a norns mod to create a public mp3 stream from your norns.
broadcast is a simple mod that lets you make a dedicated music stream from your norns. the output is a public URL of an mp3 that can be listened to in a browser, in music apps, etc.
broadcast works by using darkice and icecast2 which interface with JACK and convert the norns output into a mp3 stream (which is configurable). this local stream is then streamed via curl to a server I setup at broadcast.norns.online. the server is ~200 lines of code that simply copy bytes from a POST request (i.e. the stream) to any number of GET requests (i.e. browser client(s)).
broadcast will install ~2.5 MB of linux packages when you run it the first time and while running will take a small amount of CPU to run the stream conversion, and use some internet bandwidth to upload the stream.
- norns
- internet connection
you can install broadcast and then activate the mod in the SYSTEM > MODS > BROADCAST. after activating for the first time you need to restart SYSTEM > RESTART. (this first restart may take a few minutes, during which your screen may be blank).
after installation you can activate the broadcast by going to SYSTEM > MODS > BROADCAST. first use E3 to select edit station name and press K3 to enter in your station name. then you can use E3 to select offline and press K3 to turn go online. if you are "online" you can use the URL to listen to your norns.
you can advertise your stream by toggling "advertise" to "true". then your stream will be listed at broadcast.norns.online. note: all the streams are public so don’t share anything private. the streams are not password-protected or anything. but the URL for your stream is private unless you share it (technically the server also sees the URL but I don’t keep logs so I don’t see it…).
;install https://github.com/schollz/broadcast