Norns Scripts for a 64 Grid

LazyCircuits · 2020-02-18T19:01:18.513Z

This is intended to be a repository for scripts that people have run using, or modified to use with, a 64 grid.

This first post is community editable. Please add scripts as you find/develop them.

Less Concepts - @oootini edit

Dipping my toe in all thing norns by crudely hacking less_concepts to fit a monobright 64 configuration. EDIT: I forked Dan’s repo and added my edit here for monobright grid 64: https://github.com/aidanreilly/less_concepts Updated 05082020 with beat clock changes @dan_derks this sequencer is incredible. The last time I was this blown away with a “random” sequencer was when I built a Klee. I think less_concepts easily matches that for sheer musicality. Thank you.

MLR - @noiserock & @nitefish edit

Norns Scripts for a 64 Grid Library

Zellen

Zellen Library

Zellen Game of Life based sequencer Zellen (German for “cells”) is a generative sequencer based on Conway’s Game of Life with a bunch of sequencing and play modes, Euclidean rhythms, simple controls, all the scales from @markeats MusicUtil, CV and clocking via Crow, MIDI, PolyPerc for standalone sound, and @ericmoderbacher’s awesome time travel feature. Requirements Norns 2.x Grid (Developed on a 128 varibright, but should be usable with any Grid (64/128/256)) Documentation README on GitH…

Otis - @cfd90 edit

Otis Library

Sharing a modification I’ve been using that adds monobright 64 Grid control… tested in a Zoom ambient jam last night 64.lua (15.3 KB) Controls are: R r . F S . . C D . . . . . . I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R r . F S . . C D . . . . . . I . . 1 2 3 4 . . . . o o o o . . R record enable r record disable F flip S skip C clear D decrease rate (follows octave/free setting, would be nice to be able to hold down for free mode) I increase rate 1234 enable LFO at index o…

Patchwork - monobright 64/128 edit

Patchwork Library

here’s a gentle tweak of @Olivier’s most exellent patchwork app: “chiaroscuro” led edit, led brightnesses are flipped for 64 or 128 monobright grids.

Cheat Codes 2 by @dan_derks

[cheat codes 2] (rev. 201224: MIDI notes + Just Friends voices) Library

cheat codes 2 a sample playground hard requirements: norns (201115 or later) encouraged: grid (64 or 128, all editions – 256 works too, just half-used) arc (made for 4-encoder) OP-Z (setup notes) Midi Fighter Twister: cc-mft.mfs (2.2 KB) current-gen Launchpad (X, Pro or Mini MK3) cc-2_launchpad-template.syx (549 Bytes) launchpad.pdf (42.1 KB) any device which sends midi max for live: cc-osc.amxd (8.1 MB) crow Just Friends documentation download now available in maiden (make…

arcologies by @tyleretters

lines – 27 Aug 20

— arcologies — share with norns.online

an interactive environment for designing 2d sound arcologies with norns and grid important!! december 2020: i’ve migrated the repo from my personal github to northern information. you will need to delete /dust/code/arcologies and...

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gridstep by @Quixotic7

GridStep (now with Timber UI!) Library

gridstep gridstep is a polyphonic, isomorphic grid keyboard sequencer for monome norns + grid using the timber engine. https://www.instagram.com/p/CH_JGvhh5JG/ [page_trig] [grid_step_edit] requirements norns grid - note input and sequencing timber - for internal sounds. install from maiden optional external midi devices - for getting more sounds than just Molly The Poly features The grid can be played in an isomorphic layout that is either chromatic or in-scale. It can sequence up to…

glut by @cfd90

Glut Library

Sharing my patch for glut, adding 64 grid support Due to grid size limitations, I had to bump down the voice count to 6 from 7. Controls are based on the 128 version, but modified to fit the smaller size: m m m m m m r a p p p p p p . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 where m mutes the given voice, p is pattern recording for the given voice, <number> shows and updates position for the given voice, a enables alt mo…

andrew · 2020-02-18T19:34:37.178Z

is this list just for norns ? might want to add it to the title if so (there will be many more additions if desktop is included)

I’d also suggest the “make wiki” option

noiserock · 2020-02-18T21:45:45.218Z

Mlr (norns) Library

try this: Don’t have time to test myself right now.

nitefish · 2020-02-18T22:14:33.540Z

I tried. Fully functional.

nexnex · 2020-04-03T10:26:27.387Z

Hey there! Any ideas around combining two 64/40h into one 128?

Oootini · 2020-04-03T12:01:09.746Z

@LazyCircuits Zellen works very well for 64 monobright grids. Also has some very neat code for detecting grid size.

Oootini · 2020-04-06T08:26:27.366Z

Tip: Look at how existing patches manage grid led messages when adjusting a patch to work with monobright grids.

