Are there Drumsounds? Or am I dumb?

[miraagee]

Im really sorry... Just got started, it is really overwhelming, Im new to this kind of stuff ..<3
EDIT: But so far it is really nice! Can I programm ORCA to change the Sound settings? Or is this something only possible in the command bar in Pilot? Thanks!

[cafca]

@Esikaho Try playing E1C for a kick drum. You can change parameters, have a look at Command>Channel>Settings in the Readme.

Unfortunately there is no noise generator yet. That would be really nice for adding sounds like high hats.

[neauoire]

I've tried implementing noise channels but I can't make it work reliably.
That'll be added soon :)

Pilot is designed to be a kind of AM/FM key-type piano synth to get people started with Orca. I don't think I have the know-how at the moment to make a fully featured audio production toolkit.

[cafca]

@neauoire I think it's a great idea not to put too many features in it. It's very inspiring for me to be able to read the codebase in one go and that would go away otherwise.

Btw:do you know the android app nanoloop? That's what orca/pilot immediately reminded me of. It has a similar minimalism.

[neauoire]

I do :) I used it on GBA many years ago to write a few tracks!
I heard of it from Bubblyfish at the time.

[miraagee]

Thanks for the answer! Okay some Percussion would be great in the future, but the simplicity of the synth so far is really inspiring to create stuff without that many possibilities, yet enough for great final results!
Just got started and after a few minutes I knew all the basics with Pilot so it really helps beginners, id say!

[sporeball]

if this were to be added, would any of the current 16 default channels get replaced with noise channels, or would noise just get added to the list of possible oscillators without any other change?

[neauoire]

We could go both ways.