#350

I’ve got the first one and it’s just okay.

Pros:

  • very cute
  • the cork-stand can be removed if you want to hang it up from something
  • it can be quite loud, provided you’re careful about placement.

Cons:

  • doesn’t sound awfully nice, to be honest
  • takes alkaline batteries or must be plugged in
  • was occasionally noisy for me
#351

I have the similar sized Teenage Engineering Ikea speaker. I wonder how it compares?
The TE one is rechargeable which is nice.

#352

Thanks for the review!

I think this model actually looks nicer than the TE equivalent.

I would be keen to try both out and compare (difficult in the noisy/hellish environment of Ikea :smile:).

I have the bigger version in my garage and it works great for that purpose (I’m just using it as a bluetooth speaker for radio though).

#353

Does anyone have any experience using Norns, running the Kria scripts with the 225e? I’ve read discussions about using Ansible but using Norns to run Kria seems like a much cleaner way of getting the job done.

#354

I don’t believe either of them are using a 225e in their setups, but I think @Tyresta and @mmml are two lines members who use Norns and Buchla together. Perhaps they have some insight here?

#355

did you have a specific question? i am rather familiar with the 225e. it is a pretty standard DIN MIDI device as seen from outside the cabinet. you need to use a USB-MIDI interface on the norns to talk to it.

#356

I do! Thanks for reaching out. I’d like to use Norns Kria script to send gates and cv’s to the 225 so that I can patch them out to my system in the same way the Ansible does in Eurorack. Is that possible?

Thanks again.

#357

norns kira sends out midi and you can choose a midi channel for each of the 4 lanes but the midi out clock seams a bit funky. the norns version has been recently updated to that it works but is still missing many features that are a part of ansible especially since ansible as been recently updated also. I use both because i already had a norns and the kira sequencer is great fun on midi stuff also. the ansible version has some great features that are not in the norns one and is a lot more reliable at the moment.

#358

That’s great info. Thanks so much for your help and insight!

#359

I was searching for a super small midi controller for norns (i want it be smaller then norns itself)
Then the following came up in the new why we bleep:

Goto around 50 minute mark. I need this thing right now :roll_eyes:

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#360

this does seem rad. @disquiet—did you get your hands on this? how do you like it?

#361

Hi. I’m groggy this morning. Which device?

#362

Apologies—that wasn’t clear. In the Why We Bleep video above, at around the 50-minute mark, Tom says he made this little MIDI controller for you, or perhaps inspired by you.

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#363

Oh, very cool. Thanks. Yes. I hadn’t watched this yet. How super. Yes, I almost always have it in my bag. Here it is in its little Pelican 1010 case.

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#364

That’s lovely. Would love to get my hands on one. Seems perfect as you’re using it: as a travel companion.

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#365

It’s really great for lots of reasons. I considered having buttons, too, but realized in most (“use”) cases, I’d have my laptop, and a laptop keyboard means I’ve already got lots of buttons.

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#366

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also coming soon to a github repo near u

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#367

right on, @andrew! do let us know when it’s posted.

#368

it’s all there actually i forgot ! just waiting for some panels before I share it properly

i can answer questions through DMs if anyone wants in early :hugs: easy build and pretty darn affordable if DIY is yr kind of thing

(it’s actually a lightly modified design by @tehn )

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#369

Thats looks great @andrew :slight_smile: