~ wrms ~~

dual asyncronous time-wigglers / echo loopers

requirements

a norns !

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head to norns.local + click on the books tab ovr to available & refresh community catalog

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basics

two wrms (stereo loops), similar in function but each with thier own quirks + abilities

E1 up top changes which page is displayed. pages contain controls, mapped to norns' lower keys and encoders. the location of the control dictates which wrm will b affected.

v o b s >

let's start with page v, ok ?

generally, rec decides whether new time is gobbled. notice at load, wrm1 is echoing via continuously gobbling new time and fading old time. wrm2 however, is dead asleep. wake her up by toggling record once, and then again. the length of her orbit is detirmined by the time between these initial toggles - after which gobble toggling returns to normal. to go back to sleep, hold rec, and begin again. (wrm2 mimics many of yr fav loop pedals). notice that wrm1 feeds into wrm2. we'll get back to this later.

oh, and vol controls the volumes

page o is for the past.

old decides how loud the past is, && how long it resonates. use old to alter wrm1's echo chain, or fade wrm2's past to make room for the future. with a high old, wrm1 can be used more like a looper. likewise, a low old on a shorter wrm2 will sound an echo.

b wiggles time

bnd is the most tactile example. bend wrm1 between single and double time rate as she approaches light speed. wrm2 has more flexibility - << and >> halve and double time, hapily gliding between while you hold and release.

(a technicality: the rate of time is inversely proportional to orbital altitude)

wgl scales time-varying orbits for both wrms - a low value makes a nice wobbly sound, very low adds subtle character. a high wiggle will start to pass through the singularity, but i'll let you decide whether that's an issue :~)

s affects wrm1 alone

finally, here, we can make wrm1 longer using l (which admittedly just looks like a vertical line, lol). with s we can scoot wrm for subtle delay fizzles or sub-loop glitchy stuff. << and >> repeat actions from the previous page to wrm1, useful for dual phase-orbiting looping configurations.

> communicates

remember how wrm1 feeds into wrm2 ? we can change that with > and <. feel free to place your delay after the loop for an alternate workflow, or feed both wrms to each other for more suprising results.

feed a stereo panned field to wrm1 to hear the effect of pp - it reverses old on each pass for a ping-pong effect

lastly - share creates a new instrument. toggle a shared past and memory for both wrms + telepathic time loop conversations. obviously this unlocks new feaures underneath every other control, but i won't spoil them !

roadmap

1.1

• get more than 0 params in there sheesh
  • input mixer
  • param per control for midi mapping
  • ?
• wrms mods (!!!)
• wrms mod synth engine combos

2.0 ?

• K1alt menu with pattern record + presets per page