Written from devices/monome/norns.vendor.fw-buoys-c2450a0.jsonEdit on GitHub JSON

Monome norns (script buoys): OSC control from Claude, scripts and controllers

19 named commands to drive Monome norns over OSC — from Claude (MCP), live-coding environments or a MIDI controller.

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Maker: Monome
Version: script buoys (lylepmills/buoys @ c2450a0)
Source: maker's documentation
OSC prefix: /norns_buoys

README.mdfrom the author's repository; not claimed yet, anyone can improve itEdit

From the README of lylepmills/buoys at c2450a0, licence GPL-3.0.

buoys

buoys is an app for norns.

READ THIS FIRST: If you're just trying to get started with buoys, make sure to look below for the instructions on reaching "meta mode". You'll need to know how to do that so you can load samples into the app. Otherwise, if docs aren't your thing, most things should be possible to figure out on your own with a little imagination :-)

Discussion at https://llllllll.co/t/buoys/37639.

Video walkthroughts at https://vimeo.com/showcase/7782830.

Concept

A tide of light moves across the grid, activating sounds and modulations as the tide interacts with any number of "buoys" that have been placed anywhere in its path. The core physical metaphor is that of a wave/tide of water moving through space and having interactions with objects in the water along the way. Besides buoys, pilings are the other type of object that can be placed in the water. Unlike buoys, pilings do not yield to the tide, the tide yields to them. The tide will be disrupted by pilings it runs into as it moves along. On the grid, brighter lights correspond to deeper "waters".

The app requires only an varibright monome grid (8x16 or 16x16) and the norns to run. However if connected, an arc can be used to expose four useful tide parameters for more immediate interaction, and provide visual feedback on those parameters. buoys also plays nice with both crow and midi devices.

Read the whole README on GitHub

Use it

Start the bridge with this driver; it forwards named OSC commands to the software:

osc-bridge run --device devices/monome/norns.vendor.fw-buoys-c2450a0.json

Then send OSC to 127.0.0.1:7777, for example:

osc-bridge osc-send /norns_buoys/param/{id}

From Claude or any MCP client, the osc-bridge mcp server exposes this driver as norns_buoys: ask “what can the Monome norns do?” and it reads this map with list_routes. See the MCP guide.

MIDI controls

19 controls, each with its number, its range and the name to send

OSC commands

Command	Arguments	Name to send
Param	id: string, value: float	`/norns_buoys/param/{id}`
Param {set} {id}	set: string, id: string, value: float	`/norns_buoys/param/{set}/{id}`
Remote key	n: int, z: int	`/norns_buoys/remote/key`
Remote enc	n: int, delta: int	`/norns_buoys/remote/enc`
Remote brd	code: int, z: int	`/norns_buoys/remote/brd`
Param extended buoy params	value: int	`/norns_buoys/param/extended_buoy_params`
Param midi buoy params	value: int	`/norns_buoys/param/midi_buoy_params`
Param smoothing	value: int	`/norns_buoys/param/smoothing`
Param pausing	value: int	`/norns_buoys/param/pausing`
Param unpausing	value: int	`/norns_buoys/param/unpausing`
Param tide height multiplier	value: float	`/norns_buoys/param/tide_height_multiplier`
Param tide shape index	value: float	`/norns_buoys/param/tide_shape_index`
Param angle	value: int	`/norns_buoys/param/angle`
Param dispersion	value: int	`/norns_buoys/param/dispersion`
Param crow input 1	value: int	`/norns_buoys/param/crow_input_1`
Param crow input 2	value: int	`/norns_buoys/param/crow_input_2`
Param min bright	value: int	`/norns_buoys/param/min_bright`
Param max depth	value: int	`/norns_buoys/param/max_depth`
Param arc orientation	value: int	`/norns_buoys/param/arc_orientation`

JSON

The same MIDI as norns.vendor.fw-2.9.4, which this firmware shares.

Limitations

Source: the Lua source of the norns script buoys by lylem (lylepmills/buoys at c2450a0), listed in norns.community. Shares the norns system OSC of monome/norns.vendor.fw-2.9.4 (port 10111, /param, /remote): give the norns' IP address as host override. Its own routes are the 14 parameter(s) whose id is written out in its source, read without running it, with range, options and default when written out too; set them while the script runs on the norns. Parameters added by libraries or engines outside the repository are not mapped either. A value goes in the parameter's units (an option's index from 1). MIDI is not mapped: the script's MIDI handling is its own and parameter MIDI mappings are learned by each user (PMAP). Untested on hardware.

