Re: [AH] hardware virtual modulars

From Andrew Horton
Sent Fri, Nov 16th 2018, 21:56

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.

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:
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> I got an original nord modular last year and loved it so much I hunted do=
wn a G2 keyboard earlier this year. it's fantastic -- easy to use, sounds g=
ood, incredible flexibility. unfortunately, the main board seems to be tota=
lly dead and it's not clear it can be fixed at all. a new one would be arou=
nd $2000; I'd probably do it if I weren't now worried that the same thing w=
ill happen to the next one. any G2 users who can convince me this was a flu=
ke?
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> So, I'm thinking about other options. my ideal would be a piece of hardwa=
re 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 anyo=
ne has played with or compared things like the Organelle, Axoloti, Monome A=
leph, Monome Norns, or anything else I'm not thinking of.
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> I don't really want to take the heavyweight computer approach, but though=
t about trying to put something together with SuperCollider, especially sin=
ce if I like it I can buy a Norns to use it. but it seems possible to put t=
ogether a dedicated machine to run it. any SC users?
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> mike
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