Re: [AH] hardware virtual modulars

From Brian Willoughby
Sent Sun, Nov 18th 2018, 04:06

I got lost in this thread=E2=80=A6 Which one has the awful noise floor?

Monome Norns?
Organelle?

original Nord modular?
Nord G2?
Axoloti?
Monome Aleph?
SuperCollider?


On Nov 17, 2018, at 7:17 AM, negativesaucer <xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> =
wrote:
> and has an awful noisefloor
>=20
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2018, 4:58 PM A. Horton <xxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx =
wrote:
>> Norns is cool if you already know SC. Quite limited interface and =
very
>> dependent on the grid or arc controllers, so you're up for a minimum
>> $1500 investment. I barely talked myself out of going that route a =
few
>> weeks ago.
>>=20
>> Organelle is really the dark horse here. They're stupid-cheap and
>> people are doing amazing things with them like tricking them into
>> running multiple apps simultaneously.
>> On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 12:10 PM Mike Perkowitz <xxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> =
wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > I got an original nord modular last year and loved it so much I =
hunted down a G2 keyboard earlier this year. it's fantastic -- easy to =
use, sounds good, incredible flexibility. unfortunately, the main board =
seems to be totally dead and it's not clear it can be fixed at all. a =
new one would be around $2000; I'd probably do it if I weren't now =
worried that the same thing will happen to the next one. any G2 users =
who can convince me this was a fluke?
>> >
>> > So, I'm thinking about other options. my ideal would be a piece of =
hardware that I can program from a computer but disconnect and carry =
around, with audio ins and outs (I care less about CV connections). I'm =
curious if anyone has played with or compared things like the Organelle, =
Axoloti, Monome Aleph, Monome Norns, or anything else I'm not thinking =
of.
>> >
>> > I don't really want to take the heavyweight computer approach, but =
thought about trying to put something together with SuperCollider, =
especially since if I like it I can buy a Norns to use it. but it seems =
possible to put together a dedicated machine to run it. any SC users?
>> >
>> > mike
>> >
>>=20