Super cool! Just spent all night messing around on ORCA 
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Yay! I use ORCA to control Model:Cycles and it makes it way more versatile. I also started controlling Minilogue XD together with it last night for the first time which was a lot of fun. I could easily hook up all my Elektron gear and go crazy… It’s a great way to experiment and do things you’d never dream of.
My main tip for anyone using it would be to get your head around the way it operates with the base 36 table. I always have this page to hand and add info within my patches so I know how to transpose CC values quickly for example.
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I watched your tutorial on the weekend and got my feet wet with ORCA.
Very interesting, I was able to get some pretty nice generative sounds controlling my digitone.
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Digitone is perfect for Orca! Glad the video is helping people make some tunes.
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Yeah really nice on the lush pads!!!
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well now I might have to make some music!
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I had a workshop yesterday with NSDOS.
This is some notes I took, to be pasted here:
https://metasyn.github.io/learn-orca/
#o.midi.channel.##.X.coord......##.create.3.digits..o# ##..R8..........##..2Rh.........##...R2..R9..R9.....## ##..78T01234567.##.xVc..........##.aV1.bV5.cV1......## ##..mV7.........##..............##..................## #o.octave.......##.Y.coord......##.randomize.bpm....o# ##..R8..........##..2Rh.........##.aC...............## ##..08T01234567.##.yVg..........##..28T*............## ##..oV0.........##..............##.......3Kabc......## #o.note.........o#..............##....$APM:151......## ##..R8..........##..............##..................## ##..58T01234567.o#.generator....o#..................## ##..nV5.........##.2Kxy...3Kmon.o#..................o# ##..............##...cg6GDR:705.o#.NSDOS.22.03.2022.o# #o..............##..............##..................o#
Edit: corrected version on patchstorage:
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This is a short tutorial on how I prefer to make the sidechain pumping effect, it sounds fantastic so it’s worth learning how to do it!
Also, I am aware that there have been videos made on how to do this. I enjoy creating these tutorials and I wanted to share exactly how I prefer to do it because I think it works best this way. By best I mean no audio artifacts from the Octatrack due to fast closing volume envelopes. Enjoy!
-Matthew (aka EZBOT)
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Thank you.
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Beautiful. Another clear concise no bullshit practical tutorial.
Nice idea to use the filter instead of vol.
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It is a lot cleaner right? It’s not just me?
I’m keen to give it a try! I thought it sounded clean in your video, I will have a play myself after work maybe if I get the chance. I really should use trigless trigs more often, they are super useful.
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Love it. Great tutorial. Is that marking tape on the bottom of your OT for scenes? That’s a great idea.
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It sure is, I mostly use the same project file for all my performances- I just keep tweaking it a bit.
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I started using mixer tape (got a deal on a package of multi neon colored mixer tape right before the lockdown)… But this is a great idea to get even more organized. I hardly ever use scenes because I forget what I assigned to them. Having a more focused would help.
Thanx again.
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One question… I don’t very often use a typical 4/4 drum beat. If the beats are spaced differently would i need to change the speed of the lfo? Almost every sidechaining tutorial I’ve seen uses 4/4 bass drum’s.
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No just place the trigs so they match your kick pattern.
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Yep! What he said
Sidechain-less sidechain p. effect with trig-less trigs … 
… there seems to be a pattern … 
The LFO gets retriggered at each trigless trig you set. With the speed you can vary how long it takes to fade back to the normal filter settings after each trigless trig.
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Which could be interesting. That was what I was thinking. If you use math you could possibly get more precise, but I’ prolly over thinking it.
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