Hi everybody! I tried to find something similar on the forum, but did not find anything suitable. I am new to Norns and really looking for your advice and help
I received my Norns Shield the other day and everything is wonderful, except for a few points that I would like to know more about and perhaps fix them.
I noticed that the Norns Shield worked rather unstable.
Almost every time you start, errors pop up (jack error, supercollider error, duplicate engines, error init), which for some reason disappear after a restart (or several). Also, almost always after loading new scripts, the device hangs on restart. It also takes a long time to turn on/off. It can hang on restart, after which other scripts also stop loading (not always). I googled information on the name of these errors, and most often I met advice on reflashing sd card, I have already done this twice, but nothing has changed.
And one more thing that I would like to single out separately, because it’s just awful. When using some scripts, when changing parameters, there is a sharp, terrible roar of noise that sounds through the mixer (video here). That is, even at the minimum value of the overall output level, this destructive noise is as loud as possible, and does not respond to changes in the faders in the mixer. Unless a complete decrease in the volume of the output channel turns it off. In all other positions, the master exit noise sounds equally loud.
After this happens, the Norns works and loads other scripts, but the noise does not disappear, it will change its frequency content, but it is always an maximum loud shrill noise that can cause serious hearing damage, depending on what sound output device you are using. I was in headphones… Sometimes i have panic attacks, and this incident caused it. Now I’m just afraid to use my Norns Shield, and I’m very sad that such a wonderful device, with such magical scripts, has such shortcomings. Specifically, one script with which this noise ALWAYS occurs with a certain sequence of parameter changes is NC01-DRONE/INTERPOINT. Noise disappears after reboot. I don’t remember anothers, but with most of the scripts that I tried (about 20) there are no such problems. But it’s still a huge problem. To meditate on pleasant soft sounds, and to know that at a random moment your eardrums will burst from a wild noise is very stressful, and discourages the desire to take risks. And I have no idea how to take it to live performances with such problems.
This leaves me with three questions:
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Regarding mistakes. Is it possible to deal with them? Or is this a feature of Norns, and do all users have this?
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What could be the problem with the sudden loud noise? Where to dig? Is there any hope that this can be completely fixed?
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Does the original Norns represent a more stable device than Norns Shield? I would gladly be ready to buy the original if I knew that the problems described above are not there.