Other versions

The Monome norns is mapped in 356 versions. per Electra preset, per Electra preset, per Electra preset, norns system OSC, v2.9.4, script 32-harmony, script 3d, script 4-big-knobs, script 4CCFader, script abacus, script acid-test, script ack, script acrostic, script amen, script amenbreak, script animator, script arcify, script arcologies, script arp_index, script ash, script ashsynth, script asterion, script automs70, script avonlea, script awake, script awake-ashsynth, script awake-passersby, script awake-rings, script _awed, script b-b-b-b-beat, script bakeneko, script barcode, script barycenter, script beacon, script beets, script benjolis, script bistro, script bitebeet, script bitters, script bline, script blippoo, script blndr, script bloom, script blue, script boingg, script bounds, script bowering, script breakthrough, script caliper, script carter's delay, script cc-canvas, script cccccccc, script changes, script cheat_codes_2, script choukanzu, script circles, script clarck, script clcks, script clipper, script clockabout, script colorwheel, script combiner, script combos, script compass, script concrete, script constellations, script corners, script cranes, script crow_talk, script cryptkeeper, script cybermidi, script cyrene, script d, script delar, script delayyyyyyyy, script delinquencer, script demoncore, script descartes, script dimension-expander, script downtown, script dreamsequence, script drift, script dronecaster, script drum_room, script duatone, script dunes, script Eastwind, script easygrain, script eels, script ekombi, script endless-stairs, script esper, script eterna, script euclidigons, script faeng, script fall, fates 2.9.3, script fiahod, script fibonacci, script fixed-filter-banking-crisis, script flora, script fm7, script folio, script footfoot, script forge, script foulplay, script foundry, script fugarc, script fugu, script gematria, script gemini, script get in the sea!, script giro, script glaciers, script glitchlets, script glitchlooper, script glut, script goldeneye, script grains, script graintopia, script granchild, script grd, script grendy, script greyhole, script grid-test, script gridofpoints, script gridofrings, script gridstep, script groovecats, script grurder, script hachi, script hands, script haven, script haze, script here-there, script hid_demo, script Hiswing, script hpns, script hs010, script icarus, script iiitoii, script impact, script ingenue, script initenere, script internorns, script interpret, script intervaltrainer, script islands, script isoseq, script jala, script jiffy, script just-play, script justharmonicon, script KoiBoi2, script kolor, script kreislauf, script kria_midi, script krill, script l_ll__l_, script lamellae, script lamination, script larc, script lemniscate, script leslie, script less-concepts, script lissadron, script loom, script lorenz, script lorenzos-drums, script loudnumbers_norns, script luck, script m18s, script magnetar, script magpie, script makebreakbeat, script mangl, script manifold, script marcovaldo, script massif, script MDPatch, script MDScaler, script meadowphysics, script metrix, script metronome, script midarto, script midi-monitor, script midi-review, script midididi, script midigrid, script midiplayer, script mlr, script mlre, script Mnmpatch, script molly_the_poly, script moln, script monitor, script monomaniac, script moonraker, script mosaic, script mouse, script mx.samples, script mx.synths, script n.kria, script nørgård, script n16o, script nameless-nightmare, script narf, script nb_drumcrow, script nb_mxsynths, script nb_plyprc, script nb_smpKit, script nc01-drone, script nc02-rs, script nc03-ds, script ndls, script nice-tapes, script nisp, script nmMelodyMagic, script nmQuadroDubber, script nmRain, script nmSmartyPants, script noize, script noizeop, script norman, script norns.online, script nornsfetch, script nydl, script o-o-o, script oblique, script oilcan, script onehanded, script ong, script oooooo, script orbital, script orca, script orgn, script orgnwrms, script ortf, script otis, script overtones, script overwintering, script p8, script paracosms, script paranibbles, script parrot, script passersby, script passthrough, script patchwork, script path-trace, script pedalboard, script phonotype, script phyllis, script pirate-radio, script pit-orchisstra, script pitfalls, script pitter-patter, script piwip, script pixels, script plasma, script plonky, script pools, script ppm_norns, script punchcard, script qfwfq, script quence, script r, script rachim, script raft, script raindrops, script randomizer_typhon, script rangl, script rebound, script reels, script repeater, script repl-looper, script ribbons, script rpls, script rpmate, script rudiments, script sam, script sampswap, script samsara, script samthree, script sath-lemon, script schicksalslied, script scholastic, script scryingstone, script seaflex, script seeker_ii, script sempra, script serialism, script shapes, script shfts, script shnthsalslied, script showers, script sidvagn, script silos, script sines, script skylines, script smash, script sonde, script spirals, script splicer, script splnkr, script stack, script step, script stjörnuíþrótt, script streams, script strides, script strum, script stwnsh, script SuperBrain, script supertonic, script sway, script sweet bees, script synthy, script takt, script tambla, script tapedeck, script taweeet, script tetra, script tetrabobo, script tetrabotis, script thebangs, script thirtythree, script thorns, script Tidbit, script timber, script time-rhythm, script timeparty, script tmi, script torii, script traffic, script triangles, script tulpamancer, script tuner, script tunnels, script turntable, script tviburar, script twine, script twins, script u, script ufo, script uhf, script vcr, script vinker, script warmreload, script waver, script window-crowparator, script wobblewobble, script wrms, script xD1, script Ygg, script yggdrasil, script zellen, script zxcvbn.

Frequently asked questions

Can an AI agent like Claude control the Monome norns?

Yes: SynthHub's hosted MCP server knows the Monome norns's MIDI map, and its browser relay lets the agent send it parameter changes or load a sound, each sound change confirmed by you.