that right now. i will mess with that when i become more confident with my songwriting.
- Along the same lines, what do you think holds you back from achieving what you want?
a lot of times, i will hold myself back by snubbing out ideas before they even have a chance to be developed. i.e. if i have an idea, i will just say “no, it’s not gonna work” and not even explore it. i’ve gotten a lot better about this lately, though.
another thing that holds me back is motivation. i’m not like some people who can just sit down at the tracker every single day. i have to kind of force myself to track, so it only comes in short bursts… maybe 10 hours a month i will sit down with renoise.
- What sort of ‘zone’ do you like to be in before you can make music on Renoise? Has this got something to do with environment, people, drugs, food, temperature, cosmic energy, etc?
a lot of times i play the “blood” table from the old DOS pinball game “silverball plus 2”. it’s so mesmerising and fun to play, that it somehow gets me in the right concentration for tracking. i’ve tried other tables, and other pinball games, but nothing works like “blood” does
- Have you thought about why you make music? Do you have answer?
the main thing would be the joy of creating something, and then the resulting sense of accomplishment when listening to something that i created. i probably enjoy listening to my music more than i do writing it.
i also love compos. sdcompo has made a very positive impact on my life ( http://www.sdcompo.com)) – i love the feeling of competition, but also the sense of community, learning new tracking techniques from looking at other peoples’ RNS files, and having a bunch of new music to listen to every month. it rocks!
- Do you think you would still be making music if Renoise didn’t exist? What about if computers didn’t exist?
yeah, i’d probably use skale or psycle or something.
if computers didn’t exist, hell yeah. i’d probably be in the blue man group or something like that
- Has accessible MIDI and digital technology changed music for the better or worse?
both:
positive: it has definitely increased the ability for amateur musicians to create music with higher production values.
negative: MTV music generator and things like this. (sony Acid included) 
people with no creativity or musical skill are creating very generic “songs” and releasing them to the public. previously, when people wanted to create music, they would need to learn an instrument. now they can just double click a couple times and have a “song”.
- What do you think about the current direction of the music industry? What contributions are the mp3, the blog, piracy, and myspace making on the direction of popular music culture? Could you care less?
mp3 = definitely positive. not as many people would want to download each others’ music if it was as big as wave files.
blog = couldn’t care less. most of them are a self indulgent, decadent form of self expression. why is one person’s ranting and raving supposed to be interesting to thousands of other people?
piracy = it is definitely changing the music industry. it’s also unavoidable. the industry is having to revitalize itself and it doesn’t really know how
myspace = a cesspool of childish insanity. the layout is so horrendous, it hurts my eyes even thinking about it!
- Is there such thing as “bad music”? If so, please provide examples.
music that is completely corporate. bands that are put together by record execs to create an “image” and market it to the public. the “members” of the band have no say in the songwriting process, production, or any aspect of the music itself… except to “sing” it… except the vocal track you hear is a composite made from 50 vocal takes and run through pitch-correcting software… yet these “musicians” get all the credit. you hear no mention of the songwriter, producer, background musicians, etc. girl/boy bands, american idol winners, etc… all are a part of this scheme.
oh, and also reggaeton is bad music… i have no idea why they all think using that exact same beat would be a good idea …
- Can music really change the world? Has your music ever ‘made a change’ in someone?
we are the world, we are the children!!! no, but seriously
music has always changed the world. the world would really suck without it.
probably one of the most important things of my life is the feeling when a song gives me chills… so, the few times that somebody has told me that one of my songs gave them chills – that is HUGE to me… even if it made their lives better just for a few minutes, that is momentous! it makes it all worth it.
- What is music going to sound like in 2014? What’s music going to sound like in 2500?
2014 - probably pretty similar to how it does right now. there might be a couple of new genres.
2500 - it will sound like nothing because the world is going to end in 2378. noo… i have no idea, that is way too far in advance to predict.
- Is Trance Gay?
no way, i love trance.
- Core or K0r3?
neither, they are both gay.
- Kaneel?
not really sure what the hell you are talking about.
- Why?
everyone determines their own purpose in life
EDIT:
ALEXSTRAIN! if you are reading this, i haven’t forgotten about our snow: informer remix plans! i sent you a PM about it about 6 months ago. i changed the lyrics a little bit (“you know say me dj i/o me i’ll go blame”) and i’m 100% prepared to really actually sing you a vocal track for it
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