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Pros
Pro Very stable
DAWs are notorious for crashing, especially at the peak of a workflow. ReNoise 3 is known for its outstanding stability.
Pro The king of trackers
Renoise is based on NoiseTrekker and brings great hybrid Ideas of the mysterious ProTrekkr (formerly known as NoiseTrekker 2 by Juan Antonio Arguelles Rius aka Arguru). It's become by far the most advanced sound tracker today.
Pro Highly customizeable effect chains
Effects can be applied to samples in Instrument Editor in addition to being sent through track input. This is highly useful when dealing with multi-sample instruments, as each sample can have one or more effect chains.
Pro Sophisticated effect modulation
ReNoise 3 offers a ridiculous amount of flexibility when it comes to automation. Instead automating by sliding points around, users can choose from an array of preloaded automation patterns in order to produce more interesting sounding patterns.
Pro Advanced pattern command
The Pattern Command called "MaYbe" guesses which note will be next in a progression based on the user's habits.
Pro Uses a module tracker instead of piano roll
Module trackers are preferred by some users because they help increase productivity.
Pro Optimized for dual monitors
Users who have more than one monitor can view the sampler, plugins, and MIDI controls in the instrument editor, which can be moved to a second monitor.
Pro Limitless sampler
The sampler is deeply embedded in the way the whole DAW works, and it allows the user to build complex synth sounds with ease.
Pro Unique grid based tracker
ReNoise 3 replaces the typical piano roll with a tracker, which is claimed to be "the most powerful tracker in existence". The difference between piano roll and tracker is that piano roll moves horizontally, while trackers move vertically. Users may find this confusing at first, but trackers make it simple to customize every individual note.
Pro Useful pluggin grabber
Trackers are sampling machines, the built-in plugin grabber in ReNoise allows you to dump a ladspa or VST synth in samples at different velocity and duration, with auto-fading and auto-looping.
Pro Requires minimum mouse input
Shortcuts and other methods are used in order to minimize the amount of work that users must do with a mouse. This can greatly increase the efficiency of a workflow.
Cons
Con Interface can be confusing to some
Trackers are different from sequencing (arrangement) view (most DAWs) and session view (Ableton, Bitwig).
Con Cannot record multiple tracks simultaneously
Live musicians are limited by only being able to record on one tracks at a time.
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Comments
Flagged Pros + Cons
Con Can it Export Tracks as individual .wav files?
I'm just learning Renoise and that would be a great feature to know it's in there.
Con Interface can be confusing to people who's not familiar with trackers
Trackers are different from sequencing (arrangement) view (most DAWs) and session view (Ableton, Bitwig).
Out of Date Pros + Cons
Con Development has actually stopped
However, the community is really active and tools are still being updated.
