#546

Well that is a good point indeed. Somebody will always have to pay the duties indeed.

#547

Thats frustratingly just over the tax free threshold too. So make that 1150aud+

#548

Overly excited about this!

#549

no (though there’s no reason there couldn’t be an alt-firmware for this.)

crow will have a high speed serial messaging system over USB— something that you’d use similar to how TT addresses outputs (but with much more capability). stay tuned for this one… i don’t want to derail too deeply. it’s a few months off, as i said.

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#550

If crow speaks i2c would we be able to Just Type without TT…? (usb from computer)

#551

that’s the idea. part of it is a usb-i2c bridge.

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Just Type without Teletype - I2C shenanigans
#552

So one couldn’t use an Audio Damage ODIO (or similar) to send to Norns…?

That said, bravo, @tehn.

#553

mod alert: i removed the “intention to buy” thread/poll… it’s our aim to meet demand as quickly as possible and try to promote less frenzy and less anxiety. :slight_smile:

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#554

you could absolutely use an external sound card, but it’s not supported in the standard config. it’s linux, so you can go modify the .jackdrc to target a different soundcard than the internal one. or if you’re smarter than me, set up mutliple sound cards (becuase linux)

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#555

i’m interested to see this in action! i wonder if we’ll be able to achieve TT functionality through norns/crow, just using a different language. here’s hoping that this isn’t the beginning of the end of TT development.

#556

This is a thought that keeps occurring to me as well.

#557

Not everything gets slugged though. My ER-301 made it through tax free and it was over $1K.

:crossed_fingers:

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#558

teletype will live on. it’s a totally different use experience.

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#559

It’s not necessarily a bad thing if the Teletype platform were to settle down in terms of development (stability and refinement is valuable). I would imagine though that we’ll still be seeing quite a few updates due to Crow and w/.

Teletype does so much as it is, I doubt many people have explored everything you can do with it yet.

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#560

I know it’s a few months away but I’m wondering how these will all chain together with i2c and there being more and more i2c devices. (A la i2c backpack behind the teletype). Will TT act as a hub of sorts? Will the back of the crow have multiple i2c headers?

#561

Really good questions.

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#562

very excited about this—exactly what i’ve been wanting since i first put hands on a grid!

could you tell us more about the features of mlr-norns? mostly curious if it supports aux grids and if you can overdub loops from live input?

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#563

I initially read that as “Norns is waiting, just around the beard.”

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#564

im still just so impressed and the smile hasnt left my face z(even after the price which is fine considering)

So @Tehn - this “crow” - is it a collab with Birdkids or a co-incidence with the name?

#565

There’s a little something I want to say, because it’s likely an important thing to be aware of and I might not be the only person in this situation

I’m very excited about this. I do have a teletype and totally love it. I have been thinking about getting a grid for some time and in general I really like monome’s approach to designing an electronic music instrument.
Also sampling and working with recorded sound is what I love to do most, so mlr in a linux-powered box that I can even script… well that sounds really like a dream to me.

Will I jump on the ship and pre-order norns tomorrow? No I won’t.

Please note that I’m not saying this because my ego wants it. Actually I’m always a bit annoyed by people replying to a release post saying: “it’s nice, but I won’t buy it”. Really… who cases if I buy it or not?

But there’s some reasons behind this decision which might be shared by other people and it’s something that isn’t being talked much about (and btw. @tehn is ok with me saying this).

This said, I’m not a coder, I’m not somebody who speaks that language as fluently as others here on lines.
I’ve recently been spending lots of hours messing with a raspberryPI+pisound combo to get some basic pD patches going (and thanks to the great help from the community I got most of it working) and it made me realize that I need time for these things, and I can only accomplish some results thanks to the generosity and openness of the community.
I’ve been working with module makers for years now and I know how much work it is to do all the support… it’s really a lot!
What would happen if I got a first-batch norns unit? I’ll likely pester Brian’s email and the forums with silly beginner-level questions and Issues related to my inexperience (and they will have enough to do anyway). Also, I won’t be able to contribute much to the growth of the platform, because I would be more a “consumer” of other people’s code, as I have been with the teletype so far. Maybe the first 100 will go quickly and I hope that they get bought by people who will build the norns ecosystem and make it just as amazing and varied as the grid ecosystem.
So what’s the plan? I’ll watch it unfold, develop, grow a bit more, and wait (a bit unpatiently I admit it) for the next batch. And when that time comes, I’ll ask myself again: is norns the right instrument for me, and am I the right person for norns now?

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