Recording notes into the pattern editor

[erickey]

thanks for pointing that out!

So, I downloaded the files got everything installed (correctly, I think?) and it won't really communicate with the NDLR, any kind of session loading or sending just comes up with a lot of errors. And on the editing pages, there isn't anything in the resources window, and there is no "randomize" displayed like in the pictures on the NDLR Library webpage.

I'm certain I'm doing something wrong, maybe you could point out some common pitfalls?
I'm on OS 10.15.7
NDLR is plugged in USB
App is installed and NDLR_Files is in my documents folder

Sorry, not a good start.

So Mac OSX Catalina (10.15) .
Unfortunately the Mac version of the program wasn't beta tested with other users, so the program has only been tested on a few Mac OSX versions.
It was built and mainly tested on El Capitan (10.11) although I have had a few users with later OSX and even one user has it running on Apple silicon.

In the Settings page you need to select the NDLR serial port to match your NDLR.
If you have a MRCC as well, you will see similar extra serial port(s) in the list and so you may need to try out more than one
(both devices are made with Teensy based hardware and there is no way to know, as far as I know, which is which).

Your serial port selection is stored on disk so it might be better to restart the program after the serial port selection.

When you first start using the Library program it just has the NDLR Load and Save and the hard disk Load and Save along with drag and dropping elements from the Resource area to rearrange  or build a new NDLR session.
This keeps the interface simple when you start using the program and for some that may be all they want.

In the Settings page tick two options.
The text line 'Allow SHIFT + click ....'  and the line ''Allow SHIFT + drag (paint), randomizing ...' to enable these extra features, in the the Pattern and Rhythm editing pages.

As far as the Resources session is concerned, you have to load a session from disk into the Resources area .
The Resources session is read only and used to drag and drop elements (Patterns, Rhythms, Presets or Sequences) into the main NDLR Session where it can then be sent to the NDLR.

There is a pdf manual in the folder, 'NDLR_Files', you dragged to the Document area.

Hope this helps.
Let me know how you get on.

Royce

Hey Royce, 
Sorry for the really late reply. I got into a big project with deadlines and just got a chance to come back around to this.

I got the librarian working, thanks

Turns out I don't like to use the computer and NDLR at the same time, takes the immediacy of NDLR away too much for me.
I would love if NDLR had just a key combination to randomize patterns and rhythms. Is that ever going to be a reality?
IMO, NDLR is perfect, save this one function.

Cheers!!