I’m not sure what the status is of the user contributions and how it is all managed on the forum and/or the wiki (I lost track of all the discussion about discussions threads and it’s just too much too read up on by now…), but for my own convenience I have put my presets in a GitHub repository and plan to maintain them there. Anyone in charge, self-proclaimed or officially knighted by the ruling powers, let me know if there is something I need to know
would you mind sharing your github link here?
i strongly believe that everybody who’s in charge would be happy
to link to your repo instead of the units you shared in the forum.
(the corresponding forum discussions are and will be linked, too…)
Oh yeah, I didn’t do that right? I was being so thorough I forgot what I wanted to share in the first place I have edited the post so the link is there.
Thinking about ‘the project’ you guys have undertaken. It’s just occurred to me, that, the most logical index of units is the community thread that the developer creates to introduce, the unit, their creation.
An index of units compiled as a directory of discussion threads. The one single unique part of any unit, wherever it may be found, is the discussion, posted on the OD forum.
So rather than an index of units, an index of threads?
If I have taken anything away from the Discussion about Discussions threads is that a most popular consensus seemed to be: “Why not have both?”
I like the idea of an index by units on the wiki, but an index of threads is equally useful. Although in my mind that doesn’t take any work at all since, come to think of it, don’t we already have an index of threads on the forum? That’s why we have the custom unit tag!
Exactly! That’s a good point. Although we have a list of threads, do we have an index of threads that contain the discussions of individual custom units or, presets.
Suppose there was a thread template for any unit innovation. Within the template you would record the essential detail about the unit, such as cpu usage etc, and then the thread evolved naturally, documenting all the contributions, fixes, upgrades design thoughts and so on.
Rather than duplicating all the unique detail within the thread, just do exactly what you did, above, within the forum, as an index, like the index you posted above, the forum links.
love your style mate
and this drawing made me think how much i’d like to see a portable, battery powered er-301
my lunchbox is supercute but no way to mobile power it unfortunately…
i think even a desktop version with a configurable stereo out and perhaps a midi and or usb in (think something similar to norns) would become a bestseller inside and outside of the eurorack world!
Thanks man A battery powered system would sure be cool and it’s definitely not impossible! I’ve had powerbanks sitting in my shopping cart several times but so far haven’t done any experiments. I’m waiting for a battery revolution
I do have my doubts about the appeal for non-modularists. After all it’s made for modular and no one can justify the presence of 24 patch points if you’re not actually going to use them to the fullest. But it would be a powerful instrument for anyone.
Maybe a different version with less cv in but usb, i2c,midi…but even as is:think about how many new desktop synths have cv gate io now…neutron, model d, 0 coast, arturia’s…just to name a few…
And FWIW, I’m loving the gradual (and sometimes begrudging move to github for the monome norns community).
I’m all about whatever makes it easiest for the people in the front lines of unit/script/patch development to maintain and create whatever they need to do… but I’m also a dev so I’m biased.
Polyend Anywhere, whoaa. That is cool I wonder how deep the module is. I really like my micro-case and I might be able to make room for that. 149 is an ok price too. Nothing on availability though but will keep an eye on this one.
I’m a dev too and I noticed a lot of us are. Probably that explains why we like to use the tools we are using anyway. It just doesn’t make sense not to take the best-practice-attitude into other areas of your life.
I don’t know why it didn’t occur to me that Monome Norns and the ER-301 are both using LUA (makes perfect sense) and I’ve been dragging my feet on diving into it, but I can’t seem to break the imaginary barrier of entry. Something about seeing it up on github destigmatized it somehow. It’s just code!
Haha, cool. Yeah Lua is perfectly doable I believe, although I haven’t started yet either. Mostly because I really enjoy building stuff inside the ER-301 and working with the UI that is constantly evolving and improving. Such a cool platform to be involved in.