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Their 2d music programming language, Orca is very cool/fun. Some examples: https://youtube.com/watch?v=MNF8SF69QvM&list=PLb1uDATFJPcEEG3w715GzbD4AE232Pdcu&inde

• fk-corporation 2y ago
  Nice. I may not (correction: almost definitely don't on 80% of stuff) agree with them politically, but I have to admire their creativity and product execution.
• smrq 2y ago
  Orca singlehandedly got me out of a multi-year musical rut. It's such an interesting and different way of sequencing than the traditional piano roll experience. Like modular synthesis, it can be easier to just use it like a toy and not make anything "finished", but it really can spark the imagination.
  • Bluestein 2y ago
    The best kind of tool (for creative work at least). Unpretentious "toys" that - particularly - don't "get in the way ...
• metasyn 2y ago
  for anyone curious about learning, i made a tutorial and playground for orca: https://metasyn.srht.site/learn-orca/ https://metasyn.srht.site/learn-orca/
  • j-pb 2y ago
    Do you use a specific browser? Looks broken-ish to me on most things but firefox, and on firefox the example play button also doesn't work for me. Super cool in theory though!
• sdenton4 2y ago
  Orca's great! Here's a blog post I wrote after spending a long weekend figuring out how to use it to make some procedurally generated music: https://inventingsituations.net/2021/12/26/procedural-music-in-orca/ https://inventingsituations.net/2021/12/26/procedural-music-... and the screen-cap of some of the generated music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF-DD43sk2E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF-DD43sk2E
  • alexpotato 2y ago
    > The Orca language is much more like a spreadsheet than python. I Such a great line.
• wdfx 2y ago
  See also https://midinous.com/ https://midinous.com/
  • pyinstallwoes 2y ago
    Wow that’s beautiful. Looks intimidating. But cool.
  • syncbehind 2y ago
    Oh my.