Something like MIDI CC, but since trackers (used to) work with samples (rather than plugin soft-synths), you had direct control on the samples themselves. It's easy and powerful to manipulate note parameters (such as pitch, or volume, or sample offset etc) by inserting the values in the pattern. And if you change your mind, it's easy to change the repeats, the order, or the patterns themselves.Īnother advantage of trackers, is note manipulation. So, for example, it's very easy to create a pattern, and have it repeat 8 times and then move on to pattern 2. Which you repeat, mix and match, jump from one to another. In trackers you don't work with a linear timeline. They give you a different perspective on things which boosts creativity for some music styles, once you get past the initial change-of-paradigm. (In fact it is one.)įor example, when I make trance or things like that, I'll never use the combination, but it gives me some extra power when working on Techno, or industrial hardcore. For a user with no tracking background it provides some (other) ways to quickly manipulate samples. And Vice versa for making these beats.įor a user with tracking background, this combination has the best of both worlds in my opinion. In my early years I started on Cubase, with hardware, later I became more and more tracking, but I've always missed the nice workflow of a DAW like Reaper in trackers. But that's pure a thing of feeling, intuition. But for some reason I'm less creative limitated when I use a tracker for this. I know that making such beats is possible too direct in Reaper. When working with chords I grab instantly to Reaper. And a tracker for Complex beats.īut I hate to do melody and bass lines etc. I think that the way a user is working the most important value is for using a tracker.įor myself, I love both Reaper for the more visual representation and better overview on the whole arrangement. You could program your music in renoise, render to wav and the ctrl-c/v it into reaper for arrangement (if you cant get on with the sequencer in renoise) Maybe a universal clip board for audio formats (.wav/.mp3.flac etc) and the ability to open both of the programs at the same time would be a good alternative. It has been mentioned on the Renoise board a few times, but apparently needs some sort of licensing which will make the price of Renoise jump up by quite a bit. I am not sure if Rewire is the way to go though. That would suck (and is what I use Renoise for). I couldnt imagine programming any beats or anything in Reaper. The thing is, Renoise and Reaper are two entirely different methods of working. I didnt have Cubase (used to, but deleted it and have started to get a bit more moral about using warez)so I needed a sequencer to arrange the individual tracks on.įound Reaper and it bloody rules! Not the prettiest thing to look at (and nothing in terms of usability like Renoise, but it is very good and I noticed a difference between 1.x and 2.0, in a good one), but it is everything I need to do what I want to do, and that is great. I have recently downloaded Reaper as I have started making kinky little mixes of my music to send my mate in Canada. New to the forum, but spend my of my time on the Renoise board.
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