An introduction to Flora for monome norns

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

Course level

£ 7.9

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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

An introduction to Flora for monome norns - On-demand

---- 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.

Useful links

Link: https://monome.org/docs/norns/
Link: https://github.com/jaseknighter/flora

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.