#1521

Ok; this thing is so damn fun and incredibly malleable. Was able to pick it up at my office today (arrived there Saturday … arg, damn holiday weekend). Here is my first experiment.

Modified the 16sliders patch by a) fixing an issue with the metronome initialization (moved the metro initialization above the init function) and b) adding MIDI support and teaching it to talk to a 16n prototype faderbank. It was begging to do that ever since I played with the app in NYC at the beginning of the month.

I renamed it 16nSliderz.

Hitachino White Ale in a beaker is optional.

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#1522

It shouldn’t be, that stuff is delicious.

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#1523

there is a global reverb which effects all programs that you can turn on and off and change some parameters of. there is also a global compressor. i would imagine that the future holds more possibilities for effects both global and program specific (i def am going to look into it).

a mixer section is not really what norns has… there is input and output gain, monitor gain, and a very basic record function (think like recording to the vinyl on an op1). in LEVELS, you record, and those recordings get stored in the tape folder that can be accessed within samplers as well as in play mode in LEVELS if you wanna just hear what you’ve got.

when in mlr you have the option to either record something live into one of four tracks from a norns input (this method is through mlr program, not LEVELS), or you can load a “clip” from norns internal storage, ie the tape folder. and you can do all of this live, even change the reverb settings all very smoothly while mlr plays in the background and grid is working as a controller.

i also just checked and you can have an audio file (like a field recording or long backing track type thing) playing in LEVELS simultaneously with mlr, and i assume any other program!

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#1524

Is the Norn’s version of Earthsea able to control other devices? Or just norn’s interal synth voices.

Looking at some of the LUA code is making me very excited to do some Norn hacking :sunny:

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#1525

first try makin crunchy stuff!!!

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#1526

and one more, but this time pretty!

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#1527

i just did this. i make very rhythmic, experimental hip hop. i loaded up some loops from my songs in to mlr and was cutting it up over drum breaks. it is amazing.

okay so its 4:40 am and i should be getting up for work in a few hours. but time just flew by playing with norns. everything worked perfectly for me. a rare experience in the world of electronic instruments. not once did i want to throw anything at a wall. a serious feat considering the depth of the thing.

i was able to check out maiden via wifi, play with all the scripts ( mlr is unreal, glut, playfair and earthsea are also favorites ), load my own sounds and live sample my modular in to mlr. the onboard synthesizer sounds really good as does the reverb. everything is set up really wonderfully and its easy to get right in and start making music.

figured id share my amazing first experience, especially with those who may be a bit nervous about norns potentially being too complicated. this is coming from someone who is not good with technology and knows nothing about computers.

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#1528

right now it’s the internal synth only, but MIDI/OSC output is coming.

midi sync is possible, but it’s not yet implemented in any of the scripts. coming! (it’s very easy to add, i could do this as a lua tutorial)

this is a very raw/early version of mlr and i have a lot of plans for features— right now there is no set saving or audio file export— those are both on the list.

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#1529

are you at liberty to speak about these runes and the work you contributed to this project?

#1530

will multiple versions of apps be maintained in the repo?

if so, i imagine it will become one of my favorite ways to learn

perhaps…even better than a “study”
since we’ll be able to compare updates to previous iterations and see how the script of a familiar app gets refined (feature by feature)

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#1531

the whole thing is a git repository, so you’ll be able to compare history/updates very easily (with diffs, i can show this in a tutorial).

but if there are parallel versions of a script they’ll have to use different names, which is fine. generally i plan to maintain singular versions of my own scripts unless there’s a very divergent feature. and of course anyone can copy a script into their own folder for private use or also submit it to be included in the community repo as well. a “contribution guide” is also on the list of things to write up. (so much to do on this front)

we’re ironing out some features in maiden before it gets a restyling (@laborcamp’s designs look incredible)

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#1532

Love it, thanks for sharing! – Also …where them beats at!! :smiley:

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#1533

I’m representing the Australian Norns Batch #3 Wait Group over here! :frowning:

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#1534

of course, there are lots of opportunities for collaboration too.

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#1535

i agree with all this. need to mess with mlr more for sure, but without barely knowing a thing (since mlrV for me), i was up and running. awake is superb. like absolutely superb. tonally, i was skeptical, but no more am i after spending a few hours with it. the timbres i was creating were magical.

onboard reverb/compression is so great!!! didn’t even know it had that!!!

so excited to bring this bad boy to the cabin soon with the 4-track for a week. gonna be productive i can already tell :):blush:

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#1536

Is the reverb freeverb? Jus’ gussin’ from looking at the scripts…

#1537

the system provides a custom reverb by @zebra (in the aux effects under menu > audio). glut uses freeverb for the possibility of having a 100% wet mix, but i intend to replace it with JPverb in the next revision.

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#1538

Will I also be able to control norns’s generic parameters like level of the built-in 2-track-recorder, its transport functions, and the built-in reverb via Lua script?

#1539

sure :slight_smile: the recorder (tape) is mostly hidden in the menu code and will require a bit of work to control it from a script. the reverb - yes.

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#1540

First sounds!

Got inspired by @stripes last night to use pre-loaded samples in Glut, and recorded a few passes to tape (so easy!). Later, while lying in bed (!!!), I used these samples in the awesome Playfair script, recorded that, and then uploaded the recording to Soundcloud without any extra processing.

USB sync was a breeze to get these recordings to my computer, I should add. I’m amazed at my experience with Norns so far, and I haven’t even touched MLR yet – that’ll be this afternoon’s project.

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