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[MatrixMaster3]

well that song I played had absolutely no third party effects. It was bare-bones in every sense of the word, and every time it tried to hit a note, it took about a second for it to register it on my computer and send it through the speakers. It said it was only using ~1.5% (max) of the audio CPU power, but it was sluggish as crap. So, I could try making stuff like I've been doing on Nitro, but I wanted to make more sophisticated and not such limited music, but I'll go back to Nitro any time!

[Saga Musix]

you can try to decrease the buffer size to compensate delays.

[MatrixMaster3]

I actually think I'm gonna try out MadTracker, see how that works out!

[raina]

well that song I played had absolutely no third party effects.

It doesn't have to be third party, Renoise has plenty of internal DSP effects which when stacked enough, can naturally choke any CPU.

[barryvan]

Personally, I'm a big fan of OpenMPT -- it's well worth checking out. It's perhaps not as 'pro' as Renoise, but tbh, I think that you can produce results that sound just as good. Ultimately, it's not so much about the program as the skill of the musician and their ability to use the program. (That being said, yes, you can be severely limited or severely aided by poorly- or well-written software).

OpenMPT FTW! Jojo, back me up on this.

[Saga Musix]

The only thing OpenMPT really lacks atm is multi-input and multi-output for VSTs IMO, and apart from that... Yes, OpenMPT is great.