Open-source workflow suite for Renoise, the cross-platform tracker-based music production environment. Written in Lua by esaruoho, in continuous development since 2011.
Paketti adds thousands of keyboard shortcuts, dialogs, and custom interfaces to Renoise, with the aim of removing the small frictions that compound over hours of music production. Imports and exports dozens of audio and tracker formats.
Scope (per the canonical CV)
8,000+ keyboard shortcuts
150+ dialogs and tools
19+ custom canvas user interfaces
1,000+ MIDI mappings
International user base in the tracker music community
Endorsements
Three signed academic/industry letters on file specifically about Paketti:
Dr Chris Nash — PhD (Cambridge), Director / Founder of nash.audio. On 20-year collaboration as principal test engineer for reViSiT and Manhattan; cites "encyclopaedic knowledge of tracking as a craft" and "the nature of digital virtuosity".
Andy Lemon, SFHEA — Senior Lecturer, Music & Sound Design / Game Design, London South Bank University. Calls Paketti "nothing short of incredible" and "riding at the cusp of the extreme cutting edge of audio experimentalist sound software".
Markku Reunanen, FT — Senior University Lecturer, Aalto ARTS; Docent in Digital Culture, University of Turku. Positions Paketti within the broader Finnish tracker / demoscene tradition (the Finnish Heritage Agency added the demoscene to the national intangible cultural heritage list in 2020).
Public demonstration
Synthcamp 2025 (Kemiö) — technical demonstration and talk