Using XRNIRipper

Welcome to XRNIRipper! XRNIRipper is a Java tool to manipulate Renoise files.

Requirements

You need to have Java 5 JRE (or higher) installed. On some computers the JRE comes pre-installed. In case you need to install or upgrade the JRE, please visit:

http://www.java.com (~7.1 MB)

From now on I will assume you have installed a suitable JRE.

Installing XRNIRipper

Create a new folder and unpack the contents of the XRNIRipper zip archive into that folder.

Starting the program

Generally you should be able to double click on XRNIRipper.jar to launch it.

Alternatively, you can start the program through the command line. This way you will also be able to see verbose output in the console. Remember that some Operating Systems are case-sensitive.

java -jar XRNIRipper.jar

There are a few command line options available.

Display program usage:

java -jar XRNIRipper.jar -h
java -jar XRNIRipper.jar -?

Start with Operating System look-alike Look&Feel
(fast and feature rich, but quirky)

java -jar XRNIRipper.jar -SN

Start with Java look-alike Look&Feel
(fast, but ugly)

java -jar XRNIRipper.jar -SC

Start with the default Substance Look&Feel
(slow, but sexy; note the extended application menu)

java -jar XRNIRipper.jar -SS

Program usage

Refer to the other items in this section for information about program usage, ie. opening files, ripping instruments and how to compress samples.