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Transport Panel

The Transport Panel allows you to control song playback and alter other relevant global options. When the upper frame of the interface is hidden (see Main Screen), the Transport Panel controls will still be usable, as they are collapsed into a small horizontal bar just below the Upper Status Bar.

File:Vvoois renoise first look song controls.png

File:Vvoois renoise pc mastervolume.png - Master Volume.This slider corresponds to the volume of the Master Track and so controls the overall volume of the song.

File:Vvoois renoise pc autoadjust volume.png - Auto adjust the Master Volume level to avoid clipping (the volume is automatically lowered when clipping occurs).

File:Vvoois renoise pc play.png / File:Vvoois renoise pc play active.png - Start playing the song or pattern.

File:Vvoois renoise pc loop.png / File:Vvoois renoise pc loop active.png - Toggle pattern looping, which constantly repeats current pattern.

File:Vvoois renoise pc stop.png / File:Vvoois renoise pc stop active.png - Stop song/pattern playback. Click twice or right-click to activate Panic: stopping all sounds immediately.

File:Vvoois renoise pc record.png / File:Vvoois renoise pc record active.png - Toggle Edit/Record Mode. With Edit Mode enabled, all notes played via the keyboard are recorded into the pattern. Notes can be recorded while the song is stopped or as the song/pattern is playing (if Pattern Follow is on).

File:Vvoois renoise pc pattern follow.png / File:Vvoois renoise pc pattern follow active.png - Toggle Pattern Follow mode. When enabled, as the song plays, the cursor will follow the playback position down the pattern, allowing you to record "live". When disabled, you can freely edit the song while playing, inserting notes wherever you like via the cursor (most useful with pattern looping on).

File:Vvoois renoise pc metro.png / File:Vvoois renoise pc metro active.png - Toggle the metronome (extra metronome options are available in the Preferences menu)

Block Loop - This causes a section of the current pattern to be looped and works independent of the full pattern loop option. The value box to the right allows you to adjust the exact fraction size of the looping section. This is can be very useful to record and edit small sections at a time.

Beats / Min. - The current tempo of the song. The value box can also accept values with a decimal point, e.g. 125.5. To do this, double click the value box and enter a new BPM value with the keyboard. To adjust the tempo as the song is playing, you can use the Pattern Effect F0XX, where XX is the new BPM in hexadecimal. See Pattern Effects for more info.

Lines / Beat. - This changes the number of lines in the Pattern Editor that make up a musical beat. The higher the LPB, the greater the resolution available to you to edit notes, effects and automation. This can be also be adjusted as the song is playing via the Pattern Effect F1XX, where XX is the new LPB value in hexadecimal.

Keyb. Octave - The current octave of both the computer keyboard and external MIDI keyboard. Please see Playing Notes with the Computer Keyboard for more information about the computer keyboard.

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-* '''Block Loop''' - When enabled, a fraction of the current pattern will be looped, independently from the pattern loop option. This is very useful to run and edit in small blocks through the patterns. Edit it step by step to construct a pattern. Then construct a song out of multiple patterns. The number of the right is the fraction (how much of the pattern should be looped)
+* '''Block Loop''' - This causes a section of the current pattern to be looped and works independent of the full pattern loop option. The value box to the right allows you to adjust the exact fraction size of the looping section. This is can be very useful to record and edit small sections at a time.
-* '''Beats / Min.''' - The current tempo of the song. Exact values (like 125.5) can be entered, used as well. To enter them double click the BPM value, then enter the new BPM value with the keyboard. To automate the tempo you can use the Pattern Effects '''F0XX''' where XX is the new BPM in hex. See [[Pattern Effects]] for more info about this.
+* '''Beats / Min.''' - The current tempo of the song. The value box can also accept values with a decimal point, e.g. 125.5. To do this, double click the value box and enter a new BPM value with the keyboard. To adjust the tempo as the song is playing, you can use the Pattern Effect '''F0XX''', where XX is the new BPM in hexadecimal. See [[Pattern Effects]] for more info.
-* '''Lines / Beat.''' - Renoises pattern line resolution: How man lines make a a musical beat. The higher the LPB, the more lines you will have in the pattern editor to edit notes and effects, the faster the pattern scrolls. Just like tempo, this can be automated as will with the Pattern Effect '''F1XX''' where XX is the new LPB value.
+* '''Lines / Beat.''' - This changes the number of lines in the Pattern Editor that make up a musical beat. The higher the LPB, the greater the resolution available to you to edit notes, effects and automation. This can be also be adjusted as the song is playing via the Pattern Effect '''F1XX''', where XX is the new LPB value in hexadecimal.
-* '''Keyb. Octave''' - The current octave settings of the virtual computer keyboard piano and for external master keyboards. The higher the octave settings, the higher the notes on the keyboard will be played back and recorded. Please see [[Playing Notes with the Computer Keyboard]] for more info about the virtual computer keyboard piano.
+* '''Keyb. Octave''' - The current octave of both the computer keyboard and external MIDI keyboard. Please see [[Playing Notes with the Computer Keyboard]] for more information about the computer keyboard.

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