![]() ![]() Renoise sequences notes vertically, so to complete this part of the beat, use the up and down arrows keys on the keyboard to move around and record a note by pressing Z on every fourth line. Press Zed, or Zee, on the keyboard and you can see that the note has been recorded. To do this, press Escape on the keyboard and a red border will surround the Pattern Editor to show Edit Mode is active. The highlighted cursor here shows our current position and will record notes we enter there when Edit Mode is activated. Press the Pattern Editor tab to bring that back to the middle section. Now that we have a sample loaded in, we can begin using it create the beat. Press the Zed, or Zee, key on your keyboard and you can hear the sound. It will appear in the current slot of the Instrument Selector and if you click on the Sample Editor tab, you can see its waveform. Double click on the Samples folder to open it, single-click on Kicks to view its contents and then double click on the Kick 001 sample to load it. In the Disk Browser select Sample and make sure we're in the default Renoise folder by pressing the Library button. = Part 1: Building A Beat = To begin building our beat we'll first need to load in a sample. ![]() But we're going to be creating a brand new song to learn everything from the start, so select New Song from the File menu. Looking at how these songs were created can be great way to learn about how Renoise works, especially the tutorial songs at the bottom. Now double click on a song in the File Panel and press play when it's loaded. Renoise comes with a lot of example songs, so to load one in, make sure Song is selected at the side and press the Library button to take you to the default Renoise directory, if you're not there already. This should already be open, but if it's not, just click on the Disk Browser tab. The Disk Browser is where songs, sounds and other things are loaded and saved. The first section we need is at the top here. But I'll be taking you through each section as we need to use it and soon enough this won't look overwhelming at all. Now this might seem a bit complex at first, and it kind of is because it's a very powerful program. When it's loaded, your screen should look similar to this. So start up your copy of Renoise and follow along. If you're worried that there's going to be a lot of talking and background details before we actually get to working with any kind of sound, don't worry this isn't that kind of tutorial. But we'll also be covering a lot of ground, so even if you're familiar with Renoise, you may still pick up some tips by watching. Don't worry if you've never used Renoise or have never even seen a music tracker before, you'll be taken through the absolute basics, so you properly understand what it is that you're doing. In this, we'll cover everything that you need to know to start creating music. Welcome to the Renoise Beginner's tutorial. ![]()
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