Renoise 3.4 Released

US Tracker DAW and sister plugin Redux updated 20/03/22

Renoise is a tracker DAW with a huge range of modern features, and it's just been updated alongside it's sister plugin Redux. Bringing MacOS M1 ARM support, Raspberry PI ARM support, MacOS Metal rendering, Windows WASAPI audio, and Ableton Link support - the update focuses on expanding the compatibility of the software, with some other minor features added:

What's New:

OSX: ARM64 builds (shipped as Intel 64bit/ARM64 Universal binary) with the ability to load intel plugins via plugin bridge and Rosetta in Apple M1 based systems
OSX: New macOS Metal based GUI rendering to improve UI speed, especially on Retina Displays and with some color profiles
Linux: 32 & 64bit ARM builds (ARMhf & ARM64), optimized for Raspberry PI 3/4
Windows: WASAPI Audio device support (with 'exclusive mode' support like ASIO - and 'shared mode' support like DirectSound)
Ableton Link support

Tweaks & Important Fixes:

Windows: Improved MIDI output timing, especially when using DirectSound
Windows: Added an option to ignore ASIO reset requests (necessary workaround for some buggy drivers)
Windows: Boost MIDI input thread's priority to improve MIDI input playback/recording timing
Linux: Added support for shared memory X11 images to improve GUI speed on some systems
Linux: Allow using the 'default' ALSA system device (e.g. to use pulse audio)
Linux: Don't limit possible ALSA audio buffers sizes to pow2 values
OSX: Added 'Audio Workgroup' support on OSX to minimize dropouts with very small audio buffer sizes
OSX: Explicitly ask for user permission to use the microphone when using CoreAudio input devices
OSX: In Device not picking up audio from microphone
Fixed various timing issues with MIDI generator plugins
Unstable timing (jitter) of VSTi MIDI routed events 5
Compensate UI scaling when mouse-dragging controls with the GUI "Mouse warping" option enabled
Added new option to compensate MIDI input playback (not recording) jitter (at the cost of introducing a bit of latency) See Preferences MIDI 'Fix received MIDI event jitter'
When recording MIDI events, always compensate/fix the time it took to receive MIDI events to improve timing, also when the "Adjust recording latency (record what you hear)" option is disabled
Midi recording precision dependent on latency 1
Allow specifying multiple "secondary" VST paths on Windows and OSX
Try to avoid crashes when VST3 Plugin GUIs crash while opening/closing down their GUIs
New Renoise Color Themes from spktkpkt and NPC1
New DemoSong from keith303: Burst your Bubble

Registered Renoise and Redux users can download the update, as usual, from: Renoise Backstage

Demo versions are available at the Renoise main site's download page: Renoise Demo Downloads

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