Normally you're stuck using the start timing of a sample that's imposed by the waveform itself. However, this video looks at one method of making the timing both random and automatic.
I created a tool to export Renoise song data into Unreal Engine 4 and also documented a couple of other ways of connecting them along the way.
Export To Unreal Tool: https://www.renoise.com/tools/export-to-unreal
0:00 - Intro
0:54 - Step 1 - Volume To Movement
1:07 - Step 2 - Multitrack Volume To Various Aspects
1:44 - Step 3 - Frequency Volume To Various Aspects
2:14 - Step 4 - Exported Song Data To Letters
3:00 - Step 5 - Exported Song Data To Various Aspects
4:41 - Step 6 - Exported Automation To Colour
5:24 - Step 7 - OSC Transmits Notes To Unreal
5:59 - Step 8 - OSC Transmits 6DOF VR Controller Data To Renoise
7:43 - To The Future
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQvdW0SPBAI
First track from the 2012 split EP. Available for free download from: http://duncanhemingway.com/salvageworks
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtnjXUd2j7k
So here’s my second audio-visual experiment, using a bunch of Red Giant plugins for After Effects. The Renoise song file contains a few newly crafted instruments.
Download - http://duncanhemingway.com/downloads/avx2-TheOchreMedia.xrns
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOpBi5BKD5U
The first update, with a couple of bug fixes and a bunch of changes that came about from rescaling everything. I also cleared the garbage from the Project Files, making them much smaller.
Project Files: http://duncanhemingway.com/downloads/6-Riftris-files.zip
Game .exe - Win64: http://duncanhemingway.com/downloads/6-Riftris.zip
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtBNch03iDg
Time to start turning this into my own song by using the full Stepper range to control the Panning, Pitch and Filter domains of the percussion instruments.
0:00 - Intro
0:56 - Removing Retriggers
1:16 - Macros Show Step Number
1:40 - Using The Full Stepper Value Range
2:34 - Plus Operator And Bipolar Mode
4:26 - The Pitch Domain
4:54 - The Three Filter Domains
5:18 - Adding Steppers To All Percussion
6:39 - Step Length Oddity & Stacking
8:35 - Step Variance In Action
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELv21XPBqOE
Short Industrial/Ambient piece from the album 'All Will Change'. All sounds originally recorded using binaural microphones.
http://www.duncanhemingway.com/allwillchange
For the proper stereo version (not to mention higher res and quality) visit:
http://www.dailymotion.com/EarthenRecords/video/x45afe_achenar-not-to-speak_music
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GMUz7KUikI
I ramble on without a script while trying to keep things technically accurate with regards to the Renoise compressors.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXz4PS0IEIA
The true story of Am Fear Liath Mòr, The Big Grey Man of Ben Macdui, has terrified generations of Scotsmen across the centuries.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSByip7HhxI