Going for a ride with ORCΛ on RaspberryPi
Small live set exploration with my standalone ORCΛ on Raspberry PI and the modular synth.
The small terminal is setup like this (non affiliate links, use at your own risk):
Raspberry PI 4: https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/...
Fast MicroSD card for the Raspi, there are a lot of lists and recommendations available online
Cheap USB to Midi Converter: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B096...
Raspi Screen, I'm using a 4" one: https://www.amazon.de/Miuzei-Touchscr...
A Keyboard of your choice
Midi Compatible Module or Synth
If you know your way around Raspberry pies this should be all you need. For anyone else I have collected some steps
Download and etch Raspian OS to the SD card
Setup your Raspi, I did a full headless installation, there is no "Desktop" on this module.
You can setup wifi with the SD card, there are a lot of instructions available
Either plug in a standard display or a small display case, these small displays often come with some caveat. Mine turned out to be great value for such a cheap module but will only work in single display setups
Install ORCA C, some other programs and instructions are hard to follow but this one is really clear just copy and paste the lines one by one in a console: https://github.com/hundredrabbits/Orca-c
Plug in your USB to Midi Converter
After rebooting Start Orca C with 'Orca-c/build/orca'
Select your Midi module in the Options menu (CTRL + D)
Have Fun!
ORCA DOES NOT PRODUCE ANY SOUND ON IT'S OWN YOU WILL NEED TO CONNECT A SAMPLER OR SYNTHESIZER EITHER VIA MIDI, OSC OR UDP.
Orca is controlling the master clock of the system, controlling trigger sequences and modulation sequences (muxlicer + stages).
It is also sequencing pitch for the Melody and Bass.