By placing markers onto a sample it can be sliced up. Those slices can then be used as if they were individual samples themselves. This process is non-destructive because the original sample is left untouched.

A Library acts as a container for other Presets, stored in the file format .xrnl, which is easily installed via drag and drop. Once installed, the Library’s contents will be available to use through the Preset menus.

During a song’s playback, triggered notes can be cut short by the Note-Off command. For samples this can trigger any or all of these three things: End Loop, Note-Off Layer and Modulation Release.

I’ve got a Vive now, so I thought I’d update this project to support both it and the motion controllers. In addition, you can now rotate the sun and fly around in any direction.

– Project Files (27MB)
– Win64 Game .exe (117MB)

Talking about The Witness with other people has been tricky, since it’s hard to explain what’s great about it without spoiling… what’s great about it. I finally put all of my spoiler-free thoughts and talking points into one video, while looking into how the game enables you to teach yourself.

It’s normally impossible to change a plugin effect’s preset/program or send it note data. Through the use of effect aliasing though, these things are possible.

The Plugin Grabber allows you to create sample-based instruments from any plugin. The plugin is rendered and the resulting samples are automatically used to build a Renoise instrument according to your settings.

A brand new set of 9 photos of Islay have been added to the Photography section of the site.

We take a look at using external, third-party plugins, which come in the file-types of VST, Audio Units, LADSPA and DSSI.

Looking at the Standard, Group, Send & Master track types, followed by the various options for organising them.