I use the draw tool to make unique waveforms. With some sketching and the “smooth” tool, you can approximate sines and other curvilinear waves, and you can make jagged sawtooths etc.
I think it would be useful if the tool could be upgraded slightly to include the following:
a straight line tool
a parabola tool
maybe another shaper tool
this would help make interesting waveforms quicker.
So there are. And it’s also nice to be able to get started immediately from an absolutely bare-bones setup, such as when you download Renoise to use at a friend’s place.
Maybe Renoise should just include several waveform primitives (in an explicit “primitives” folder).
Honestly I can’t remember if those were dry primitive waveforms or wet ones (i.e. with EQ or distortion), and I’m not at my home computer right now to check.
But if they’re in there then beaut. Even better if they’re at 96khz / 24-bit generated at 440hz and tuned to A.
I am still dreaming of Renoise with a built-in etch-a-sketch waveform generator!!
You have two controllers, up and sideways, and shake the screen to erase.
+1 for anything that would make drawing more precise or even measurable.
I have always really wanted a vector tool for points, straight lines and curves … exactly like the pen tool in Photoshop.
This could be really useful for envelopes and automation as well.