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authorDevine Lu Linvega <[email protected]>2018-12-08 11:45:17 +1200
committerDevine Lu Linvega <[email protected]>2018-12-08 11:45:17 +1200
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Improved guides
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@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ Orca is not a synth, but a [livecoding environment](https://www.reddit.com/r/liv
To control instruments in [Ableton Live](https://www.ableton.com/en/), launch [Orca](README.md) and open [examples/midi.orca](https://github.com/hundredrabbits/Orca/blob/master/examples/_midi.orca).
-In Ableton Live, create a new midi channel, in the input dropdown, select **IAC Driver(Bus 1)** and select the **In** button. This midi instrument should start receiving midi notes as soon as the Orca window is back into focus.
+- Create a new midi instrument,
+- Select **IAC Driver(Bus 1)** in the instrument's inputs dropdown.
+- Activate the **In** toggle.
+
+The midi instrument should begin receiving midi notes as soon as the Orca window is back into focus.
### VCV Rack
@@ -28,6 +32,12 @@ On Windows, use [loopMidi](http://www.tobias-erichsen.de/software/loopmidi.html)
This a guide to help you produce your first sounds with ORCΛ, tested on `Ubuntu 18.04`.
+If you don't have `node` installed yet, install it with:
+
+```
+sudo apt-get install nodejs
+```
+
### Install TiMidity++
First you will need a software synthesizer. We choose [TiMidity++](http://timidity.sourceforge.net) here. To install the synthesizer on Ubuntu we mainly followed the steps from this [Ubuntu guide on software synthesis](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Midi/SoftwareSynthesisHowTo),
@@ -56,28 +66,12 @@ sudo modprobe snd-seq-midi-event
sudo modprobe snd-seq
```
-### Install node
-
-If you don't have `node` installed yet, install it with:
-
-```
-sudo apt-get install nodejs
-```
-
-### Install ORCΛ
-
-Next install ORCΛ as described in the [Readme](README.md):
-
-```
-git clone https://github.com/hundredrabbits/Orca.git
-cd Orca/desktop/
-npm install
-```
-
## Make Some Noise!
### Run TiMidity++ as a ALSA sequencer client
+
Open a terminal were you run the command
+
```
timidity -iA
```
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ The keys operator `!` will bang on a corresponding keyboard keypress when the cu
## Base36 Table
-Orca operates on a base of 36 increments. Operators using numeric values will typically also operate on letters and convert them into values as per the following table.
+Orca operates on a base of 36 increments. Operators using numeric values will typically also operate on letters and convert them into values as per the following table. For instance `pD` will bang every *24th frame*.
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B |
| :-: | :-: | :-: | :-: | :-: | :-: | :-: | :-: | :-: | :-: | :-: | :-: |