Renoise 2.5 Out Now, and Free to Try

Renoise has announced Renoise 2.5 is now available for Mac, Windows, and Linux.

Renoise is a complete expandable DAW based on mod trackers.

Read on to find out more...


Mod trackers are characterised by displaying and editing music in a grid known as a pattern. These patterns are akin to sheet music, but are displayed alphanumerically instead of with musical notation.

New features in Renoise 2.5 include:

• Pattern Matrix: a bird's eye view and editor of the song;
• Cross Track Routing for "Meta Devices" and new devices like the "Signal Follower", which allows you to sidechain other tracks' parameters;
• Plugin Grabber: Render Plugin Instruments to Renoise Instruments, Samples;
• Vastly Improved MIDI Mapping;
• A bunch of new Internal Effects;
• The user manual has been rewritten from scratch.

Renoise is not expensive to buy, and a free demo version is available now for Mac, Windows and Linux.

If you've used Renoise 2.5, leave a comment and tell us what you think!