#1358

Slightly stupid question, do I need to know anything (script coding etc) if I dump down cash on norns and grid? Obviously Ive never owned anything monome.

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#1359

Nope! Curiosity and tenacity will be crucial, though.

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#1360

honestly that depends…

the device let’s you carry several “instruments” and load them whenever you need to play something

to load an instrument requires nothing more than navigating a simple menu and selecting a “script” (there’s no need to type or understand code unless you want to make something new or modify an existing script)

if you have no interest in learning the technical details yourself, take sufficient time to listen to what the machine is capable of (in other peoples’ video and audio demonstrations) and decide whether it seems worth the money to you

so far we’ve seen a euclidean rhythm app for sequencing samples:

a livelooper/sampling instrument:

and a few other things briefly shown here:

As the docs launch in coming weeks and users document their experiences with the first batch I think you’ll have a clearer answer to your question. Certainly by september (when norns goes on sale again) you will have plenty more on which to base your opinion of the software

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#1361

Its here!! 20 Characters of norns!

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#1362

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great mail day (totally coincidental the book showed up today)

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#1363

We were out of town and USPS required a signature. :frowning: Tuesday it is, then.

#1364

Study time + 20 characters :sun_with_face::sun_with_face::sun_with_face:

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#1365

Mine is downstairs in the package room :upside_down_face:

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#1366

quick question @tehn or @ngwese - is maiden accessible to those with a norns at this point? if so, how?

no problem if not, there’s plenty to work with as-is for now!

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#1367

Yes. Turn wifi on in the system menu (in either router or hotspot mode) then point a browser at <ip_address_of_norns>:5000

If you are on a machine that supports mDNS well (a macOS machine for example) you can use norns.local as the host instead of an IP address.

Edit: The documentation for much of the Lua API available to scripts can be accessed via <ip_address_of_norns>:5000/docs. There is a desire to better integrate those API docs into maiden itself.

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Norns: help
#1368

Everyone posting the arrival of Norns has really made me regret not ordering one. I’ll definetly be ordering one in September. Can’t wait to see some videos of what you all do with them.

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#1369

Not sure what you’re using for the web editor.

But… in theory, Microsoft’s Monaco editor should be able to make use of a Language Server Protocol server on the norn itself, which if you’re using lua-lsp will give you documentation hover, syntax checking and some code completion.

I have no idea if it will work, but the prospect of getting syntax checking (especially for new coders) makes it worth further investigation.

edit: this is the magic glue between Monaco and LSP: TypeFox/monaco-languageclient

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#1370

I’m old, please explain 20 characters?

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#1371

maiden uses Ace internally and it has some hooks for code completion and doc integration (@ppqq has started to explore the possibilities there). Ace does provide some syntax checking for Lua, the only downside at the moment is the syntax checking is based on Lua 5.2 instead of Lua 5.3 (which matron uses) so newer syntax such as shift operators gets flagged as invalid even though it’s not.

Edit: I should add that Monaco was looked at early on. I believe one of things which drew folks to Ace was the direct integration of Vim/Emacs keybindings out of the box and there was readily available ReactJS integration.

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#1372

@rmro it’s a very long thread covering a large number of topics. Which specific thing are you looking for more explanation about?

#1373

I had the same question for awhile until I figured it out. Discourse, this forum, requires each post to be at least 20 characters. So if you want to say something short, people usually just include “20 characters” as kind of a joke and to meet the requirements.

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#1374

I’m so dense. I thought that was exactly what @rmro was doing. doh!

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#1375

It’s so small! and so beautiful

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#1376

just a heads up to people receiving hardware— if you see anything weird or confusing happen e-mail me info@monome.org and i’ll get back to you super quick! assembly has knocked me out and i’m a little behind on docs— i apologize— but they’re coming soon. in the meantime i hope you enjoy playing the included scripts.

here’s the mlr cheatsheet (which doesn’t really give instructions, but might help you wade through and discover something?) mlr.pdf (283.3 KB)

but if you’re hyped about mlr, BE SURE to check out @artfwo’s glut which is a sort of mlr-inspired granulator and sounds super amazing (and is wayyy easier to navigate)

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#1377

Oh, it’s you! Hi. :slight_smile: :heart:

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