#219

function-alike, sure, even PolySub is not so far already

circuit emulation, no.

if there’s one thing norns is not, it’s an analog synthesizer.

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#220

/offtopic but this overview has made me think about a Deckard’s Dream pretty much daily since I watched it. It’s a crazy amount of money but it sounds sooooo nice :drooling_face:

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#221

Same here. :star_struck:
I may end up figuring out the DIY cost and see about building one.

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#223

BTW: in softcut 2.0, record + playback at <1.0 rate is effectively equivalent to sample rate reduction with cubic resampling.

there is an option for linear resampling in the code (and of course zero-hold resampling is pretty trivial.) lower-order options are not currently enabled for runtime selection. maybe in a future update. (is this appealing?)

bitcrushing is another option. linear remapping is trivial; but i suppose mu-law mapping is important for getting that “12-bit sound.” (is static companding an important component of that?)

an immediate update i’d like to add for that subsystem is post-resampling SVF (in addition to the existing pre-record SVF, which allows a different set of possibilities.) post-filtering makes distorting processes more useful i think. that’s not a big deal to add, it’s just that there are already a lot of new parameters in 2.0. so currentlty, we’re leaving additional baked-in FX options for, like, 2.1, simply for usability reasons.

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#224

re: sample/bit rate reduction, something I find incredibly useful is to output the residual (f(x)-x)
and then give the user control over the wet/dry mix. then you can control the amount of grit, or send the residual to a separate EQ before mixing it back in. In terms of commercial products I had an old TC electronics processor (I think Fireworx) which allowed for this, otherwise I haven’t seen it. But it is very useful.

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#225

I got my Norns last week and the first thing I’ve done is have a play with Cranes (guitar straight into Norns). Beautiful, intuitive script (thanks @dan_derks)

My wishlist and ideas would be:

  • Integrate some form of ‘record/overdub’ enable for either buffer (so independent material can be recorded to either buffer).
  • Independent shift/wobble (Key 3) values, and enable, per buffer.
  • Simple forward/reverse control per buffer (with speed as independent parameter).
  • Panning per buffer (so both buffers could be routed independently via the L+R outputs for further processing).

These are perhaps things that would be a good idea for my first Norns coding endeavor (I have basic/rusty grasp of C++)?

Or better to wait until Norns 2 is released before delving into the coding side?

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Cranes
#226

excellent ideas, @Ithacus, definitely all on the roadmap :slight_smile:

cranes has not yet been updated to norns 2.0, but i’d say upgrading for the new softcut is 100% worth it, so it might be a really cool exercise to create your own looper and hack out the stuff from cranes you do like — at least until i can get some time set aside.

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#227

Hey thanks Dan. Sounds like a good idea!

The stuff I’ve listed is pretty simple, so could be doable for me using your existing code (only one way to find out :grin:).

Quick question: for Midi CC mapping to parameters, is this a system level function (so doesn’t need configuring in script code)?

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#228

20 characters of correct :slight_smile:

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#229

one heads up, if you update norns: the softcut syntax has completely changed and that version of cranes will not work. I am trying to set aside time the next few days to update cranes for 2.0, though!

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#230

Can the headphone out be different from the main output, say for the purpose of cueing?
If so i think it would be great fun to make a script for DJing.

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#231

I actually had this same thought! It’d be cool if someone could adapt that old DJ64 app for the norns with a UI. I’d take it on but I have a few too many projects right now.

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#232

no, sorry, same DAC channels

#233

Has there been any thought to adding a loop function to TAPE->PLAY? This would allow playing backing tracks/drones/etc under other script output.

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Norns 2.0 beta
#234

I’d sure love this, and also a speed parameter, and also cc control of reverb parameters would be way cool (and also a way of resetting them to default values) but I thought it might be better to think about it after 2.0 is complete.

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#235

On crone side: Tape loop is easy, variable speed less easy

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#236

Uh, another thing about Tape, I’d love more meaningful filenames. Like Playfair190319_1 or something.

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#237

Hugely agree - the possibility to rename would be amazing!

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#238

Tape appears to be it’s own app. So building out it features into something more usable would be cool.

#239

It’s not at the moment, it’s a module in crone::MixerClient

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