Pattern Sequencer
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Pattern editor
Render to disk
The Pattern Sequencer is where you order all your patterns together into a whole song. As each pattern compares to a single sheet of music, the Pattern Sequencer allows you to compile a complete composition.
In Renoise, naming patterns is easy. Simply click on the box to the right of the pattern. Using either the “+” button, or pressing lctrl-insert, duplicate patterns can be inserted. By default, new pattern instances take the name of the duplicated pattern (see animation below). Clicking the “-“ button, or pressing lctrl-delete removes pattern instances. Note: when you add or remove pattern instances, you do not actually create or delete patterns. Think of the pattern instances in the pattern sequencer as aliases or shortcuts that represent patterns you have created in the pattern editor. If, at any point, for example, when you have completed a song, you want to remove patterns that are unused - use the context option sort and delete unused patterns.
To change positions within the sequencer, press lctrl and either up or down. To change the pattern-number of the current sequence position press lctrl and either left or right. To select a range of pattern instances, click on the first pattern instance and drag the mouse to the last one desired.
Watch the animation below to see how pattern instances can be created, deleted, selected and renamed.
If you watch the above animation carefully, you will notice that several copies are made of the primary pattern when the Make Selection Unique option in the context menu is selected (right mousebutton on the pattern-sequencer). The Sort button orders the pattern instances into ascending order. Though the pattern positions do not change, the number of the pattern at that particular sequence position changes. (This is important to know!) If you right-click and click the Join Selection option in the context menu, the current selection of patterns will be merged into one complete pattern. The maximum pattern size is 512. Renoise will not allow you to merge patterns if the resulting pattern would exceed this limit.
If you want a pattern, or a sequence of patterns, to loop in song-play mode, click and drag the mouse across the left-most sequence tags (see animation below).
The context menu gives you a lot of extra options you can perform on the currently selected pattern(s) or on all patterns.
The Render Selection to Wav option will bring up the render menu (registered feature).
This option is actually a short-cut to the disk renderer, with the pattern range determined by your selection. The range shown will be from and up to, not including, the last position.
The other options in the context menu are more or less intuitive.
The best way to become accustomed with them is to experiment a little.
Related topics
Pattern editor
Render to disk