You can download builds for OSX, Windows and Linux, or if you wish to build it yourself, follow these steps:
- If you have Git, open up your terminal, or command-prompt(CMD).
git clone https://github.com/hundredrabbits/Orca.git
cd Orca/desktop/
npm install
npm start
or...
Go to their Website https://hundredrabbits.itch.io/orca, and download your corresponding build.
you can always open up Orca by running the terminal and typing in
cd Orca/desktop/
npm install
npm start
- use the arrowkeys to move around the map
- "space-bar" to play or pause Orca
- (cmd/ctrl) + g = help overlay
Orca and Pilot can communicate with each other using UDP messages. These are symbolised with ";" in Orca. in this instance i have assigned the UDP-message with 3 parameters.
RED = UDP channels (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,D,E,F)
GREEN = Note value (2C = second octave, middle C)
BLUE = Bang! = "*" = Activates the message = micro compiling
- A = adding to parameters
- C = counter
###Bang-Operands
- D = Bang, different speeds
- F = if (equal) statement, then Bang
- J = Jumber (vertical)
- Y = Yumber (horisontal)
- G = write multiple operands at offset coordinates
- X = write operand with offset
H = Halts southward operand
- press shift + arrowkeys to make a larger selection
- press shift + (cmd/ctrl)+arrowkeys to make a larger selection faster
- use (cmd/ctrl)+c and (cmd/ctrl)+v, as per usual to copy and paste your algorithms
- use backspace to delete algorithms
- Pilot
-
Zupitor web browser modular synth
-
VCV Rack
- Max/MSP
- Ableton/ any DAW
- External Hardware Synths with Midi-inputs
- UDP = Pilot, Max/MSP
- MIDI = External Hardware, Ableton, VCV Rack, Zupitor, Max/MSP...
- OSC = Sonic Pi, Max/MSP
In the video I am sending a Midi message from Orca to a hardware synth, and then routing the hardware synths audio through Max/MSP where I use a "yafr2"-reverb to make the sound more spacious. Lets us try to accomplish a similar result using just Orca and Pilot!
...1R8........
34L31375TADQsW
..3J.J..Q.....
58X3F3H.J.....
....*xS.Q.....
.....S..J.....
........Q.....
........J.....
........Q.....
........J.....
........Q.....
.....*..J.....
.....:03Q.....
- https://z.musictools.live/
- https://vcvrack.com/
- https://github.com/hundredrabbits/Orca
- https://github.com/hundredrabbits/pilot
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaI_TuISSJE&t=9s
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR1TMGYhCoE&t=2s
- http://tropone.de/2019/03/13/orca-ein-sequenzer-der-kryptischer-nicht-aussehen-kann-und-ein-versuch-einer-anleitung/