Transport Panel

The transport panel is the main interface in Renoise to control song playback. Here you can start or stop the song and alter other song global wide settings, like the edit mode, or pattern follow mode. The song controls panel is always visible. When the lower frame of the interface is hidden (see Main Screen) then it will be collapsed into a small vertical transport bar on top of the screen.

File:Vvoois renoise first look song controls.png

File:Vvoois renoise pc mastervolume.png - Master Volume (this slider corresponds to the master tracks volume in the mixer, and thus controls the main volume of your song).

File:Vvoois renoise pc autoadjust volume.png - Autoadjust the master volume level (automatically lower it when needed) to avoid clipping.

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 loop mode vs. playback of the whole song.

File:Vvoois renoise pc stop.png / File:Vvoois renoise pc stop active.png - Stop playing (click twice or right-click to panic: stop all sounds immediately)

File:Vvoois renoise pc record.png / File:Vvoois renoise pc record active.png - Turn on Edit/Record Mode. With record mode enabled, all note playback will be recorded into the pattern. When the song is playing back, you can record what you play. When not playing back a song or disabling pattern following (see below), then you can edit and enter notes 'by hand' into the patterns.

File:Vvoois renoise pc pattern follow.png / File:Vvoois renoise pc pattern follow active.png - Toggle pattern follow mode: With Pattern Follow enabled, playing back the song will move the current cursor in the pattern and sequencer with the playback position. When its disabled, then you can freely edit the song without having to stop it - edit it while its running. This also results in to different pattern edit modes. Pattern follow on: Record what you play. Pattern follow off: Edit the patterns manually.

File:Vvoois renoise pc metro.png / File:Vvoois renoise pc metro active.png - Toggle metronome (as setup in the Preferences)

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)

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.

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.

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.