EXPLORING NORNS: Live Sampling with MLR

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[@dadam3994]

It's very pleasant to hear someone talking about Norns/grid ecosystem and demistifying it while being funny at the same time, it makes it very enjoyable for me to watch. I've been overflowed by all the infos I can get about all Monome stuff and this is refreshing !

[@brmbkl]

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[@temporary_terpenes]

You totally deserve positive comments. The video was just enducational enough and just entertaining enough to both give me a chuckle and teach me someting about Norns and MLR. Thanks.

[@MistahShootrES]

KZbin: Do you want to watch somebody explaining how to use something you've never seen and probably wouldn't have? Me: Yes.

[@cityz3n]

So the youtube algorithm can actually push decent content.

[@Jimantronic]

Great guide, thank you. Cool to have Norns stuff nicely explained like this 👍

[@fsuchs]

Actually wrapping my head around Mlre, never touched the previous mlr classic version. But your video is very useful for demystifying this script. Thanks for that :) and thanks too for your channel content. Great discovery, really entertaining!

[@williamthazard]

I've absolutely fallen in love with my norns shield, and I've got a grid in the mail. This made me very excited to noodle for oodles. It made my laugh too. Thanks for that!

[@raevon6845]

Awesome. More Norns!

[@TimH123]

Entertaining style. Good work.

[@magnetoclash]

Watching old vids, and hoping that you’ll came back to us with music making! Miss you, and love you octadad.

[@saniespinosa8323]

dude! i dont know why the gods of the youtube algorithm blessed me this week but i just found ur page and I'm loving it, don't even own an OT but might get one not sure, nevertheless you're super entertaining! and ur music is brilliant too ! keep it up dude fr fr

[@saniespinosa8323]

love from all the way from Australia !

[@calderwood9641]

Watching this for the first time today. Pretty inspiring sounds from what seems to be very little work. Hope you’re doing good Daniel ❤

[@AndrewJohnClive]

Thanks man, great video!🙂

[@SixMissing]

Woah, what! I just found you here. This is amazingly well done dude and completely helpful. I just plunged into Norns and Grid recently, wild. Totally overwhelmed lol.

[@brmbkl]

get on a synth forum and look for secondhand. some people build diy for themselves (just for lols) and then discover it's not for them or they are more about the process and not the music. win/win

[@louiswarynski9039]

‘MLR’ is a tribute to Miller Puckette.

[@abbenilsson]

Very informative and entertaining! 👍

[@zooeymeetsworld]

Thanks for this!

[@rheslip20]

Thanks for this. I built a Norns shield and its cool but its not quite clicking with me yet. You just explained why I need it - immediacy. Experiment and get results quickly vs spending hours fiddling with a DAW and ending up with shit. Now I can justify building a Grid. Best Norns video I've watched so far!

[@Sprayfart69]

some pretty moments in here Daniel

[@softsmoken]

Hey there.. good work. I've been looking for whatever I need to build/ get hold of one of these little norns boxes for algorithmic generative music... you happen to know best way?

[@romikotchan]

You are so funny and brillant! Thanks

[@ambitsmusic]

Great stuff..thanks

[@liamsparling]

What version of grids is this and where did you get it?

[@paultyrrell8060]

Love your channel. What do the Q and Alt buttons do?

[@MrOuija-rr8kq]

I do not own any of the gear you own but I love watching your videos.

[@Almanacs]

Awesome content, mate!! Do you know where can I get a Diy Norns? Can't find on internet. Cheers!

[@almightyEsquilax]

You can get kits on monome's site, and I see kits that someone built on Reverb pretty often. There's options right now.

[@aaiieenn]

Where did you get that Grids clone? :D Great video, can't wait to try my Norns once it arrives

[@ModerneArketekt]

Excellent video, and I'm also very curious what you're using for the grid. Really want to play around with Norns/MLR, but the monome ones are way more than I can afford at the moment.

[@ClideGeardenaweseomeness]

Im in the same boat, what is it?

