ambient talkie: ep 18 - concrète (a tape laboratory on your NORNS!)

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i'm so happy to finally showcase this amazing script for norns! had the privilege to test it out before the release and absolutely fell in love with it. it's an experimental tape loop laboratory, a performance tool, a morphagene cousin and much more. i try to cover as much as possible in the video but I do encourage anyone to experiment as much as you can and check the docs.
concrète is a tape handling script for norns with the spirit of make noise morphagene developed by ​⁠‪@sonocircuit‬
- contents -
00:00 - intro
00:37 - backstory
01:53 - page 1 (loading / recording / controls overview)
03:19 - page 1 (splicing)
04:14 - page 2 (controls overview)
06:32 - page 2 (morphing!)
07:57 - randomize options
09:23 - page 3 (the controls)
10:47 - the hidden grid page (adsr)
11:40 - keyboard mode & polyphony
13:19 - changing tape types
14:40 - recording to a new slice
15:55 - recording (mode / destination)
16:40 - storing presets
18:45 - saving splices & appending splice to reel
19:59 - spooky ghost!
20:50 - ghost control
21:30 - conclusion
thank you so much for sticking around!
#norns #monome #ambient #tutorial #morphagene
concrete is a tape loop lab for norns by ​⁠‪@sonocircuit‬
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[@reubenhendy]

having watched through all of your ambient talkies over the past week, i just won a bid on a norns shield earlier today and can't wait to join the community! thanks for another beautiful video; this may well be the first i try myself... :)

[@tworoundrobins]

That’s sooo great! You’re gonna have a blast exploring it :)

[@fayknotme9265]

No one makes videos like this. Thank you for demystifying the complex norns + grid workflow

[@tworoundrobins]

my pleasure! I also recommend videos by Peter Bark for all norns users :)

[@AdiGoldsteinComposer]

Great tutorial! Please make more! Thank you for sharing!

[@Lodit24]

The norns community never fails to amaze me. Just today I was finally getting around to messing around with orgnwrms (totally not the reason I missed the premiere lol) and now this comes around the corner and adds itself to the list of scripts I wanna try. Like, help! I need more time :D Still thank you for bringing it to my attention :) And also: Heck yeah tape \o/

[@tworoundrobins]

Easy does it! :) thank you for checking out the video and norns community truly inspires and shines with more than talented people. take your time with scripts :)

[@cbaproducciones]

Thanks for the wonderful talkies my friend. Still a newbie in Norns and your videos are a huge inspiration.

[@tworoundrobins]

thank you so much for checking it out! :)

[@SnoopLazeranake]

Wow! From the first note I could tell I was going to enjoy this one. Definitely need to check this script out. Great demo!!!

[@tworoundrobins]

Same thing happened to me when I first booted this script:)

[@NealSanche]

I pretty much use all of the talkie scripts. Thanks for the detailed demo.

[@tworoundrobins]

Glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@Hessencemusic]

Thank you as always my friend. What a wonderful script the one you bring us today. I can imagine how much you enjoyed during beta phase. 🖤

[@tworoundrobins]

It was such a blast! And thank you for your lovely comment, buddy! :)

[@stevenicholsonproducer]

Wow. So pleased I own a norns. Thank you sonoscircuit and @tworoundrobins for the tutorial

[@tworoundrobins]

Enjoy! :)

[@grief1]

very exciting! thanks for the video

[@tworoundrobins]

Thank you for checking it out :)

[@mohanisound]

Can't wait to try this! Thank you!

[@tworoundrobins]

Enjoy!

[@LabsCloud]

Thanks, I'm enjoying so much your talkies ❤️

[@beatronic7281]

Hey really cool video … I have a question about the grid. I bought one myself but I’ve not yet figured out how to configure it like you do in this video or with other Norns scripts. Do you have a tutorial for this or some tips and tricks? Thanks and I always enjoy your content :)

[@tworoundrobins]

if you’re using it with norns you don’t need additional configuration. If the script has grid implementation it should automatically pick up and lay it out accordingly. Just be sure you’re connected. For all other stuff I’d recommend checking out the grid studies on the monome doc pages:)

[@beatronic7281]

@@tworoundrobins thanks a lot for your comment … I’ll try it out :)

[@christdolphin69]

incredible. thank you for this

[@tworoundrobins]

My pleasure 👾

[@t1d3s]

100% getting this today and trying it out, thanks again for such an informative tutorial mate 🙏🖤

[@tworoundrobins]

Thank you so much for checking it out and have a blast using concrète!

