phrases have the advantage of this DLY parameter being able to be entered by a control slider. and those offset delays seem to be capable of 256 levels of granularity. but when recording live midi into Renoise, it seems to include recording the timing offset DLY Delay parameter at an offset value as you do. The pattern will be much longer visually. That should then be equivalent to a live recordable midi resolution of 384 ppqn. So if I changed it to this, I’d have 8 times the pattern length and 8 times the resolution.Īnd the Renoise preference for the pattern length default set to 512 It should be equivalent to a ppqn tick resolution of 4 X 12. That’s basically what I start with as a standard 4 bar pattern. The song option tick per line setting of 12Īnd the Renoise preference for the pattern length default set to 64 what doesn’t take up screen space is the DLY and the Song Options tick resolution. So basically what can take up screen real estate when seeking higher timing resolutions, is the LPB of the Song and the Pattern length. Phrases have an added slider for (DLY) values (DLY) is an individual lines delay setting and can be used for 256 positive sub divisions of each line. Instrument phrases are subject to the Song Options ticks per line setting as well. The (LPB) Lines per beat, and the pattern length are always visible lines on screen. The ticks per line are always invisible sub units within each line. Renoise Main Pages - Pattern Length can be from 1 to 512 lines. Renoise Main Pages - LPB default is usually 4 Lines Per Beat. Renoise Song Options - Ticks per line default is 12. Or maybe I'm missing something? I don't know, is there a way to display a phrase in the main pattern editor? Or is it possible to show several Phrase editors at once? but losing the ability to view and edit everything on the same page somehow defeat tracker efficiency.
phrases are the closest thing in Renoise to Live's clips. a long one helps visualizing long, evolving sequences more easily it seems. but I have to spend more time on Renoise's Pattern Matrix then. a sequence of short patterns seems pretty nice to keep a clear overview on what's going on. a 2 bar long beat, a 4 bar long bassline, an 8 bar long lead, a 16 bar long pad. No matter how much I gel with trackers, I'm still so used to piano rolls and clips, having sequences of various lengths (i.e. Quick Renoise workflow question: for a same loop, would you guys favor a sequence of short patterns or a long one? Phrases?