Kickstart Orbish

Orbish Manual

Although Orbish is quite easy to handle some of the functionalities need some further explanation.

 

What’s Orbish

 

Orbish is a looping software that comes as a plugin for digital audio workstations (DAW) like Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, etc.  Future versions will be in standalone for PC and mobile.

 

Functionalities

 

Functionalities:

Record audio in sync with the beat or measure of the host application. Once recording ends Orbish loops the recorded audio. Each subsequent recording results in a new layer of audio on top of the first one.

 

Orbish3D

 

The recordings are organized in 3 dimensions:

  • Loops: Is the container of a recording that has a certain length and is repeatedly played. Loops within a track are played consecutively instead of at the same time. This allows for switching song parts.

  • Tracks: A track is a container for one or more loops. Tracks can be played simultaneously but sync and parameters are controlled separately.

  • Layers: Are stacked on the same loop. Are always in absolute sync and have the same parameters (volume, etc.) Layers can be dynamically added (activated) and removed from the track.

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Summary of Controls

 

Transport control per track

1.     Start/Stop recording on the active track

2.     Play/Pause the recorded material on the active track or group

3.     Stop playing on the active track or group

4.     Clear the active track

5.     Mute the active track or group

6.     Play exclusively the active track or group

7.     Listen to input audio when this track is active

8.     Reverse the audio on the active track

9.     Undo latest overdub recording

10.  Redo latest overdub recording

11.  Flatten all overdub layers to one

12.  Start recording when input signal exceeds the predefined threshold

 

Track & Loop Control

23.     Go to previous loop on active track or group

24.     Go to next loop on active track or group

25.     Create new loop on active track

26.     Remove latest loop from active track

27.     Go to previous track

28.     Go to next track

29.     Create new track

30.     Remove latest track

 

Global transport control

13.     Select the recording mode (Overdub, Punch in, etc)

14.     Select the sync mode (to beat, bar, …)

15.     Mute all tracks

16.     Pause all tracks

17.     Clear all tracks

18.     Stop playing on all tracks

19.     Start playing on all tracks

20.     Toggles between horizontal and vertical layout of the tracks

21.     Remove the active track from the selected group

22.  Add the active track to the selected group

40.  Select a group, then add or remove tracks. All tracks in the same group will act simultaneously for certain commands

 

Track region

32.     Shows the level of input signal

33.     Adjust the level of the input signal for the active track

34.     Adjust the level of the output signal for the active track

35.     Adjust the level of the general output signal

36.     Shows the level of output signal

Info region

31.     Shows the progress of the loop

37.     Current time signature

38.     Current tempo (beats per minute)

39.     Shows the progress of the loop in bars/beats/subdivision

41.  Witness lamp – shows if track is currently recording (red), playing (green), muted (blue) or soloing (orange)