[@t1d3s]

@@tworoundrobins Got it, wow! Soo good, been referring back to this video, so thank you, very helpful!

[@margaritaulokina7985]

💙

[@tworoundrobins]

❤️👾

[@LabsCloud]

Looks amazing 😀, do you know if its posible to play notes as you did with grid using midi in?

[@tworoundrobins]

Indeed it is! I think you just hook up your MIDI keyboard and it should work. Never tried it myself but the dev implemented this :)

[@LabsCloud]

@@tworoundrobins ohhh great, i will test 👍😃

[@vadimronin909]

thanx for this video! It's great! I have grid64, do you know is it possible to manage all functions on Grid64?

[@tworoundrobins]

hmm not sure, I think it needs to be reworked to work on the 64 grid but I could be wrong. I do advise checking out on lines forum - maybe they would have a more concrete answer - pun intended. Be informed that you can do most of the stuff without a grid as well!

[@arno1215]

Really cool video ! Thank you for sharing. I'm not too familiar with the Norns / Monome environment but considering getting one of those one day . Can you configure Norms to work with any basic midi controller ?

[@tworoundrobins]

Thank you and yes you can easily hook up any midi controller without the need to configure much :)

[@charlescowper]

Do any grid based devices work or do they have to be by monome? Thanks.

[@tworoundrobins]

really depends! but most grid devices can work with norns, however you will need to add midi grid / touch osc to the scripts where you want to use them. I suggest checking out the threads on line in order to see what needs to be done, but as I remember it it's a simple mod where you just need to add a line of code to the existing script and it should work.

[@julianblack3046]

Love this script, but my Shield really struggles to run it. Spikes the CPU to to 99% with accompanying clicks and pops. Hoping replacing the Pi 3 with a 4b will give it a bit more power and smooth out the playback?

[@tworoundrobins]

Hmm I wouldn’t recommend changing it to a 4b due to usb hubs being directly under the wifi antenna. What I suggest is changing the SD card to a faster one - also be sure you installed the correct version of the OS - so its for the correct rasPi

[@julianblack3046]

Thanks for that@@tworoundrobins - I swapped the card for a higher speed Sandisk and I think I'm now on the latest version of the OS. I flashed it with the 231114 fresh install, then used update, but hit the black screen after reboot issue, so had to apply the same update again via SSH. All seem well now, and Concrete works fine, though running three hefty samples in Graintopia can still max things out in the CPU and I get the odd pop and click, but its definitely waaay better and I now have a spare Pi4 B for other projects :)

[@tworoundrobins]

@@julianblack3046 great! I'm glad it worked out well :) usually CPU hits the wall with extra heavy projects, which I believe concrete really isnt :)

[@grief1]

Does anyone know if Concrete is available for download yet? I can't seem to find it in the list

[@tworoundrobins]

hey! it is! the link to the lines thread is in the description of this video.

[@grief1]

Thank you so much! Your channel is so helpful and comfy :) @@tworoundrobins

[@The_Sound_Technician]

I’m guessing without grid you can’t do half this stuff? 😢

[@tworoundrobins]

actually you can do quite a lot even without a grid. and you can play the slices with just a normal midi controller :)

[@NealCaen]

This is my favorite script, i use this more than any other, there’s so many possibilities. ❤️‍🩹 I’m sure other scripts have the same amount if not more possibilities, but this just feels the most right to me.

[@tworoundrobins]

It’s amazing and offers way more than expected!

[@NealCaen]

@@tworoundrobins I love the fact that you can scrub the play head yourself I mean wow, what a great design?! This is like so many scripts in one 😹