#76

I am curious, is that a bit of a ‘diminishing return’ on that number of Norns? Do you have grids to compliment some of them? Or do you daisy chain a grip of effects?

#77

Well, I only have one Norns at the moment. And I was exaggerating my ambition…but only a little bit. In reality, I would love to have three, and will likely build a couple in order to get there. I have one grid, and will likely keep it that way. The scripts that I use to re-amp and mangle samples (including Compass) don’t need a grid. Loosely speaking, I’d love to have one for generative purposes and sequencing, and two for interpreting.

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#78

That’s basically my plan. Got 2 FATES coming and will probably get in on a Norns DAC just for fun. It’s all fun stuff. I actually have 2 grids. Those are extremely valuable in my mind.

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#79

Looooooooove this script!

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#80

Glad to hear you’re loving it! :metal: Would love to hear some sounds if/when you can…

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#81

Compass 2.0!

This upgrade introduces crow support.

  • Compass’ command sequence can now be driven either by the default internal clock or by crow! Head to params to chose between the two. If clocking w/ crow, send your trigger to input 1. See the clock section of the docs for more info.
  • :warning: EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE: Crow’s input 2 is configurable via the params menu. When enabled, you can use it to control either softcut’s level or its rate (both voices). See the crow section of the docs for more info.

With crow support comes two new commands that can be fired from your sequence:

  • T sends a pulse from crow output 1
  • V sends a random voltage (0v-10v) from crow output 2

Tip: If Compass has a hard time detecting your crow, try simply re-launching the script.

Changes

The + and - commands have been modified – these no longer increment and decrement softcut’s rate. Instead:

+ : Sets a random positive rate (0.5x to 2x)
- : Sets a random negative (reverse) rate (-2x to -0.5x)

This will hopefully reduce some jagged cuts/clicks when rapidly jumping from a positive to a negative rate. Note than you can still use ! for that :slight_smile:

There’s a lot of new stuff in here, and though I did some thorough testing, weirdness may certainly come up. Please let me know if you encounter anything, and have fun!

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#82

This is awesome! Cant wait to load it up

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#83

So excited to see crow’s inputs starting to be used.

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#84

Honestly - it’s a small miracle being able to re-configure a hardware jack in software on the fly!

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#85

Here’s a question/idea/suggestion(?) @Olivier:

The external clock moves the command sequence along right?

I had this thought about Compass a few times and I’m not sure if its even possible to be honest…
If Compass was clocked by external/or internal BPM to create a perfect looping sequence? So I guess depending on the tempo the 64s buffer would have to potentially be shortened, right? And then the commands would be derived from that tempo or a clock division. Not sure if this makes sense or not, but this is also starting to sound like a new script separate from Compass. Sorry for the brain dump, would love to hear your thoughts. (I don’t want this to stray away from your initial concept in anyway)

Edit: This thought came to mind a few times while I’ve played more planned material live into compass while listening to a click track.

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#86

@ludvista29 - definitely something to think on. I don’t think Compass’ forte will ever really be synced material, but there are certainly things I could look at implementing to get partway there.

Even without an external clock, you can achieve syncing (kind of) by placing a 1 command in your sequence, which will make the play/record heads jump back to the start of your loop. This way, you can loop within a shorter section of the 64s buffer.

The length of your loop would of course be dictated by the length of your command sequence and by the speed of the internal clock, the latter of which I could maybe look at exposing as a param option.

I think this is where things could get tricky, with the commands not being able to keep up with the incoming clock if rapid/random changes are happening. Most likely a solvable solution, but probably not one I’d tackle in the near future.

Anywho – thanks for the suggestion!

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#87

I appreciate you thinking about my little brain dump I just had!

This little tip is super useful and may give me some more control, so thank you for that :slight_smile:

Also, I hope you did not take my suggestions in the wrong way, I absolutely love the script but selfishly had some ideas that would maybe better fit my workflow. Can’t wait to try this with crow when I get my hands on one!

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#88

Absolutely not :slight_smile: I really appreciate any and all ideas, truly. Even if I don’t necessarily implement them, they broaden my understanding of various workflows and often influence other ideas.

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#89

so did the Arc integration get removed?

i did have some serious problems with controllers not being recognized by norns a few days ago but the peeps on the MANGL thread got me sorted.

however, i wasn’t able to get the ARC to light up or connect while using COMPASS.

thanks for any help!

#90

Paging @GoneCaving as I didn’t implement arcify myself, nor do I have an arc to test with :frowning:

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#91

Nope, it’s still working fine for me. Make sure the Arc appears in the first slot under System->Devices->Arc, and set the Loop Start/End to Arc rings under the params page (those are the only params with arcify control enabled).

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#92

Oh man… so far I’ve been mainly using Compass a lot to process my own sounds (which sounds great!), but last night I tested it with a violin player friend of mine and we went deep into some new unexplored territories. We’ve got a improvised opening performance coming up at a film festival, in which I’ll be mainly handling Compass + Crow/JF material, so this started off very promisingly.

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#93

Rings into Clouds into Compass is the new Rings into Clouds

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#94

This is beautiful, @yobink, and sets the perfect mood for the gray day we’re having here in Boston. Thanks for sharing.

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#95

will just plain MIDI clock input be a possibility?
(for those of us who do not have a crow)
:slight_smile:

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