<s>
Renoise	B-Application
is	O
a	O
digital	B-General_Concept
audio	I-General_Concept
workstation	I-General_Concept
(	O
DAW	O
)	O
based	O
upon	O
the	O
heritage	O
and	O
development	O
of	O
tracker	B-Application
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
primary	O
use	O
is	O
the	O
composition	O
of	O
music	O
using	O
sound	O
samples	O
,	O
soft	B-Application
synths	I-Application
,	O
and	O
effects	O
plug-ins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
difference	O
between	O
Renoise	B-Application
and	O
other	O
music	B-Application
software	I-Application
is	O
the	O
characteristic	O
vertical	O
timeline	O
sequencer	O
used	O
by	O
tracking	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Renoise	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
code	O
of	O
another	O
tracker	B-Application
called	O
NoiseTrekker	B-Application
,	O
made	O
by	O
Juan	O
Antonio	O
Arguelles	O
Rius	O
(	O
Arguru	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
then	O
unnamed	O
Renoise	B-Application
project	O
was	O
initiated	O
by	O
Eduard	O
Müller	O
(	O
Taktik	O
)	O
and	O
Zvonko	O
Tesic	O
(	O
Phazze	O
)	O
during	O
December	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
team	O
planned	O
to	O
take	O
tracking	O
software	O
into	O
a	O
new	O
standard	O
of	O
quality	O
,	O
enabling	O
tracking	O
scene	O
composers	O
to	O
make	O
audio	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
quality	O
as	O
other	O
existing	O
professional	O
packages	O
,	O
while	O
still	O
keeping	O
the	O
proven	O
interface	O
that	O
originated	O
with	O
Soundtracker	B-Device
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Renoise	B-Application
currently	O
runs	O
under	O
recent	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
(	O
DirectSound	B-Device
or	O
ASIO	B-Library
)	O
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
(	O
Core	B-Operating_System
Audio	I-Operating_System
)	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
(	O
ALSA	B-Application
or	O
JACK	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Renoise	B-Application
has	O
full	O
MIDI	O
and	O
MIDI	O
sync	O
support	O
,	O
VST	B-Application
3	I-Application
plugin	O
support	O
,	O
ASIO	B-Library
multi	O
I/O	B-General_Concept
cards	O
support	O
,	O
integrated	O
sampler	O
and	O
sample	O
editor	O
,	O
internal	O
real-time	O
DSP	B-General_Concept
effects	O
with	O
unlimited	O
number	O
of	O
effects	O
per	O
track	O
,	O
master	O
and	O
send	O
tracks	O
,	O
full	O
automation	O
of	O
all	O
commands	O
,	O
Hi-Fi	O
wav/aiff	O
rendering	O
(	O
up	O
to	O
32-bit	O
,	O
192kHz	O
)	O
,	O
Rewire	B-Architecture
support	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Renoise	B-Application
also	O
features	O
a	O
Signal	O
Follower	O
and	O
cross-track	O
routing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Renoise	B-Application
includes	O
an	O
arranging	O
tool	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
pattern	O
matrix	O
"	O
,	O
full	O
cross-track	O
modulation	O
routing	O
,	O
built-in	O
effects	O
including	O
a	O
signal-follower	O
metadevice	O
that	O
allows	O
sidechain	O
functionality	O
,	O
automatic	O
softsynth-to-sample	O
instrument	O
rendering	O
,	O
and	O
improved	O
MIDI	O
mapping	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Renoise	B-Application
is	O
available	O
as	O
either	O
a	O
demo	O
or	O
a	O
commercial	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
demo	O
version	O
excludes	O
rendering	O
to	O
.WAV	O
,	O
ASIO	B-Library
support	O
in	O
Windows	B-Application
(	O
DirectSound	B-Device
only	O
)	O
and	O
a	O
few	O
other	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
commercial	O
version	O
includes	O
high	O
quality	O
WAV	O
rendering	O
(	O
up	O
to	O
32	O
bit	O
192kHz	O
)	O
and	O
ASIO	B-Library
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
Lua	B-Language
scripting	I-Language
in	O
version	O
2.6	O
,	O
users	O
can	O
expand	O
Renoise	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
encouraged	O
to	O
share	O
their	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
centralized	O
Renoise	B-Application
Tools	O
web	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
XRNS	O
file	O
format	O
is	O
native	O
to	O
Renoise	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
XML	B-Protocol
standard	O
,	O
and	O
so	O
is	O
readable	O
in	O
any	O
text	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
XML-based	O
file	O
format	O
makes	O
it	O
possible	O
for	O
anyone	O
to	O
develop	O
3rd	O
party	O
applications	O
and	O
other	O
systems	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
manipulate	O
file	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
project	O
for	O
creating	O
PHP	B-Application
scripts	I-Application
utilities	O
for	O
needed	O
advanced	O
edit	O
tasks	O
has	O
been	O
set	O
up	O
at	O
SourceForge	B-Application
:	O
XRNS-PHP	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2007	O
,	O
a	O
functional	O
XRNS2MIDI	O
script	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Renoise	B-Application
team	O
member	O
Bantai	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
enables	O
Renoise	B-Application
users	O
,	O
via	O
an	O
external	O
frontend	O
,	O
to	O
convert	O
native	O
songs	O
into	O
regular	O
MIDI	O
files	O
(	O
.mid	O
)	O
and	O
thus	O
exporting	O
their	O
work	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
conventional	O
piano-roll	O
sequencers	O
such	O
as	O
Cubase	B-Application
or	O
Reason	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
version	O
2.6	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
extend	O
Renoise	B-Application
capabilities	O
by	O
writing	O
plugins	O
in	O
the	O
Lua	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Almost	O
any	O
aspect	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
,	O
except	O
realtime	O
audio	O
data	O
mangling	O
,	O
can	O
be	O
scripted	O
using	O
the	O
native	O
Renoise	B-Application
Lua	B-Language
API	O
.	O
</s>
