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Rotae Versantur

The wheels turn

A four-track recorder. This is a Norns script and engine optimized for the Monome Arc, though with a bit more tweaks it could be used with only a Norns.

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General Concept

Each wheel (knob) on the Arc represents a track. The Arc button toggles between playing (or recording), stopping when pressed and released. If you press the button and turn a wheel you get further actions.

• Wheel = Apply the current mode (amp, pan, reverb, tone) to the track
• Button + Wheel 1 = Seek (all tracks are synced)
• Button + Wheel 2 = Change modes
• Button + Wheel 3 = Select track for recording
• Button + Wheel 4 = Select tracks for bouncing

Workflow / Tutorial

All tracks start out empty

Record to track 1

• Hold down the button and turn Wheel 3 to select track 1 for recording
• Press and release the button to start recording from your microphone
• Make some noise!
• Press and release the button to stop recording

Record to track 2 while playing track 1

• Hold down the button and turn Wheel 3 to select track 2 for recording
• Press and release the button to start recording from your microphone
• You are now listening to Track 1 and recording to track 2
• Press and release the button to stop recording

Play back and adjust

• Press and release the button to start playback
• Turn Wheel 1 and Wheel 2 to adjust amp (volume)
• Hold down the button and turn wheel 2 until reverb (wheel 3) is lit
• Turn Wheel 1 and Wheel 2 to adjust reverb
• Hold down the button and turn wheel 2 until amp (wheel 1) is lit
• Turn Wheel 1 and Wheel 2 to adjust amp (volume) a bit more
• Press and release the button to stop playback
• Hold the button and turn Wheel 1 to seek back to the beginning

Combine track 1 and track 2 onto track 3

• Hold the button and turn Wheel 4 (bounce) until track 1 and track 2 are selected
• Hold the button and turn Wheel 3 (record) until track 3 is selected
• Hold the button and turn Wheel 1 (seek) until you are at the beginning
• Press and release the button to record
• The microphone AND track 1 AND track 2 will be recorded to track 3
• Press and release the button to stop recording
• Now you can record over track 1 and track 2