Norns: update 201023 / 201029

[tehn]

USE SYSTEM > UPDATE

norns 2.4.3

• NEW softcut: copy buffers with reverse and crossfade @csboling
• NEW softcut: grab buffer data (for visualization) @csboling
• NEW softcut: crossfade and preserve buffer options for buffer_clear @csboling
• NEW script favorites @zzsnzmn
• NEW virtual raw midi port support @ngwese @patriciogv
• NEW midi sysex support improved @ngwese
• NEW params: type binary for trig, toggle, momentary @andrew
• NEW params: option to disable mapping @ngwese
• NEW deque: add peek, peek_back, find @ngwese
• NEW sky: additions and refinements @ngwese
• NEW ui slider direction option @ericmoderbacher
• FIX midi: handle running status @ngwese
• FIX musicutil: scale refinement @markeats
• FIX softcut: clamp params @zebra
• FIX update system: clean up @tridae
• FIX er: handle empty table, add shift @zebra
• FIX build: remove boost, use moodycamel @zebra
• FIX prevent crash when trimming unicode strings @markeats
• FIX tape: protect from overwriting files @csboling
• FIX script preview: remove trailing whitespace @csboling
• FIX git housekeeping @ngwese
• FIX param menu: restore fine control after fileselect @tomw
• FIX controlspec: quantum not set when copying @tomw

image

• NEW kernel 4.19.127-16 @ngwese

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updated full disk images

not necessary for the update (just use SYSTEM > UPDATE) but available if you want a full clean install (note this will wipe your whole disk, so backup first)

see https://monome.org/docs/norns/help/#fresh-install

• norns201029.img
• norns201029-shield.img

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description

major highlights include:

• new softcut capabilities written by @csboling: waveform visualization, buffer copying with crossfades and reversal, and crossfaded buffer clear. these non-realtime operations open up a lot of possibilities. @dan_derks has some sample code and updated studies, forthcoming!
• “favorites” system for script menu. use E3 to toggle a script as a “favorite”, which will appear in a list at the top next time you enter the screen. this list is saved in dust. added by @zzsnzmn!
• new “binary” param type for trigger, toggle, and momentary param menu interaction— @andrew want to post a demo?
• new kernel! put together by the tireless @ngwese

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201029

norns 2.4.4

• FIX midi/crow listing bug @ngwese

also updated image files with cleaned up device state.

[dan_derks]

@tehn

sample code and updated studies

are live!

pull the updated softcut studies from maiden

many thanks to @csboling for the gorgeous work on softcut (and @zebra for softcut, always forever)

this update rules.

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also, we took the opportunity to update the stock scripts which come with a fresh image. there’s been so much incredible energy from the community over the last few months + we were very excited to add some of the new classics to the “unboxing” experience

for the curious

• arcologies (@tyleretters)
• ash (collected)
• awake (@tehn)
• barcode (@infinitedigits)
• benjolis (@scazan)
• boingg (@Justmat)
• cheat_codes
• compass (@Olivier)
• cranes
• cyrene (@21echoes)
• dronecaster (so many folks! initiated by @tyleretters)
• dunes (@Olivier)
• euclidigons (@synthetivv + @setfield )
• foulplay (@Justmat)
• glut (@artfwo)
• greyhole (@Justmat)
• less_concepts
• lissadron (@LFSaw)
• loom (@markeats + @instantjuggler)
• mangl (@Justmat)
• mlr (@tehn)
• molly_the_polly (@markeats)
• moln (@jah)
• oooooo (@infinitedigits)
• otis (@Justmat)
• passersby (@markeats)
• patchwork (@Olivier)
• phyllis (@Justmat)
• pools (@Justmat)
• showers (@Justmat)
• step (@jah)
• timber (@markeats)
• timeparty (@crim)
• tuner (@markeats)
• we (collected)
• wrms (@andrew)
• why

[bloc]

NEW script favorites @zzsnzmn

Already the best update EVER!

