Renoise 2.0 - My new music creation toolkit.

In my last post I talked about the different equipment I am using to create Public Album with.  Specifically, I referred to my history with (and affinity for) tracking software.

Between the time I discovered and used ScreamTracker for DOS and now, I migrated to a Windows based tracker called MadTracker.  MadTracker is an incredibly rich and amazing tracker that I had much success with over the years.  However, in the last couple years, I’ve noticed a considerable drop off in updates and news for this tracker.

I was planning on using my registered version of MadTracker, despite the lack of updates, for Public Album until I recently discovered another tracking program that has come to prominence in the modern tracking scene:  Renoise.

I had not heard about this tracker until just about a month ago.  Within 15 minutes of first discovering it, reading about it, and seeing videos of it in action I completely fell in love with it.

While I was never a tracker “expert” during my ScreamTracker and MadTracker years, I developed quite a proficiency with the basic ins and outs of creating music in a tracking environment.

Modern trackers (like Renoise) have become so incredibly feature rich, that I could see myself using this tracker almost entirely for my project and beyond.  So many of the little quirks and problems of trackers from the past have been solved through the years of tracker development.  The environment inside of a tracker is approaching a complete audio solution.

I am so excited about the prospect of utilizing Renoise, it’s very difficult to to put this into words.  I haven’t been this amazed and inspired by a piece of software in a long, long time.

The full demo can be downloaded for free, with the only major feature missing being that of exporting the sound files to WAV.  I will need this feature when I start posting my music snippets on JSOhlander.com, so I have decided to register the program.  I am completely confident that not only will this be my main tool for music creation and production, but the authors and programmers of this software are dedicated to continued updates and support.

I’m going to jumpstart this project by using my current sample bank on my system to learn Renoise.  Learning by doing is my motto for this project.  I’m going to learn the ins and outs of Renoise while creating.  I’ve already gone through the basic Renoise tutorials and my old tracking skills are easily coming back.

When I do register the program, I will be posting my snippets right here in my blog posts using a flash-based player.  I’ll be recording separate bass parts and using the player to post those as well.

Because this album is “public”, I won’t be posting every little snippet I work on.  I’m planning on posting audio only when something a little more significant is put together.

I’ll be as suprised at how this project unfolds as you will.

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