Learn ORCΛ Livecoding ~ IN DEPTH TUTORIAL (Pt.2)

In this tutorial video we use ORCΛ to build a custom tracker from scratch. Trackers are making a comeback so don't miss out on being the coolest.

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From Hundredrabbits:
Orca is an esoteric programming language designed to quickly create procedural sequencers, in which every letter of the alphabet is an operation, where lowercase letters operate on bang, uppercase letters operate each frame.

This application is not a synthesizer, but a flexible livecoding environment capable of sending MIDI, OSC & UDP to your audio/visual interfaces, like Ableton, Renoise, VCV Rack or SuperCollider.

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[federico]

For an ORCA beginner like myself this tutorial is next level of awesome! Thanks for sharing man keep up the good work!

[tom.konxompax]

super fun! I really wanna control my modular using this

[jamessusbilla]

f'in amazing. didn't know the alphabet or my keyboard could be SOOOO POWERFUL with midi and music creation. thank *YOU* to infinity. this seems addicting. will buy it for sure. just learning for now thanks to you and others.

[brannum]

Great video. Thanks for the inspiration!

[pau]

the music is good but I have school tomorrow and I haven't learned my lessons because I'm stupid

[FuZZbaLLbee]

Good job 👏

I do wonder if it would also be possible to make the track go up instead of the curser going down.

[GertBoers]

Thanks for making these (pt.1 and 2)! Very informative.
You go to 16 steps with G. If I were to use Z, I would go to 35 steps (?). But what if I want to use 64 steps? Is that even possible?

[bergmal]

the only questions that i still have about the Orca is: how can i open old "patches" i made and saved??? i've tried tons of methods but still can't figure it out!!

[HenricWallmark]

Fantastic, thanks! How do you use L:s and K:s?
And how would you make a song structure? Cheers

[mntbighker]

Am I right to assume there is no way in Orca to do phase offset, micro timing or other "advanced" features often found in conventional sequencers in Eurorack or VCV?

[chrisnewman]

How far can you extend the tracker downwards? Can you make the value of a variable greater than 'z'? (I'm thinking if you wanted to build a whole song using a tracker)

[nrlufqt]

I’m an ORCA beginner in China.I want to know how to set the UDP or OSC.