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author: cancel <cancel@cancel.fm>
date: Sat Jan 4 17:40:59 EST 2020
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-**Each letter of the alphabet is an operation**, lowercase letters typically operate on bang(`*`), uppercase letters operate on each frame. Bangs can be generated by various operations, such as `E` colliding with a `0`, see the [bang.orca](https://github.com/hundredrabbits/Orca/blob/master/examples/bang.orca) example. Watch a music video of [ORCΛ in action](https://twitter.com/neauoire/status/1069129232708657152).
+Orca is an [esoteric programming language](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esoteric_programming_language) designed to quickly create procedural sequencers, in which every letter of the alphabet is an operation, where lowercase letters operate on bang, uppercase letters operate each frame.
-**C Port** for the [ORCΛ](https://github.com/hundredrabbits/Orca) programming environment, with a commandline interpreter.
+This application **is not a synthesizer, but a flexible livecoding environment** capable of sending MIDI, OSC & UDP to your audio/visual interfaces, like Ableton, Renoise, VCV Rack or SuperCollider.
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+If you need <strong>help</strong>, visit the <a href="https://talk.lurk.org/channel/orca" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="external ">chatroom</a> or the <a href="https://llllllll.co/t/orca-live-coding-tool/17689" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="external ">forum</a>.
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+This is the **C** implementation of the [ORCΛ](https://github.com/hundredrabbits/Orca) language and tools. The livecoding environment for this C version runs in a terminal. It's designed to be power efficient. It can handle large files, even if your terminal is small.
## Quick Start for Debian/Raspbian (Raspberry Pi)