I like to employ unusual tools to compose, tools that give you fresh ideas, new points of view and stimulate the creativity. This is the case of Orca. ORC/\ (as their creators Hundred Rabbits say) is an esoteric programming language, designed to create procedural sequencers. In short, it is a gem. Orca is a mix between a retro videogame from the 80s and a crossword puzzle. At the beginning, you don’t know what you are seeing, but as soon as you are learning it begins to make sense and starting from very simple schemes (there are really only a few commands you have to learn) you can build very complex systems. This video is yet my first contact with Orca. I have yet a lot to learn, but I hope it will not be the last one.
All the sounds are coming from the Deluge (Boards of Deluge soundpack). Orca is used as a sequencer at the beginning of the video and in the second part the sequencer of the Deluge is also added.
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