[@take2408]

might be a neotrellis grid

[@verbenamusic]

This video is bloody excellent! It's like Anthony Fantano read a digitakt manual, love this alot keep it up bud

[@TEHBILB]

*plays all notes in scale except minor 2nd* "yeah I like phrygian" jk I love you octadad don't ground me pls

[@jmun_11]

do you also teach norns in your 1-on-1 lessons ? :)

[@nkozi]

okay but where did you get the DIY grid?? I've been wanting one so so badly and no one on lines will sell me one :/

[@theagainagain]

I’m in the same boat

[@sendaero]

Don’t leave us hangin!

[@thorstenebers2862]

MLR , you have a link ?

[@beaurekileejensen]

How do you avoid pops and clicks in mlr recording 😓 it’s driving me insane!!!

[@modgrip805]

Which grid is that?

[@grawlixes]

love this video as I'm learning norns. also you're funni.

[@rivella99]

Could you please tell us, what grid controller this is? Since the one from Monome is sold out a lot of people have to look for alternatives. Thank you!

[@rivella99]

To me it looks like a DIY Adafruit NeoTrellis board.

[@AtTheTableGames]

you are correct, yeah. didn’t build it myself, but i’ve found it to be a useful alternative. the build quality is nowhere near as beefy as the monome grid, but it costs considerably less if you DIY it, so all in all it’s pretty worth

[@rivella99]

@@AtTheTableGames Thank you. May i ask where you bought it then or do you have a link to a site of the person/company who sells it ready to use?

[@thelo-fidelityarchive597]

@@rivella99 I'm curious about this as well, as I don't really have the tools or skills to DIY something like this.

@@rivella99 @The Messy Desk I'd love to know where to get a grid like this too!

[@blitbleep]

If you like norns loopers, check OOOOOO script.

[@rogeriocrispim]

Can you share info on this grid controller you are using with your Norns Shield? Have you built it yourself, or bought it somewhere? Thanks

[@adamgunn2885]

also want to know this!

[@harness79]

ditto

[@rivella99]

Seems to be a huge secret...

[@teknotarot3125]

so this is a super dumb question, but can’t you dooooo dooo this with pickup machines?

[@AtTheTableGames]

not a dumb question at all! the short answer is yes and no. i mean, technically you can do this sort of basic thing with literally any looper. but the automated pitch shifting is fairly unique to mlr. like i said in the video, i kinda can’t explain why this particular looper results in the happy accidents it does while other loopers just don’t for me. but yes, if you’re just looking for multiple asynchronous loops, pickup machines can do that job for sure

[@teknotarot3125]

@@AtTheTableGames dear octadad thanks for the prompt reply. i looked up said device and it is my understanding that with the controller we are looking at a 1500$ device (if not in the diy case)? is this correct or am i missing something?

[@marcwav]

ME LIKEY

[@thelevicole]

Is MLR kind of useless without a grids?

[@temporary_terpenes]

I'm new to Norns and the concepts of the architecture. I believe MLR is script that ties the Softcut engine together with the Monome Grid as a controller. The Softcut engine can be accessed on it's own with other scripts on the Norns is what I can gather. monome.org/docs/norns/softcut/

[@fallprecauxionsmusic]

I'm a gomer!!

[@JB-xv4bw]

is this channel anthony fantanos night time job??

[@robertsyrett1992]

I dunno, norns seems like an over-priced overly specific arduino kit.

[@blitbleep]

norns shields in cheaper. Also, it runs on raspberry, not arduino

[@robertsyrett1992]

@@blitbleep my apologies, it is a raspberry pi. But if I wanted something like norns, surely an organelle is about the same and half the price if I pick up a used one. No?

[@blitbleep]

@@robertsyrett1992 norns shields cost 200 usd, not that expensive for such a versatile machine, imo

[@robertsyrett1992]

@@blitbleep thanks again, I had old pricing info, I guess :)

[@modgrip805]

@@robertsyrett1992 Having owned both, the Organelle is total shit in comparison.

[@TVOvercast]

700 for Grids. Nah, I'm out. There's cooler stuff a guy could buy for that kinda cash.

[@TimH123]

Entertaining style. Good work.