#21

ER-301
16n

Ansible
JF x3
W/ x2
Norns
Crow x2

I’m currently running the 301 and 16n on one bus.
Used to run ansible with poly earthsea connected to 1 JF and the 301.
I plan on having a norns-crow-JF and W/ configuration.
But I’m excited to see what other configurations people come up with and if I need a second crow.

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#22

Currently just Teletype and 16n.

#23

My plan is crow and just friends only, with external USB from M4L. I have no idea what I’m doing with I2C but I got some female cables in the mail.

#24

Yes, you’d need to re-build the firmware of the 16n in order to set it as a follower. It’s a very simple procedure, it only takes 2 minutes. Crow will read the values of the 16n if you write a script for that.

You must also be careful not to have multiple sets of pull-up resistors on the same bus. If the pull up resistors of the 16n faderbank cannot be switched off then do not activate Crow’s own pull-up resistors (they’re disabled by default, see here for more infos)

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#25

Yup, I’ve changed the firmware on my 16n a bunch of times, so that won’t be a problem.

So, theoretically a script could be written that would pass the 16n data on to the ER-301 AS WELL AS be interpreted in some other way that would also be sent to JF. It’s a just a matter of writing that script.

Which means if Crow runs as leader and 16n, ER-301 and JF are all runnings as followers, then they can all be connected on the same bus at the same time. Heavy. I guess now I need to read the i2c thread about how to connect them all together on a single bus!

And thanks for the tip about the pull-up resistors, I probably would’ve missed that. My 16n is from @MichiganSynthWorks and it has a switch to turn on/off the pull ups, so that makes life easy.

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#26

1 bus (* = One of these acts as leader)
Teletype*
ER-301
JF (on loan to a friend rn though)
TXi
TXo
White Whale (currently Polyearthsea*)
Crow
.
.
. midi below
.
.
Norns
2host (soon…just moved, need to finish putting together…will be replacing RME Babyface Pro & M-audio Midisport UNO)
Mac (Ableton Live/Max for Live)

I am also planning on getting the Meris Midi I/O or Chase Bliss Midibox plus my M-audio Midisport Uno to interface with my Meris Mercury7/PolyMoon and Elektron Heat with Norns

#27

hey, folks. if you’ve got crow and er301, we need some help testing the crow/er301 support code that i wrote. @Galapagoose has the info here:

thanks!

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^^ crow help: general (connectivity, device q's, ecosystem)
#28

i have never used i2c but am very excited to try. clearly i have no idea what i’m talking about but this is what i have and what i think the setup would be like

crow ( leader )
just friends ( follower )
w/ ( follower )
ansible ( follower )

laptop ( host )
norns ( host )

my ideal scenario is to use m4l to control just friends polyphonically and to do some more w/ manipulation. secondly, i would love to load scripts ( for now it would be other users kind enough to share their code ) on to crow that would be useful for live performance. lastly, i am interested in eventually using druid to livecode. cv controlled computer code !!!

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#29

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planning a two bus setup

1: tt leading w/ + ^^
2: ^^ leading w/ + jf

hosts: norns + ableton m4l

future additions: 16n + more ^^s

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#30

1 bus in my rack:

  • Crow
  • W/

Will be playing around with control from:

  • Mac:
    Druid
    Max
    Node.js(1)

  • Raspberry Pi:
    Druid
    Node.js

At some point in the not-too-distant future I hope to add a DIY Norns to the mix.

(1) It’s a long way from being useful, but I do have Node talking to Crow. I’ll post more when there’s something fleshed out. In the meantime, if someone wants to run with it themselves, I could post my proof of concept script (after a small bit of cleanup).

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#31

How are you liking the “can’t believe it’s not a vco”?

#32

One of the ones i havent got yet

Need to find one built somewhere