#1455

glad you asked this because i’ve found myself in the exact same position. :smile:

#1456

I was in the same spot as you 2 months ago…i know nothing about scripting or programming, and didn’t own a grid or arc…but decided to give Norns a try anyway. While I will say that, at least for me, there was a steep learning curve involved in navigating around this forum and figuring out how the scripts worked on Norns, once I began to grasp the concepts, Norns totally blew me away. While some scripts do require gird or arc, there are many scripts that do not, some that are great at processing audio, some that are great at creating audio, and some that are fun to use with midi.

And 2 months later I now own a grid, an arc, and 2 ansibles :slight_smile: I’m still learning my away, but its been a totally worthwhile journey. I can caution you that at times the path to learning these instruments can be daunting and confusing, the the information is out there if you are willing to dig for it. Plus, the forum users here are amazing. Constantly blown away by the time and effort people put into programming their scripts to share, and listening to feedback and modifying/improving their scripts. And, I’ve never felt anything but welcome on the forum.

In sum, do it. And sell a kidney, because you’ll be needing some extra cash in the near future. :slight_smile:

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#1457

I foresee that your future will be mine, regarding the grid & the arc. No, honestly, thanks for your perspective on all this, this makes my decision easier I think. I’m not turned off by a steep learning curve, I did jump into modular almost 3 years ago without any prior knowledge of synthesis and I managed fine, so if I can find the same kind of enthusiasm for norns, I’ll be set.
I also had the same experience with everyone on here, everyone is incredibly kind and thoughful. It’s a great place.

On a completely unrelated note, I have this extra kidney lying around. Anyone… ?

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#1459

awesome! Yeah I usually have it plugged in but for some reason forgot and then lost a bunch of stuff. That being said theres no indication thats its plugged in either. Not a complaint just an observation/feedback. With minimal interfaces its a challenge to get these types of things in.

#1460

@909one
heads up: i moved your queries here, and their replies, to the Approaching:norns topic, which contains much preliminary details and discussion, and posts like this, which is about as clear as it can get about what norns hardware does/doesn’t include:

other existing topics i considered: Monome for beginners, Monome beginner questions, Why monome? New to monome…, &c.

a request: this topic is where we watch for specific questions about norns usage; multiple pages of broader discussion hinder the topic’s function, so consider starting those discussions elsewhere.

for example i genuinely would be interested to see a broad discussion about why people do or do not use / buy / design / understand single-purpose sound computers (norns, organelle, axolotl, bela, MOD, &c) when, indeed, laptops can do all/most of the same things. so i started a new topic.

#1461

I’m actually having a similar issue with very distorted audio inputs. I’m trying to route audio from my phone (Pixel 3, USB-C) to the Norns via a 1/8" TRS to dual 1/4" TS adapter.

When plugged into the Norns L/R inputs, I get a weak, distorted, almost phaser-like sound out of the headphone jack. I do see activity on the input level, but it’s very low.

I accidentally discovered though that plugging the same jacks into the “Output” ports results in crystal clear audio. I’m still fairly new to Norns so won’t pretend to understand why this is, but I am confused about why the audio is so distorted when plugged into the Input jacks.

Any ideas what I might be doing wrong to produce this?

#1462

Hey, asking for a second time here.

How do I factory reset norms?

#1463

you could do this: Norns: update fail recovery

#1464

@tehn’s suggestion above applies if the main norns system stuff is borked (in /home/we/norns)

but there is no “factory reset” of the scripts and stuff in /home/we/dust. that’s up to the user to manage. individual scripts typically have a page here and/or a github repo where they can be re-acquired if the local copy has been messed up.

if you give us more details about what is not working, we can provide better answers about how to fix it.

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#1465

alternative: here’s a copy of the default dust folder: https://monome.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/norns-2.0.1-dust.tgz

just delete the existing dust and put this one in its place.

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#1466

As others reported I’ve also encountered tape recordings recording on top of other recordings as they confuse the numbers…

#1467

I will check the menu logic and make sure the state file gets saved after each record. seems that maybe it’s getting missed?

#1468

Update: strangely enough, after setting it aside for a couple hours and then coming back, everything seems to be fine. Initially, I restarted the Norns and the distorted sound persisted, but now I can’t reproduce it. shrug.

#1469

Is this going to change? Trying to send cc through different channels, no luck…Thanks

#1470

What script(s) are you working with?

Earthsea for example does not have code to handle cc’s but it could be added pretty easy: Around this line add something like this (totally untested):

    -- cc
  elseif msg.type == "cc" then
    cc(msg.cc, msg.val / 127, msg.ch)
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#1471

Thanks, Timber player/keys

#1472

add cc case as described above, to midi handler in timber/keys.lua, like here:

dunno if i’m totally following the thing about channel numbers. also haven’t really used timber/keys, but it appears to associate each midi channel with a particular sample ID, and likewise with a block of voice IDs:

so i guess in your CC handler(s) you would want to likewise target a particular sample for modulation according to the channel number. (Timber modulation commands affect sample slots, rather than individual voices, AFAICT.)

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#1473

I can’t seem to clock Norns externally through a USB MIDI ‘dongle’. Doesnt work on any if the stock scripts. MIDI out works great… I’m a little confused. Do I need to edit scripts eventhough they have a external clock indicator in the parameters menu to get MIDI sync in to Norns?

#1474

This will vary from script to script.

I did a quick test with “awake” - it takes clock just fine. You do need to change line 80 of the script to the midi dongle’s vport. I’m gonna guess it’s not on 1.

Awake
#1476

Something is definitely happening where my tape state gets reset to 0. I haven’t been able to consistently reproduce it, but recently I shut down norns with “sleep,” and when I turned it back on it said “none” and did not auto-load the last script (as if it had crashed or I did a hard shutdown) and I saw the tape state was back at 0. I see the state file also keeps track of the last loaded script, so maybe the whole file is resetting to its default state.