Fates - a DIY norns DAC board for Raspberry Pi

[effiks]

Ah, okay. Thanks.

But I have a different solution for my setup now. I like to have a way to use hardware synth (Eurorack manly) with Endless. For this I need some Midi clock signal to Endless. Now I use the existing audio interface for line in to my iPad and use Fates and Link for clock sync as Endless has Link build in and Fates too. And I can put Fates in between my Eurorack and the audio interface to manipulate the sound.

[PaulFe]

Now that there won’t be anymore PCBs available, any chance of having the gerber files available so we could get our own PCBs made? I sadly found out too late about the fates, and would love to have a PCB.

[okyeron]

Unfortunately the project is not going to be publicly released or open sourced.

The monome shield is open source and is fully supported by monome. That’s the DIY norns solution from here on out.

[ermina]

that’s too bad because the form factor of Fates with all cables on a single side is tidier.
It doesn’t need to be a norns clone to be useful as a compact / no-distracting-browser computer instrument. I wish i ordered a second PCB since i got all other parts in double.
But i don’t want to sound entitled and respect your decision which i guess might not be lightly made.

[PaulFe]

Thanks for clearing that up! Love everything you do for the community by the way!

[Alessio]

Hello there! Hope this is right place to post about it, I have a very simple question:
I have a Fates with latest Norns firmware installed, perfectly working.
Is it possible to set up a mono recording? If I plug only the L input, all recorded material is panned on the left side.
Thank you

[jmsiener]

This is kind of baked into norns. From Norns Docs

“ REC writes 48khz stereo WAV.”

Kind of how Tape works in norns, there is no option for mono recordings. I don’t really have any guidance on how to change it either.

[Alessio]

thank you, that’s it. I’ve found a really simple solution converting the monitor from stereo to mono: losing the panorama but great for this momentary need

[MikeLeeBirds]

This was probably asked before, but searching didn’t yield results.

What kind of soft/travel bag are you using for Fates?

[MikeLeeBirds]

A friend built my Fates yesterday and it’s a beauty!

Today I noticed that knob 2 takes about 2.5 minutes after startup to start working.
It won‘t do anything for 2.5 minutes, then it will respond randomly and after another half minute it works fine.

Is this a known issue? Would it be software or hardware related?

[kasselvania]

This is an odd issue I’ve never heard of. One easy troubleshooting method with the FATES is to check if you’re getting enough power by using a different power source. Some wall plugs, UBS ports or power banks might not be giving the FATES enough juice and oddities can occur.

[Nordseele]

Are you sure there’s no cold joint ? You (or your friend) should probably reflow the legs of this knob and check continuity with its gpio on the Raspberry Pi (and reflow the raspi header just to be sure) It’s probably a minor issue, I’m pretty sure a quick reflow will solve this in no time You can post a photo of the PCB if you’re not sure.

[okyeron]

that’s not right and most likely hardware.

Reflow these connections:

EDIT for better screenshot showing the entire pi header

[MikeLeeBirds]

Thanks for the quick response!
I will do as advised.

[avenir]

sometimes it happens that when my FATES goes to standby, it responds late. when the screen is off after I haven’t used it for a while, I have to press the keys several times to wake it up. I was wondering if it was normal. any help on that?

Thanks

[okyeron]

Normal-ish?

I’ve had that happen. Haven’t really worried about it tho.

[MikeLeeBirds]

What’s this for? It was in both kits I received, but seems to go nowhere.

[kasselvania]

Potentially to add UART port. But it’s of little use, honestly.

[MikeLeeBirds]

Reflowing did the trick!
Thanks!