is an egg a type of seed?
a multi-track gesture sequencer for norns, grid, crow, midi, and internal sounds (beta). four tracks of manual, droning, or arquenced pitch, many tunings, midi, just friends communication + slewed pitch & function generators for crow
a spiritual successor to synecdoche
required
also supported
- midi
- just friends (synth mode)
in the maiden REPL, type:
;install https://github.com/andr-ew/eggs/releases/download/latest/complete-source-code.zip
track focus: in the main variant, tracks are as follows:
| midi | just friends |
| crow 1 + 2 | crow 3 + 4 |
in eggs/midi-only, all tracks are midi
keymap: grid keyboard. edit the tuning using scale & key
slew: hold to enable pitch slew. 8 keys to the right select slew time
latch: make it drone
arquencer: the arquencer is a mix between an arpeggiator & a sequencer. here are some ways to interact with it:
- hold & release multiple keys: creates a new arq (clears any previous keys). notes are played in the order they are pressed, including double-presses on the same key.
- single tap
- (blank key): insert a note at the current point in the arquence
- (active key): mute gate at note
- double tap: add repeat to note
- hold single key:
- (repeated key): remove repeat
- (active key): remove note
scroll columns: transpose up or down one degree within the current scale. this shifts your view of the keyboard left or right.
scroll rows: transpose up or down based on the row tuning interval. this shifts your view of the keyboard up or down.
pattern slots: slots for recording input sequences on the keymap. use them like this:
- single tap
- (blank pattern): begin recording
- (recording pattern): end recording, begin looping
- (playing pattern): play/pause playback. only one slot is active at a time
- double tap: overdub pattern
- hold: clear pattern
snapshots: snapshots to store & recall chords or arquences. use them like this:
- double tap: write to slot
- single tap read from slot
- hold: clear slot (latch & arquence only)
reverse & rate: set the direction & playback rate of the current pattern or arquence.
loop: enable looping of the pattern/arquence
scale: hold to edit the scale & other stuff
key: hold to edit the key / tonic
view: normal
- track 1: midi
- E1: midi destination
- E2-E3: macro
- K2-K3: macro focus
- track 2: jf
- E1: shift (linear pitch offset, map for vibrato)
- E2: note level
- E3: run voltage
- K2: synth mode. hold: run mode
- K3: panic. hold: god mode
- tracks 3 + 4: crow
- E1: function generator - time
- E2: function generator - shape
- E3: function generator - ramp
- K2: function generator - transient/sustain/cycle. hold: retrigger
- K3: function generator - trigger. hold: trigger patching on/off
- K1 (hold): set mod source
view: scale
- E1: scale
- E2: row tuning
- K2-3: fret marks
view: key
- E1: tuning system
- E2: base key
most params on screen + grid can be mapped to one of 4 destinations:
- crow input 1
- crow input 2
- track 3 cv (crow output 1)
- track 3 gate (crow output 2)
to map an on-screen param, just hold K1 and turn the encoder or press the key of the associated param. to map a param on the grid, hold K1 and tap any of the keys associated with that param
the midi track(s) can optionally be routed to an internal supercollider engine running on norns itself. currently there is a choice of three engines selectable via the engine param:
- polysub
- orgn
- molly the poly
if there's an engine you'd like to use with eggs that's not included in this list, I've written some instructions on how to add one.
on the midi track(s), there are 3 pages of macros. these macros can be assigned to address either an outgoing midi cc, or any param found in the selected engine or n.b. voice. configuration is found under PARAMS > midi out [#] > macros. if using midi CC you can set the CC# of each of the CCs available using the "address" params.