#13

Curious if any Norns users who own one of these could clarify whether or not the advanced controls work…looks like a killer pairing indeed.

#14

I haven’t looked into it and don’t have any immediate plans to.

The twister requires an app for configuration on a computer. I have a feeling that, once configured, it would work like any other MIDI controller (per your configuration), but haven’t investigated it. (There is a small chance it would use some sort of driver to translate its commands.)

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#15

Didn’t spend much time on its special features, I treat MIDI FT as a simple 4 x 16 knobs controller. I think it is a good companion, though I didn’t compare.

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#16

I’m toying with grabbing one of these for use with VCV rack and AudioMulch. Seems like a good fit. But has anyone done any more experimenting with the advanced features and Norns or other hardware synths? I’d love if i could also use it on my digitakt and eventually Octatrack.

#17

dunno if you have anything to add @x2mirko but I just found this so thought I’d drop it

https://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=192156&sid=a90b36cbd870bfa609a76b744310ccfb

avoided picking up one of these for a while cause resolution n stuff compared to arc. are the knobs smooth like the arc aswell ?

#18

I’ve had a positive experience using the twister with both the Norns and the Octatrack. I have a bank for each at the moment. For the Octatrack you have to customise the CCs using the midifighter utility as OT doesn’t have a learn function. For Norns you just do the parameter learn.

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#19

Not close to the resolution of the Arc but far more resolution than any other midi controller’s encoder I’ve used (and I’ve used and discarded so many it’s painful). If memory serves it’s over 100 steps per turn though not quite 128. Great in relative mode. I have three of them. For comparison it’s about 4x the resolution of the encoders on the fader fox UC4 and even more compared to the Novation units. No acceleration for relative mode though.

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#20

great info - what I’m coming from for the most part is the 128 from midi, so honestly ~100 is pretty decent. in my experience --> if you can control the response curve of a knob in software to yr taste that can reconcile a lot of the knob’s shortcomings. prob going to pick one of these up eventually

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#21

Not much to add. The encoders are pretty smooth. They certainly don’t have as many steps per turn as the arc, but I never found it to be an issue. It’s not going to feel like an arc and you don’t have as much control over the leds for visual feedback (they just react to midi cc), but it’s a great controller for the price.

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#22

There’s a pretty nice sale on these here. $170 out the door with the promo code. My Norns is getting a lot knobbier!

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#23

Thanks all for thread, have now picked one up. Great piece of kit.

#24

Missed the $170 deal by a couple hours and wasn’t certain if this was what I need.
Looks like a fantastic piece of kit that is highly customizable.
Next time it goes on sale, I’ll be ready.

#25

Maybe this deserves its own thread, but I’d love to hear you talk more about making all your devices talk OSC. Does this involve translating MIDI into and out of OSC for things that don’t already speak it? Do you do this with, e.g. an Ableton softsynth?

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#26

This could be interesting/great if it makes it into production.

https://www.beatboxinstruments.com

#27

Could I ask how you’ve set it up to work with the Octatrack? Is it able to read values from the Octa (There’s this Send all Audio CC’s command in the Octa) or does it work closer to how a pot would work, introducing value jumps when you, say, change patterns? Very interested in the unit… Thanks.

#28

I have been using it more like a pot. I’ll see if I can get the two way communication going now actually.

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#29

Ok two way comms works a treat. I just had to make sure in my midi routing (in my case using an iconnectmidi4+) had both devices sending to each other as destinations. However I don’t see the Octatrack sending cc’s when the values change by parameter locks or pattern changes. Only when adjusting the knob on the Octatrack.

I used this CC reference:

The only thing that is a bit of a bummer imo is that each track has to be on it’s own channel. So you can quickly eat up all your available channels.

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#30

can the push function be used to enter notes like a midi keyboard?

#31

The encoder push? Sure you can set it to most any midi messages. Not sure it would be very ergonomic for notes, they’re quite firm to push.

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#32

Sorry to pull this out of the graveyard but I’m curious if the bonus sequencer mode in the Twister can be used with the Norns. It seems like the answer might be “maybe” as long as the Norns script is able to be the MIDI clock master but I’m curious. Looking to get one either way but would be double excited if I could use it as a step sequencer on occasion.

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