#182

to be honest I don’t quite understand them, i think the simplest solution right now is to use something like midipipe in between norns and the digi

#183

Hey folks!

Trying to do some midi sequencing with norns Orca for the first time I’m encountering the following: no matter the value I set for the midi note length, it seems to just always hold the gate open, as it were.

I would expect a trigger or gate of variable length to be fired, but it just seems to be “on” from ever after the first note.

I’ve only tried it with the FH-2 so far. It’s notable though that this is not how the FH-2 behaves under other circumstances: Orca from the desktop & loom from the norns both work as expected.

Anyone else see similar?

#184

FYI I spent some time debugging this last night.

I opened a pull request that I think respects the original intent? (And fixes the issues I was trying to describe above.)

Feedback welcome!

#185

BTW, I previously had to set the Timber trigger ‘octave’ to 2 to get the sample to playback as normal. Now it’s Octave 5.

#186

Yo, you still got the first patch from this? I’d be super curious to take a look at it and crack it open. It’s very cool and while I’m getting up to speed with Orca in terms of functionality, I’d like to look at more patches to help inspire!

#187

Just wanted to try Orca on Norns for the first time - I can move the cursor with enc 2 + 3 but it does not react to the teletype keyboard I connected and which is recognized by Norns as the devices menu says.

Any ideas what I could be doing wrong here?

#188

I had that issue. I rebooted the Norns with the keyboard plugged in at boot and that worked for me.

#189

Lucky you! I tried that, but unfortunately with no success… :frowning:

#190

Hmmm… my norns is built on a Pi, so, sometimes I have an odd issue where some things work better in other USB ports. But I guess you probably tried that too?

Also, have you deleted and reinstalled the script? I’ve had some better luck with scripts when reinstalling them.

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#191

I have a consistent issue when the TT keyboard is plugged into usb 2 when the WiFi nub is in. Generally, unplugging the WiFi and cycling through a few ports worth the keyboard will fix the issue.

I also seem to have better luck when I head to the Settings > Devices menu and ensure that the usb slot with the keyboard corresponds the correct port on the device menu selection.
Eg. if I’m looking directly at the back, from left to right, ports are 1234. So the menu will show keyboard in port 2 and the keyboard will be in USB port too.

I do this because consistently see keyboard & keyboard 2 on the menu when only one is plugged in, so this workaround may not apply to you.
Good luck!

#192

yep, usually one of them is working

#193

Thank you for the advice! I tried all but the one I have the WiFi dongle in. That’s the one the keyboard works with now and I eventually got it running.

Unfortunately the WiFi does not work as reliable with the other USB jacks too…

Interestingly, after switching the devices, it took me a bit to find a new combination of USB jacks that made the Grid work again as it did not work anymore plugged in where it used to work before…

And yes, I too have two keyboards in the devices list when only one is connected.

#194

Any chance someone would be able to put together a little “how to” on the softcut parameter? I’ve experimented with it a little, but can’t seem to get any softcut results. I am wondering if, with timber engine notes being triggered, I maybe need to send those sounds to softcut the then be referred by the softcut symbol?

#195

Check out this post

#196

This happens to me most times. I delete both and reload the one I want into the first slot and it’s always worked. I’ve used three keyboards w/ Norns and had to do this w/ all three but it’s worked every time.

#197

So, just so I can conceptualize the function in actions, you would set it up as something like this:

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It would be recording sound to playhead 2, with a high record value, playing it back in reverse, playing it back with a high rate, (not sure what the standard number for playback at the same record speed), and every time the bang hits, it returns to the beginning of the sample, correct?

If you have something like a synth or instrument plugged in to the Input, is this recorded to the same play head a all other sounds?

What do I do to define which sound is getting put in there, or is it all global? I don’t fully understand why I choose which playhead unless there’s a way to define which sound I’m recording to that playhead.

#198

You can leave last 3 inputs empty for default values. Different playheads required if you have more than 1 softcut operator (they share the same buffer)

Sounds are recorded globally, but you can specify input source with softcut params operator \ (engine, input jacks or both).

edit: also, in your example it would play on lowest rate and volume, as the last 3 inputs have full base36 input range - 0-z

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#199

Amazing, thanks! (20 characters)

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#200

Hey all,
I have a question in regards to using the alphabet characters for entry in to certain fields.

I have been wanting to program a bunch of values for button presses on my grid. Because of some current issues with entering A-Z for these values, I have only been able to use the first 10 columns. Basically, you can see here that if I wanted to use the button at the very bottom right of my grid, I would need to enter the following:

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You can see that G, while reading as 16 by the grid input symbol, it is still Asking for placement to the left. This means that E is also not a viable option. Is this a bug or feature of Orca?

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#201

I don’t have an answer for you, but in Orca I default to using lower-case letters for numerical values because they’re inactive by default… just to avoid the possibility of this issue. But I’m still interested to know the answer.