An introduction to Flora for monome norns - On-demand
Explore Flora as a compositional tool for making generative music using the norns UI and external controllers/synthesizers.
Course Instructor: Jonathan Snyder
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Flora is an L-systems sequencer and bandpass-filtered sawtooth engine for monome norns.
What you'll learn
- Navigate the Flora UI and parameters menus to build and perform your own compositions
- Create dynamically shaped, multinodal envelopes to modulate Flora’s bandpass-filtered sawtooth engine
- Build generative polyrhythms and delays into your compositions
- Use crow and/or midi-enabled controllers and synthesizers to play Flora
Requirements
- A computer and internet connection
- A norns device with Flora installed
- Optional: A midi-enabled controller and/or synthesizer
Course content
- ---- Flora screens instructions to download
- ---- Part 1 - Welcome and introductions
- ---- Part 2 - About the BandSaw engine
- ---- Part 3 - How Does The Flora Sequencer Work - Creating The “Basic Sequence-1
- ---- Part 4 - Envelopes (Plow screen)
- ---- Part 5 - Bandsaw parameters (Water screen)
- ---- Part 6 - Envelope Modulation (Plow screen)
- ---- Part 7 - Midi control (examples with 16n and OMX-27)
Who is this course for
- In this workshop you will learn how L-system algorithms are used to produce musical sequences while exploring the script’s UI and features.
About the workshop leader
Jonathan Snyder is a Portland, Oregon based sound explorer and educator. Previously, he worked for 22 years as a design technologist, IT manager, and educator at Columbia University’s Media Center for Art History, Method, and Adobe.
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