I am going through phases where certain tools get used a lot for a project, then move on to others, but there are a few that get a lot of playtime. Some always in the background, automatically baked in to the Renoise workflow, like;
Another pretty essential tool for me is the LPBx tool (https://github.com/mogue/renoise-pattern-zoom) which automatically expands all pattern lengths in a song by factor X and stretches the note events and pattern-command values accordingly. So once you’re happy with the main structure of your song you can use this tool to achieve a higher ‘resolution’ for even more intricate patterns.
For administration sake I also use the countnotes & organize instrument tools often. The first one to see which samples haven’t been used yet, and the other for ordering the instrument list, perhaps removing empty slots etcetera.
So many great tools out there, sure I’m forgetting something. Hope to be using the sononymph tool more often in the future.
This list is great! I’m gonna try out some of your suggestions, hoping others will see something they like too.
I remember one for changing lines per beat, so you could alter the LPB settings and it would move your notes accordingly… so you dont’ have to move every note one by one. Anyone know it?
There was a good one for showing where an instrument is used in the track. I’m pretty sure someone wrote it when I asked if it was possible… that was really helpful for projects with loads going on.
Definitely “chop sample” and “convert instrument number”
sometimes i use “expand song” or “pattern resizer” and samRender
But that’s about it when i think about which ones i actually use i think (-:
I tried ChordLord but found that it’s TOO MANY chords – would rather have quicker access to the most useful ones without tripping over the obscure ones.
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