For the next installment in the Renoise artist interview series, we managed to persuade highly productive Renaissance man Datassette to take some time out from his busy schedule to talk about the good old days, creative mod naming, business funk, psy trance, tinned tomatoes, wretched filth and everything in-between. And Renoise self-evidently. Plus some pretty unexpected influences…

Eight weeks of community driven testing finish today. We are proud to announce that Renoise 2.7 is stable and ready for production! Thanks once again to our users, the best in the world.

New Features in Renoise 2.7

• Sample Keyzone Editor
• Sample Slicing
• Improved Automation
• Redesigned Instruments
• MIDI Input Routing
• Real-time Line-In Rendering
• Multiband Send Device

More details? See What’s New in Renoise 2.7

Free 500 MB PureMagnetik XRNI Pack with your Renoise purchase

To commemorate this achievement we’ve teamed up with Puremagnetik.com to bring you “Puremagnetik XRNI Essentials Volume 1” – a hand-picked selection from their catalog of professionally multi-sampled instruments.

The sample pack includes such instruments as:

• Analog Synth Basses
• Circuit Bent Drum Kits
• Buchla Drum Kits
• Mellotron Strings and Flutes
• Glitch, Toy & Lo-Fi Sounds
• Fender Rhodes Mark II
• Model-C Clavinet
• Electric Guitar
• Upright Bass
• Classic Analog Synths
• Grand Piano

and more!

BeatSlaughter XRNI SoundPack (300 MB) free for registered users

Additionally, Berlin based artist and longtime user Beatslaughter has blessed us with a touch of evil in his sample pack “Beatslaughter SoundPack Volume 1“.

Those two sample packs total over 800 MB and let producers jump into all the latest sampling features of Renoise 2.7. The packs are free for all registered users new and old, and are waiting in the Backstage.

Tool Update Downloader

But that’s not all! Act now and we’ll throw in a Tool Update Downloader which automatically updates installed XRNX Tools. It’s so easy even your grandmother could do it. In fact, she’s learning Lua and scripting a new controller template for Duplex as you read this…

Always remember… keep it vertical!

We’re proud to announce the first Renoise 2.7 Release Candidate. Almost there! Registered users can download their copies from the Backstage. And for the first time in the 2.7 release cycle, unregistered users can check out the Renoise 2.7 Demo.

With the end of beta testing also comes the end of the 30% discount. But, because we’re nice, we’re offering a grace period. Anyone who wants to take advantage of the special price has until the 10th of May to do it. Get in there!

More goodies in the upcoming days. Watch this space for details.

After the hack-and-dev onslaught from the previous release, beats are back in business with “probably the most complete music tool available on Linux, and even on Mac and Windows“: the Renoise 2.7 Beta! Read on to see how you can join the party at a quite favorable entry fee. But let’s have a look at the new features first.

New Features

• Sample Keyzone Editor
• Sample Slicing
• Improved Automation
• Redesigned Instruments
• MIDI Input Routing
• Real-time Line-In Rendering
• Multiband Send Device

More details? See What’s New in Renoise 2.7.

Renoise 2.7 Beta Celebration Sale – 30% Off

To celebrate the Renoise 2.7 Beta, for a limited time new accounts can be purchased with a 30% discount, lowering the entry barrier to Renoise’s Beta phase. Existing customers can take advantage of the -20% reduced pricing on upgrades.

More In:Depth geekery. Time to get creative with Send Tracks!

Confident use of Send Tracks not only helps you create a clean mix, it also opens doorways to creative sound-design. Read on for the full article.

Long-time Renoise fan Saine has just released his new album Long Time No See on both vinyl and digital formats on Helsinki-based Cymbidium Records. It’s a genre-blurring ride through downtempo beats, smooth instrumental excursions and deep late-night house vibes. We quizzed Saine on his approach to music making in general, with a particular focus on Renoise, naturally.

A maintenance update for Renoise 2.6 is now available. The update is particularly recommended for Linux 64-bit users.

Changes and fixes for the following problems

• The AutoSeek feature did not always work with multiple note columns
• On 64-bit versions of Linux, 24-bit FLAC samples were incorrectly saved
• In demo versions of Renoise, the nag screen triggered too early
• Demo versions of Renoise for MacOS X did not include the scripting API documentation and MIDI/OSC scripts
• Lua API related fixes

Download

• Renoise 2.6.1 demo for Windows, Linux and MacOS X: Renoise Demo
• 2.6.1 update for registered users: Renoise Backstage

Renoise 2.6 Final, a tribute to the most tech savvy users, is out now. The highlight of this release is the scripting engine, which allows users to code new features in scripts that can be plugged into Renoise in packages called Tools. Furthermore there are some exciting changes under the hood, one of which makes working with longer samples a lot easier.

Script everything using an open API

Lua is a light-weight programming language, which together with the Renoise API allows you to build add-ons quickly and easily.

Lua scripting, introduced as part of the beta cycle in July, has already resulted in a plethora of new tools, as well as native support for the following hardware: AlphaTrack, BCF-2000, BCR-2000, KONTROL49, FaderPort, microKONTROL, nanoKONTROL, Launchpad, Remote SL-MKII, Nocturn, Monome, Ohm64, iPad via TouchOSC… All created by the Renoise community on their own dime, just for the fun of it.

Check out the new tools page for more: tools.renoise.com/

Sample Autoseek

Samples have a new setting, “Autoseek”, which will, when enabled, make them behave like a traditional audio channel. You can start playing back the song at any position, and the sample will automatically seek to the current position in the song without having to be triggered.

And More

• Open Sound Control (OSC) Server Support.
• Duplex – MIDI/OSC controller framework.
• DSSI Support on Linux, 64-bit Linux Version.
• Support for CAF, AIFC, SND and AU Files.
• Linux & Mac OSX Performance Tweaks.
• Usability and functionality refinements galore.

The full scoop, here:What’s New in Renoise 2.6?

After months of testing and feature finetuning, especially for Renoises new scripting API, Renoise 2.6 gets very close to its final release now.

About Renoise 2.6

If you are a registered user and haven’t tried out Renoise 2.6 and all the third-party and MIDI controller tools that are available already, then this its a good chance to do so now. If you are no registered user yet, you can give the new features of Renoise 2.6 a try now.

Download

The first release candidate is now available for registered users at the Renoise Backstage.
Free demo versions are available at the Renoise Download page.

It’s end of summer and we’re going party like we just don’t care. “Team Renoise and Team Indamixx is gunna BANG THE BOX in 2011 and it’s gunna start right here in Los Angeles by the way of BERLIN!” That’s right, we’re having a pool party at “The Standard Downtown” Los Angeles next Sunday, 24th. The party starts at 1 PM. Free drinks and T-shirts between 6 PM and 8 PM, brought to you by Indamixx and Renoise while supplies last. If you’re going to be there, and of course you are!, sign up in the following forum thread by Saturday midnight PST: Los Angeles Renoisers Unite! Pool Party

Here are some pictures for you from the place to be, “The Standard Downtown” LA:

See you Sunday night… Respect!

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