An introduction to Flora for monome norns

by Jonathan Snyder

Membership plan: Getting Started | Topics: Music Production

Course overview

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

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.

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)

Requirements

A computer and internet connection
A norns device with Flora installed
Optional: A midi-enabled controller and/or synthesizer

Meet your instructor

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.