#137

I’d love to have a random record function…

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#138

Totally!
Punch in and out commands could be a lot of fun. Especially with a smaller loop creating a more delay like effect where it randomly grabs new audio and mangles it :smiley:

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#139

@mcpepe @swhic - thanks for the super helpful ideas. I’ve got a work in progress that feels pretty good. More testing/tweaking to be done, but I’ll try to have a new version up in a day or two.

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#140

Looking good!
Keen to try this out :smiley:

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#141

and it sounds good! :slight_smile:

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#142

v2.1 released!

Download at Github (see top post for link) or install via Maiden’s project manager.

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Updates:

  • :: – this new command toggles recording on/off
  • Loop behavior has been redesigned. When you adjust the Start and End point parameters (same as always: K1 + E2/E3 or in params), a fixed window will be created for your loop, indicated by those little dots in the screenshot above. As a result, if the L command is used, your loop won’t ever jump beyond your start/end points.
  • Compass now has an sc engine! A local copy of the Decimator ugen (the same one @Justmat bundled into Otis) is available for bit reduction fun (head to params to adjust bit depth).

:warning: Heads up

The new loop behavior, along with the addition of a bit depth control, necessitated changes to the params list. If you had previously midi-mapped some stuff, you’ll need to re-map after updating.

Also, make sure to restart norns after installing/updating to avoid any engine errors.

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#143

Great update. Thanks!

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#144

it is great - just made a pr to R engine which adds decimator

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#145

What a wonderful script, thanks for sharing it @Olivier :raised_hands:

Here is a very simple take using one of my favourite tapes from my father’s collection of nature and science magazines.

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#146

Wonderful update! Thank you :slight_smile:

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#147

ran into an issue tonight…

i can’t seem to assign the ARC in Compass.

tried loading another script (MANGL) and the ARC and GRID are both working.

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#148

Are you running the latest version, 2.1? I’m fairly certain this bug is a result of me modifying the looping behavior. No arc on hand, but let me dm you a new version in a bit if you’re open to testing!

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#149

Absolutely mind blowing script! Thank you :bowing_man:

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#150

I’m ok to test the fix with my arc2, if you want.

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#151

This is working.
Just to be precise, there is no feedback on the arc for start and end points when we use the L command.
This is not a feature request since I can adjust smoothly what I want…
A really fun app, it’s like in the oblique strategies :
“the tape is now the music”.
Thank you!

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#152

One question, is there a way to save my sequence to return to it later?

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#153

My programming skills lie short of that, but I’d love to implement something along those lines. Perhaps a way to save and recall command sequences + loop points via grid too, to make it playable a la cheat codes.

#154

the sequences are short enough that i usually just take screenshot if i stumble on a cool patch

but obviously, buffer content will be different

#155

Brilliant work @Olivier ! I’m still learning the Compass ropes but here’s a recording I made tonight (in lock down).

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#156

after the last Norns update i’m noticing bit reduction to sound differently. Prior to that it would introduce some beatiful noise around 10 bits and now i need to lower that to 7 and the noise sounds differently. Anyone else notice that?