ok VS Pilot

This - https://github.com/JohnEarnest/ok - can also be used sometimes...

If you want to try out K, there are some open source implementations, like John Earnest's oK which has a REPL and a calculator-like interface for mobile phones with a charting feature.

and have the programmer use the word "barchart", they instead prefer to use the definition itself. The word "barchart" has a specific meaning (here, an ascii "bar chart" of 0s and 1s, showing the relative sizes of the values of input array x), but "{x>\:!|/x}" might be useful for more than just bar charts. This idiom contains smaller idioms like "count til max" (!|/) which in turn contains "max" (|/).

Being able to see the code makes it easier to explore and tweak to your specific needs. But more importantly, there are no "official" names for concepts like "count til max". That's just my personal name for it. A python programmer would call it "range". You could come up with your own name for (!|/) that makes perfect sense to you. But that name will probably be longer than its definition, and less flexible.

[1] https://github.com/JohnEarnest/ok/blob/gh-pages/examples/idi...

check out oK[0] by John Earnest, who is the author of the content of this post

it is well-written manual and is a great jumping off point

there is a k-enthusiast element.io server[1] where you can ask any question you like. folks are friendly!

[0] https://github.com/JohnEarnest/ok

[1] https://matrix.to/#/#aplfarm-k:matrix.org

I'm completely new to all of this and would like to learn ORCA. Right now, I'm looking for an easy-to-use syntesizer, so I can convert the MIDI-Events to sound. I've already tried Pilot, which was designed for ORCA, but it is very buggy for me. I also tried VCVRack, but I just want pre-made instruments, one for each MIDI-channel, which is very tedious to do there. FluidSynth didn't recognize the MIDI-Input at all.

So, I'd like to learn ORCA, but as far as I understood it needs additional software for it to work. I've already tried VCVRack, SunVox and Pilot, but none of them worked for me (Because I have no idea how to use them). I couldn't find any easy beginners guide on how to set everything up. I already know the basics about MIDI and music theory. Also, I'm doing this all on Linux.