jakofranko/pilot

Orca's best friend.

Pilot

Pilot is a UDP synthesizer designed to be controlled externally. It was created as a companion application to the livecoding environment ORCA.

Install & Run

You can download builds for OSX, Windows and Linux, or if you wish to build it yourself, follow these steps:

Desktop

git clone https://github.com/hundredrabbits/Pilot.git
cd Pilot/desktop/
npm install
npm start

Browser

Ensure that you have run npm install in the desktop directory. Then, serve browser/index.html. For local development, it is easiest to run npx http-server from the root directory, and then navigate to http://localhost:8080/browser/.

Commands

Pilot has 16 voices, and 8 effects. Commands can be entered directly with the input bar, or through UDP via the port 49161. You can send multiple commands at once by using the ; character. For example, 03C;13E will play a C3 and E3 chord.

Channel

Play

The Play commands allows you to play synth notes.

Command	Channel	Octave	Note	Velocity	Length
04C	0	4	C	64	1/16
04Cf	0	4	C	127	1/16
04Cff	0	4	C	127	1bar

Settings

The Settings commands allow you to change the sound of the synth. The settings command format is a channel value between 0-G, a 3 characters long name, followed by four values between 0-G. The possible waveforms are si, 2i, 4i, 8i, tr, 2r, 4r, 8r, sq, 2q, 4q 8q, sw, 2w, 4w and 8w.

Command	Channel	Name	Info
0ENV056f	0	Envelope	Set Attack:0.00, Decay:0.33, Sustain:0.40 and Release:1.00
1OSCsisq	1	Oscilloscope	Set Osc1:Sine, Osc2:Square

Global

Effects

The Effects are applied to all channels. The effect command format is a 3 characters long name, followed by one value between 0-G for wet and depth.

Command	Channel	Operation	Info
DISff	All	Distortion	..
CHOff	All	Chorus	..
REVff	All	Reverb	..
FEEff	All	Feedback	..

Masters

TODO Add the ability to change the mastering effects like compressor and volume. Coming soon!

Special

• bpm140, sets the BPM to 140. This command is designed to apply to effects like feedback.
• renv, randomizes envelopes.
• rosc, randomizes oscillators.
• refx, randomizes effects.

Record

Press cmd/ctrl+r to record, and press it again to stop.

Convert OGG to MP3

Just use ffmpeg.

~/Documents/ffmpeg -i last.{ogg,mp3}  

Extras

• This application supports the Ecosystem Theme.
• Support this project through Patreon.
• See the License file for license rights and limitations (MIT).
• Pull Requests are welcome!