hmm, im intrigued, Ive got a number of projects that could possibly be great on norns.
comparison with Organelleā¦
performance : well CM3 is a quad core a53, same as the rPI3, so thats cool IF applications are properly multi threaded (unlike say Pure Data 
) , so should be a bit better for supercollider
BUT you can upgrade the SOM on the Organelle to a quad core too!
price : interesting, both small companies, actually i think the CM3 is cheaper that the iMX6 solution used by C&G - its a good choice, the housing looks more expensive, and additional hardware - but not sure that can justify the $600-900 some are talking about. (imho) ā¦ however, perhaps the āincludedā software is the value-add?
Im sure being from Monome this will be something that the whole exceeds the sum of its parts.
what OS? I wonder if it will use something like Xenomai, like Bela which has a RT mode, but you have to adapt applications to use this properly (to avoid them mode switching).
(Ive been having a lot of fun with this on Bela this week 
)
not really too interested in LUA, but if its open to other possibilities then thats ok.
UI, hard to say without seeing the software, display looks nice, but not very high resolution ā¦ 3 encoders + 3keys, that I doubt is enough.
(having struggled with limited UI space on organelle, designing for limited controls gets tiring after a while, and heavy on menu diving)
I like the fact its on battery
USB, cool, but I really hope they are not relying on the BCM2837 chipset (used in PI3) - Ive had no end of problems with that, when trying to get it working with isosynchonous transfers. this could be a showstopper for me.
overallā¦
colour me interested, but concerned that the price tag will put me offā¦ which would be a shame, as Ive quite a few things id be interested to release on it.
(including some new stuff, being announced/released next week )
