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

Volume: The instrument's volume.
Pitch: The instrument's pitch, in semi-tonal increments.
Scale: Key option. green=active key.
Quantize:
Mono: Restricts the instrument to playing only a single note at once.
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.

Options

Detach:
Scopes:
Spectrum:

Macros

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.