Instruments

Instruments in Renoise can produce sound that is created from three separate sources: samples, plugins and MIDI. Any combination of the three can present within an instrument. The values used for the properties below affect all of the sounds produced by the sources.

Instrument Properties

You will find these options at the top right of the instrument editor.

Volume: The instrument's volume.
Pitch: The instrument's pitch, in semi-tonal increments.
Scale: Forces note playing and recording to conform to a chosen scale by making restricted notes (shown as green on the keyboard) play as desired notes. When a scale is selected, an additional option will appear to left of it for choosing the scale's key.
Quantize: The time resolution of quantization. Choose from Line, Beat or Bar.
Mono: Restricts the instrument to playing or recording only a single note at once. Simultaneous notes in the Pattern Editor will still be played, however.
Hold: When enabled, Note-Off (key release) messages are ignored and the instrument continues playing. This is incredibly useful for triggering samples from devices that are not traditionally 'held down' e.g. drum pads.

Editor Options

Just above the instrument properties are some additional options:

- Opens the instrument editor in a completely separate window, which can be moved around and resized. There are also additional button at the window's top right corner for minimizing, maximizing and closing. Clicking "Attach" will reattach the window to the main interface.
- Shows the track Scopes.
- Shows the Spectrum view.
- Open or closes the Scopes/Spectrum panel. This operates independent of the Pattern Editor.

Macros

Keyboard

Track Selector

Unless the Instrument Editor has been detached, this option will be present at the bottom left of the interface while working in the Sampler, Plugin and MIDI tabs, allowing you to select a track to play sounds on without having to move back to the Pattern Editor.