#105

i had initially considered sc.lua as well, but i saw @tehn mentioned er301.lua, and figured i’d go with that.

one thing that made me wonder if the names mean all that much was reading jf.lua. note that trigger is not coded the way Just Type uses it, as JF.TR. instead, it’s written out in crow’s support file, not in the expected tr shorthand. same for ansible kria.lua; the lua name is written out as kria, not as kr the way we use it in teletype commands.

as noted in the pull request, i’m still uncertain on the whole issue of device prefixes, but i did my best to put together something coherent. i do like the idea of saving characters, though.

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#106

I’m sure it was hinted a while back, that you could join multiple crow together. Is that still the case?

#107

Reading about ASL and wondering if it would be possible to write up a quadrature LFO with rate and amplitude defined by voltage fed into the inputs?

I’d also be interested in possibly building other standalone modes like a sample + hold mode or a set of stepped/quantized/smooth random outputs.

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#108

Thank you for this!

Is it possible to in the future use crow and norns with the teletype software, so you basically have a 2hp, 2 in 4 out teletype? That would be so nice in portable setup!

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#109

Or running druid on norns? (Not the same software as teletype though).
Adding Txi/Txo it could be really powerful :slight_smile:

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#110

In theory, Norns could run Druid, although there would need to be another layer to print to the screen.

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#111

presently on crow+norns you can do:

crow.send("print('hello!')")

and you’ll see (in maiden):

crow > hello!

so there is definitely live-coding-crow-from-norns potential

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#112

Ordered one - very excited! I have one quick question if anyone knows the answer:

It looks like there are no dedicated gate outputs - how clean/precise of a gate/trigger can you get from the CV outs? I’ve had midi/CV modules before that used ordinary DAC outs for gates (FH-2) and had a lot of problems getting Maths and similar modules to trigger properly.

If I need gates, should I plan on tracking down Txo to go along with it?

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#113

My understanding is that you should be able to produce gates on any output. This page of Crow reference talks about outputs and ASL (a slope language), which will be a way to describe lfos, triggers, envelopes:

https://monome.org/docs/crow/reference/

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#114

Just ordered one! Looks super versatile, excited about learning it. How exactly does it connect to Just Friends in the demo video? It appears that the only thing patched on the JF is the output.

#115

probably through i2c but its being tiggered by ansible? I was just looking at that myself

#116

I haven’t looked at the trigger output shape under a scope but for what it’s worth I haven’t run into any problem triggering Maths and a bunch of other modules. The particular script I was working on last night was nothing but triggers in and out.

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#117

It’s a behind the panel jumper cable connection (i2c) between crow and just friends that sends the commands.

@brndnwilliams - Ansible out goes into the input of crow to trigger it in the later part of the video.

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#118

heads up that orders placed now will ship on oct 8. (orders placed before this post will ship oct 1. there might be a little wiggle room if you’re on the cusp right now). thank you everyone! excited to get these to you (also you’re going to love the packaging.)

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#119

Hello

I am really excited about crow, especially about the live coding possibilites.

@tehn Is there any chance to have in future druid running on norns?
It would be amazing to just connect a keyboard to norns and doing the lua scripting directly.

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#120

This is great.

Mine was from the first batch too.
The necessary modification is pretty easy and took two minutes. The other component is that the pin out is in the wrong order so you need to connect each header independently or get one of those custom cables that @bpcmusic sells.

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#121

it would be incredibly easy to write a script that takes a keyboard input to norns and displays messages back from crow, like TT.

font size might be an issue— but there are some smaller ones on norns available.

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#122

thanks, the premade cable sounds great! didn’t know it existed. but i’d need to find someone who has the soldering tools and ability to do the cpu board mod. degenerative nerve disease; i don’t have the dexterity or physical ability to hold the thing steady, much as i’d like to try. a local friend graciously soldered on the i2c connectors for my earthsea module a few years ago, so i might reach out again.

i plan to have a revised patch up today. maybe er301 support can be added before crow ships, or for the first firmware update afterward. :bird:

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#123

Another question, for a thread full of questions: is it possible to experiment with microtonal scales with crow? a microtonal scale is just a arbitrary range of voltages right?

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#124

for sure! there is a built-in n2v helper, which takes a MIDI note value and spits out a v/8-tuned voltage, but everything else is just a matter of doing the maths or including a lookup table in your script :slight_smile:

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