By this point, you’ve probably downloaded a few projects and hopefully have had a few ideas of your own. Maybe you want to extend the functionality of a particular script or add something that solves a new musical problem? Perhaps you’ve been looking for a script that does __, but nobody’s built it yet!

Scripting for norns is remarkably rewarding. For script development, we have chosen Lua as the primary language. Lua is very readable and approachable for those with no coding experience.

If you wish to dig deeper into the capabilities of norns, this is where to start :)

studies

• part 1: many tomorrows // variables, simple maths, keys + encoders
• part 2: patterning // screen drawing, for/while loops, tables
• part 3: spacetime // functions, parameters, time
• part 4: physical // grids + midi
• part 5: streams // system polls, osc, file storage
• further: softcut studies // a multi-voice sample playback and recording system built into norns

further

• norns script reference
• norns scripting faq
• norns tutorial
• programming in lua (first edition)
• lua 5.3 reference manual
• lua-users tutorials
• lua in 15 mins

community

Ask questions and share what you’re making at llllllll.co

Edits to this study welcome, see monome/docs