#31

hey @digital_lumad
The first character of the bang operator is the midi channel, the second is the knob id and the 3rd is the value.

If you want to control two knobs on the same midi channel, you need two different operators, like ^00f and ^01f.

If you wish you to control two knobs on two different channels, use this instead ^00f, and ^10f.

#32

I want control two knobs on the same midi channel and app. But when I midi map it to the app,it just links to the same bang operator. Not sure if this is just an iOS app issue or not, it just says midi64 when I assign it.

#33

The video example you posted on Twitter (sorry, I’m that annoying dude who keeps asking you there too) are only using *^0f for the frequency cut off and *^1f for the resonance cut off. I tried replicating it and use MIDI learn to them to different parameters but it only just maps them to the same MIDI cc channel, MidiCC64 in my case. So if for example I map the frequency to *^0f and *^1f both of them only ends up mapping to either *^0f or *^1f only and not separately.

Again I’m sorry if I keep asking questions, its just that ORCA is the only application that I have felt invested in in a long time. I feel like it is what can help get out of my creative rut. I feel like its what I need to make me grow as an artist. I’ve been using DAWs and MIDI controllers all my life so I have been kinda burned out with use the same conventional tools to make music.

#34

Is it possible that you have an old version of Orca? Could you try downloading the latest version from itch, or maybe pull the repository?

If that doesn’t fix it, come to the chatroom :slight_smile:
https://talk.lurk.org/channel/orca

#35

Hey guys, Allieway here, I just made an account and wanted to stop in and say that I really appreciate all the kind words regarding my ORCA videos - I enjoy making them, and it makes me very happy to know that people are getting something out of them, too! :slight_smile:

I plan on making the next video in the ORCA Guided Tour series Very Soon™ (I’ve got the structure written up, just gotta record), but real life continues to get in the way and be a big jerk! Will try to push for it.

I don’t know ORCA inside and out like @neauoire, but I have some projects and things that I think would be fun to share, and I may be able to answer some questions too, so I’ll definitely be keeping an eye on this thread and will try to post more soon :smiley:

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#36

Hey I don’t even know Orca inside and out! You wouldn’t believe the number of times I end up going like “oh my, look at that! I didn’t expect that!”.

Looking forward to your next video :slight_smile: I send your tutorial out to people at least three times a day, every day. It’s nice to see you here! It’s about time you join llllllllines.

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#37

Haha, ORCA really does lend itself to those surprising moments! :stuck_out_tongue: Still, it’s your baby, so I imagine you’d know more about the inner workings at the very least.

It makes me happy that the tutorials have been helpful for introducing people to ORCA - it’s additional motivation to keeping making videos! :slight_smile:

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Teletype: Alternative firmware?
#38

Not sure if I’m being dense, or if something is wrong with my install, but it does not seem to want to change themes. I tried dragging the .svg from Firefox to the using ORCΛ window. Downloading .svg and dragging it into ORCΛ window and clicking on Theme > Open Theme and selecting a downloaded .svg file. Any ideas?

edit: figured it out, was downloading the svgs poorly

edit2: still getting my feet wet but enjoying the dampness very much

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#39

What an inspired piece of software. Max/MSP meets J meets Rogue.

It’s totally orthogonal to the way I want to make music right now, but I am appreciating the hell out of it through the videos, so thanks for those.

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#40

Glad to hear you figured it out @bookmil!
@randy Meet dwarfLISP.

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#41

Hey guys, I’m not sure if it’s an isolated problem in my case but it seems that there’s a delay when I move around between spaces in Orca or even when I use another program like scrolling this Firefox browser for example or even typing this message, it seems to affect the transmission of the MIDI data between my computer and Orca. I’m using an Thinkpad X200 which is connected to any iPad Pro 10.5 using an iConnectMIDI2+ device. I used to notice it before but I think it’s now more apparent. I’ve already tried it both on Linux Mint and Windows 10 with the drivers installed. Anybody else experiencing this problem?

#42

Also it’s affected by the resolution of the Orca, if in its full screen I need to set resolution on the Orca really low or minimize the Orca window to a smaller size, the larger the space Orca occupies when using a high resolution the more it delays the signal.

#43

Are these both running on the X200? Is one of them a VM inside the other?

Yes, I didn’t notice before because I was pausing and resuming a lot but I can easily reproduce it with the following parameters.

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Sending to pilot via UDP, if I hold an arrow button to move around while it’s running the timing is thrown off.

#44

Not a VM but on a separate partition and installation. I think it has to do with the resolution. Not sure if it’s the same case on high spec computers? No problem if you’re not moving @ around even on full screen but when you start doing anything that’s when the glitches start. I thought it had to do with my setup.

#45

Yeah Orca’s timing is not an accurate science. It’s currently not async, that means that the longer the frame takes to render, the more delay will be injected in the timeline. I have not really looked into this yet since I usually work in small sizes, but that’s something that’ll have to be addressed at some point.

In the meantime, the Orca-C port is a good solution for slower devices.

#46

Aah, so do you mean to say the Orca timing is affected by a computer’s specs? My total CPU load is actually really low especially for a low powered machine, doesn’t go over 50% on my core 2 duo CPU in most times and the same thing with a 4gb ram. So I thought it’s got nothing to do with the specs of my computer.

I’d like to work on Orca in full screen since I don’t want to see any distractions and I want it to be in focus. Part of the Orca’s appeal to me personally is the aesthetics, I find it really beautiful to look at. I’t also what I intend to project live.

#47

Oh wait, I just re-read your original question.
Is it possible that you have a really old version of Orca?

The weird delay, midi note spacing issue was fixes maybe 2 months ago. Could you try downloading a new build and test this again.

#48

I think I installed the latest installer, the one that’s uploaded the other day since this are both newly installed OS yesterday. But I’ll try that again now just to be sure.

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#49

Keep me posted :slight_smile: If you need more interactive help, join me in the Orca Chatroom.

#50

The weird thing is I don’t remember having this problem before besides some minor delays from time to time but not as bad as it is now. I was thinking maybe something was changed with the latest version.