TouchOSC templates for Grid and Arc

okyeron · 2019-08-25T21:10:10.572Z

TouchOSC templates for Grid and Arc

iPad-sized TouchOSC implementations of grid and arc

denki oto

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Tested only with some very experimental code on norns, but should be usable in pd/Max or other OSC tools.

Note - these are NOT officially supported on norns yet.

Requirements

TouchOSC, iPad

Documentation

OSC addresses for buttons/leds/encoders are set in monome serial format

Grid:
Buttons: /grid/key x y - using x and y coordinates on the grid. Value is 0-1
LEDs: /grid/led x y - using x and y coordinates on the grid. . Value is 0-15 (vari-brightness)

Arc:
Encoders: /arc/enc n where n is encoder number
LED rings: /ring/led n x where n is encoder number and x is led number.

GitHub

See github for most recent code

GitHub

okyeron/oscgrid

touchosc emulation for monome grid. Contribute to okyeron/oscgrid development by creating an account on GitHub.

Download

most recent template:
grid128_arc4.touchosc (6.7 KB)

Older templates
grid128.touchosc (3.5 KB)
arc4.touchosc (3.3 KB)

jasonw22 · 2019-08-25T23:41:03.513Z

okyeron:

should be usable in pd/Max or other OSC tools

I think part of the mystery of how to make this work might be here (monomebridge):

GitHub

monome-community/collected

This is a holding area for monome apps that need testing before movement into their own repository. - monome-community/collected

and then you’d have to use one of these old (pre-serialosc) apps:

GitHub

monome-community/collected-ms

This is a holding area for apps that need to be updated for serialosc compatibility before movement into their own repository. - monome-community/collected-ms

otherwise, the newer variety all expect serialosc to be involved, and I’m not really clear on how to connect with that object since OSC is higher level than raw serial communication.

But I haven’t been able to make anything work yet, so I may be barking up the wrong tree.

okyeron · 2019-08-25T23:43:50.725Z

I figured it might need a replacement input object (or whatever it’s called) in pd/max, rather than using serialosc/monomebridge

jasonw22 · 2019-08-25T23:44:15.839Z

That sounds right. …

jamesbretz · 2019-10-08T22:40:19.907Z

Any tips on getting this up and running with Norns? Or is it still a bit early for that?

okyeron · 2019-10-09T00:45:36.429Z

It’s really hacky

Lemme check with Gerald who has done some further hacking on it

polyoptics · 2019-10-09T12:43:14.177Z

This is cool! – does it send out the OSC info to Norns over wifi?

okyeron · 2019-10-09T14:33:00.972Z

That is correct…

okyeron · 2019-10-29T15:59:39.129Z

a few people have asked about this so I wanted to update a bit…

Got a Github setup and there is a “loader” branch at https://github.com/okyeron/oscgrid/tree/loader

This includes some mods by @Gerald_Stevens and a unified single Grid/Arc TouchOSC template (grid on one page, arc on the other).

With this you would first use load_grid.lua to establish the virtual grid and then you should be able to use ay other grid enabled script after that. The virtual grid will stick around until you restart. This may have unintended side effects.

This is generally untested (by me), but I hope to play with it more while I’m traveling the next couple weeks.

kasselvania · 2019-10-30T01:27:12.374Z

Is there something similar for using the arc on the norns? I was hoping to use this in conjunction with Mangl

I know you say that these are not officially supported on norns at the top, so, that SHOULD answer my question, but I was curious if this had worked with Mangl. Haha

Tried the test. I am an idiot. Thanks!

jamesbretz · 2019-10-30T02:08:18.962Z

I got both running, the template in the branch has a page each for Grid and Arc. IP address of your iPad needs to be added to both files in the /lib/ directory.

kasselvania · 2019-10-30T02:44:37.743Z

Correct me if I’m wrong, but the system moving forward is basically to alter a script that requires the Arc to changes listed in the test script, correct?

okyeron · 2019-10-30T03:56:50.028Z

I don’t remember!

I’ll try to play with this soon.

kasselvania · 2019-10-30T04:01:05.350Z

HAHAH! That’s fine. I’ll sniff around and see what the differences in the code might be. All I know is, Mangl more or less worked out the box (as the test.lua script). So, no issues there? Haha

thopa · 2019-10-30T06:50:34.089Z

I guess this could be implemented on the lemur as it speaks OSC too?

Tim052 · 2019-10-30T10:29:56.853Z

Got the input working very easily on grids but no luck on getting feedback from grids to light up the pads using correct ip in the lib added and tried a couple diffrent ports will have to reinvestigate once this develops more.

kasselvania · 2019-10-30T21:18:47.656Z

So, getting feedback requires correctly putting in the IP address of your touchosc device in the lib file, which is all good, but I’ve had an issue where the information is sent at a really strange rate and causes the norns to basically grind to a halt. It almost works better WITHOUT the LED feedback.

okyeron · 2019-10-30T21:55:00.947Z

Something I observed while using this stuff before - any script that refreshes grid leds at a high rate (like more than 10-15 fps) will cause norns to bog down as you saw.

Some scripts are not going to work well because they refresh too often.

kasselvania · 2019-10-30T21:59:56.012Z

Yeah, as a result, Mangl begins to freak out. It’s a nice potential way to run it without the LED feedback, but defeats some of the beauty of the program! Very cool script though! I wonder what could be done in the future to get it running faster. Cool concept though!!

Gerald_Stevens · 2019-11-01T23:58:03.848Z

It works really well if you have strong wifi connections. Weak connections cause horrible data pileups. I tried to help with this by only sending LED state changes. Not sure I got it working… Arc implementation needs a lot of help too.