#462

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lots of upcoming PTO, excited to start on this fun thing (for norns/grid/crow/jf).

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#463

Hi,
I am wondering if its possible/ overly difficult to make a standalone multichannel audio recorder/ player on Norns.
Given many cheap Class 2 compliant audio interfaces available (Bela/Ctag fro example) - is this a possibility? I assume the Rpi is up to it - just down to the current software architecture I guess.

#464

this is possible, yes. but the real question is why do this on norns vs. just a raspberry pi? you’ll have to do a lot of jack configuration and setups which aren’t widely applicable to others norns users— lots of linux setup. integrating multi-channel into the crone/norns framework is non-trivial, however.

if you just want to make a simple multichannel rec/play, i might skip the whole norns ecosystem in general… use a pi and sc/pd/whatever you are comfortable with.

#465

makes sense - i see a few people are now running DAWs such as Reaper for example on a rpi 4 streaming multichannel to a usb interface, so see that a generic linux distribution is probably the way to go.

I am developing a multichannel usb mic and was thinking that norns would be a very convenient hardware format to make a nice recording/ media playback project to support this. Keeping these applications/ (music / recording) separate is wise though i can see. Maybe pd on a diy pi shield makes a lot more sense

#466

got a pretty cool karplus-strong sound out of softcut this morning. Controlled pitch by modulating loop_end (or rate). managed to get rate up to ~80 on a voice before something crashes and all sound cuts out :metal:

Add some lua envelopes and we could make a completely unnecessary softcut based synth engine :slight_smile:

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#467

you should be able to make quite stable oscillators just with loop length, which has no lower bound. rate modulation has a hard upper bound. (== available history in interpolation window) which is 64.

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#468

I’d like to investigate making a script that auto-syncs a folder between norns and a USB uSD card adapter to share recordings between ER-301 and norns. Seems like the rsync command might be sufficient (run twice: once in both directions). Perhaps the Linux initiated among us could help with my questions:

  • Does norns auto-mount USB drives? If no, can it be made to?
  • Is it safe to remove USB drives without unmounting?
  • Is the mounting of a specifically-named drive a good trigger for a bash script?
  • Would this all be much easier if I just saved a command on my phone and used SSH when I want to sync?

EDIT: Just saw @Oxbown’s nifty file manager. Perhaps I can use that in the meantime.

#469

this and Grids to “Any Given” is something, in my opinion that would make the monome ecosystem for me perfect in a way. i could stay inside that [Norns, ARC,Grids] but now with crow expand to include X
it’s deliciously nerdy. i hope it’s not impossible!

#470

Was planning on prototyping this soon but if someone wants to have a go before I get a chance, I think the grid could be used to make a reasonable orthographic keyboard. It would be handy for naming presets, samples etc without having to use an onscreen keyboard or plug in a usb keyboard. Of course there are no keycaps but that can be grown accustomed to.

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#471

Was asking @dan_derks some questions about his great scripts and he reminded me of a classic grid app that would be very much at home on a norns and with a crow; parc!

This multivoiced, asynchronous mashup of sequencing and arpeggiating was amazingly valuable back in the early 2010’s and would be really cool being able to mix crow and norns together in this.

Maybe having the option of the 4 voices going to JF, or assigning each channel to different crow/norns options, such as one voice being JF, one being w/ or the ER301 and two voices being the CV outs of the crow. Any combination of those would allow for great texture.

One thing I really enjoyed about parc was that it allowed for the combination of sequencing AND arpeggios in a cool stacking mixture.

Anyway, just thought the script would be awesome with crow. Thanks!

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#472

Was reading over the intellijel rainmaker manual, to steal ideas, I came across this:

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Which made me think about the possibility of … softglut

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#473

Does anyone know if Norns would have any trouble running a sort of spectral processor, similar to the 4ms SMR?

I like the idea of building a 6 band resonator with tuneable scales, with triggerable envelopes on each band, and externally sequenceable.

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#474

Agree! Parc is probably my favorite of the classic grid apps and I would love having it on norns!

While we’re at it — also polygome and press cafe. :slight_smile:

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#475

Considering a simple script to search/download from freesound.org via their API directly on norns. Maybe could also upload files under a “norns community” user for sharing.

Good idea? Bad idea? I think the hardest part would be all the UI stuff (proper line breaks, scrolling through lots of text, etc).

#476

Forgive me if this has been covered before, would it possible to use a usb qwerty keyboard to enter midi notes for apps such as MOLN or MOLLY_THE_POLY? I would love to be able to use these while traveling with just a Norns and a 60% keyboard.

Currently trying to learn some ORCA during flights/airport down-time, but it would be cool to be able to have some control over apps expecting midi without having to pack a usb keybed as well.

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#477

I am looking to extend some sort of native keyboard support into the menu and scripting system but it will still require script updates. agree this is a good idea

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#478

If this already exists, pardon my ignorance. I’m wondering whether there would be a way to extend one of the sampling apps to show a rudimentary waveform and location indicators to make trimming samples easier. I love the idea of sampling direct to norns and then using sounds in ORCA, but I feel like I’m not getting an accurate sense of where the sample starts and ends as it loops.
Also, if this already exists, please let me know :slight_smile:

#479

I haven’t used this, and unsure if it’s currently stable, but Norman seems to be close to what you’re looking for

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#480

not at the moment, and it will require substantial work for softcut to render thumbnails as needed, and/or to place audio buffers in shared memory where lua can access them. it’s been discussed at some length but has never had a high priority in the issues list.

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#481

I could use some input for an idea. I have an oculus quest, what would be the best way to host a webvr app on the norns? I was thinking it would be cool to make a web vr app that lets me maybe do some patching. Maybe it would be better to host the webvr app elsewhere and send osc to the norns.