For the most part, led messages for brightness levels ~1-14 represent information that you want to see on the monobright grid. led messages for brightness level 15 generally is used to represent the “active step” in sequencers or other important elements in the UI. So if you reverse these (swap 0-14 for 15 and 0-14 for 15 in g:led messages), you put more information on the grid at the expense of “active step” information. Because the “active step” is generally always moving, setting it to anything but 15 will render a blink on the monobright grid, which is probably just enough to see what’s going on.

Obviously this breaks down for patches that use the x y 15 brightness level for information that is static on the grid or for patches that use a number of different levels of brightness to represent information in the UI. Also every patch is different so this won’t apply universally, but is probably a good place to start when thinking about how to modify a patch for monobright grids.

noiserock · 2020-06-01T16:05:21.759Z

Adding this by @cfd90

Otis Library

Sharing a modification I’ve been using that adds monobright 64 Grid control… tested in a Zoom ambient jam last night 64.lua (15.3 KB) Controls are: R r . F S . . C D . . . . . . I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R r . F S . . C D . . . . . . I . . 1 2 3 4 . . . . o o o o . . R record enable r record disable F flip S skip C clear D decrease rate (follows octave/free setting, would be nice to be able to hold down for free mode) I increase rate 1234 enable LFO at index o…

Oootini · 2020-06-03T09:33:23.411Z

@dan_derks @tehn Hi folks, can we make the first post a community editable wiki page please? would be handy to have a simple list that can be added to.

tehn · 2020-06-03T10:04:29.319Z

top post is now a wiki

cfd90 · 2020-06-03T14:44:36.777Z

Just throwing this idea out there… what do people think of the idea of creating and maintaining a 64-remixes repository with these scripts? (That is, for those scripts that are remixes, and not those that “just work” with all grid sizes.)

It would be nice to be able to get updates to these, as well as have an easy way to pull them all in via Maiden.

Would be happy to do the work of creating and updating the repo myself, now that I have a 64.

Edit: also on this front, I think querying the grid rows/cols could allow an is_64 flag to be defined, and scripts could be modified to support both instead of remixing? Not sure if all script owners would want the burden of needing to test “legacy” hardware in addition though, so perhaps remixes are the way to go.

Oootini · 2020-06-03T15:59:57.186Z

Interesting I was hesitant to suggest something similiar in case it added noise in maiden, or if duplicating libs in different folders was a no no, or even if it added overhead for the original script creators in case people started reporting bugs in the main script threads. For example, the less concepts edit above is not up to date - I need to update to match latest version by @dan_derks.

cfd90 · 2020-06-03T18:30:27.018Z

Yeah, that’s a good point about adding noise to the original script threads… I think it would need to be clear in the package name, either via remix or unofficial, that these are labor-of-love maintained forks that may be a bit buggier/not up-to-date.

As for noise in Maiden and duplicating scripts, FWIW there are a number of <x> and <x>-passersby etc. type scripts that swap sound engines for the given sequencer, so I think remixing and publishing is not a fully out-there idea.

One worry too is that these scripts would get updated by their author and may or may not make it back to the community megapackage… so maybe a <x>-64 fork works better.

TL; DR - I have no idea what’s best

Oootini · 2020-06-03T19:37:03.398Z

Added a tweak of @Olivier’s patchwork app to the first post…

noiserock · 2020-06-03T21:56:31.984Z

I don’t mind maintaining the mlr 64 script indefinitely.

bassik · 2020-06-13T21:26:21.753Z

Hello,
tried your modification on a mono bright 64 and I cannot really use it.
I only receive feedback when I hit a button.
Is it my grid or some bug? no idea.
I tried to look at the code but I have no experience with it, It seems it is not full monobright.
As said, my comments to take with a pinch of salt.

It would be amazing if it would be possible to use mlr with the monobright/

Thanks a lot

noiserock · 2020-06-14T03:27:38.201Z

Hey! It should work, but I haven’t used it in awhile and I am currently away from my Norns system/monobright 64. Can you send a short video clip of you trying to use the script?

bassik · 2020-06-14T21:05:48.550Z

Hello,

I hope this shows you enough info to check what is going on.
All other 64 mono bright scripts are working.
I do have sound and the buttons do something but I have this weird visual feedback.

Thanks for watching

noiserock · 2020-06-15T11:11:47.551Z

Super weird! Will do some investigating when I’m back with my setup(Thursday). Can you just specify what grid edition you are using + norns firmware?

bassik · 2020-06-15T12:53:56.585Z

Hello,
Norns (shield) has the latest firmware 200604
Grid is an old clone (bibo board) that is basically a 40h cloned board with a sparkfun button set.