[Justmat]

@tehn

NEW softcut: grab buffer data (for visualization)

this is awesome! thanks for all the work everyone <3

[andrew]

@tehn

want to post a demo?

boom!

https://gist.github.com/andr-ew/9183b0fb55dd58ffaee9235e98b03ca6

the goal of these was to open up new mapping behavior specifically for foot-switch devices - which does not work in this update, buy hopefully I’ll find some time to add the map page support before the next one !

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really excited to try these softcut scissors @csboling ! I already have an app design brewing that will need em

[noiserock]

WOW! 20 characters of

[vcvcvc_val]

Amazing work, everyone!

[DuellingAnts]

This looks like a big one!! Amazing work as always

[Markus_Zorn]

Amazing!!

Thank you so much everyone involved

[circuitghost]

Whoa. Most impressive.

[tomw]

@tehn I’m @tomwaters on github. Thanks!

[nattog]

Great release - looking forward to messing with the new softcut bits. What is sky? Is there some documentation about it somewhere?

[infinitedigits]

i’ve been getting 404’s for the softcut API:

that page comes from a link from softcut studies. Is it under construction atm?

[ngwese]

@nattog

What is sky? Is there some documentation about it somewhere?

Ha - it is a higher level event processing framework that provides devices which you can chain together. There is no documentation currently but there will be a script releasing in the next week or two which is built with it.

The ambition is to provide some docs and study type material. Soon.

[dan_derks]

@infinitedigits

the softcut API

guhhh. docs have been shuffling around the last few days, apologies.

here it is

[zebra]

couple things to note:

• this is not the “big” update to softcut, that will land with norns 3.0 [*]. that will include breaking changes to the APIs and will require a beta/RC period so that script authors can check it out (we may want to revise some decisions, etc.)

• we don’t yet have documentation for the additional NRT buffer-processing stuff that sam has kindly added. if this is an interesting direction, we could easily extend the concept to add other NRT generation/filtering/editing functions. (allow contributions, etc.) it would be useful to kick the tires on these first, since i suspect some architectural issues could be exposed. (e.g. lack of proper thread-safety mechanisms around the softcut buffers.)

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[*] i am no longer gonna try and make predictions as to when this will land. 2020 is hard

[synthetivv]

Successfully reflashed my Norns from the image this afternoon and all is well. Really looking forward to the using the waveform peak calculation functionality, script favorites is an awesome feature I didn’t know I wanted, and I’m very pleased you saw fit to include Euclidigons in the default script set (shout out to @setfield too!).

I got a little scared when my Grid + Arc weren’t immediately recognized by scripts, but then I saw that there was already a Grid and Arc configured in SYSTEM > DEVICES. Removing them from port 1 and then adding mine fixed the problem. I don’t remember having to do that before, so just a note for others who might run into the same thing.

CM3+ users will also have to do the sudo raspi-config > Advanced > Expand Filesystem thing in order to get access to their extra disk space.

[dan_derks]

@synthetivv

I saw that there was already a Grid and Arc configured in SYSTEM > DEVICES. Removing them from port 1 and then adding mine fixed the problem. I don’t remember having to do that before, so just a note for others who might run into the same thing.

ah, sorry about that! that’d be the test grid + arc, which weren’t wiped out of the system before compiling the image. i’ll make a note for us to fix that, thank you!

and thank you for the CM3+ note – i’ve added the expansion steps to the fresh install docs.

[ngwese]

@synthetivv

Successfully reflashed my Norns from the image this afternoon and all is well

Just wanted to note that I believe folks can use the normal SYSTEM > UPDATE menu to pick up the new release. Re-flashing the entire device shouldn’t be needed unless problems are encountered.

The initial post is a bit ambiguous with respect to the use of the images. The new images help address a question which has come up in a few threads where people were wondering if there was a newer image to start from when building a device.

[sqrlfrtz]

Do you know if you still have to backup your recorded material when updating this way?