Orbital Stack

MICRO · RHYTHM

◦ GEN · ORBITAL STACK · VIEW 07

ORBIT

SEP 100% LYR 07 FRM 000000

SPACE / ▶ TO SPIN THE STACK · F TO FLY THROUGH IT · DROP AUDIO ANYWHERE TO SAMPLE IT

TRANSPORT

FLIGHT

W/S thrust · A/D strafe · Q/E down/up · ⇧ boost · X brake · drag to look · wheel = sensor size · C autopilot · Esc lands · with the stack focused, arrows look around. PROXIMITY sets how fast plates fade with distance from the ship. Chips that pass within the sensor sound; each sounds again Δθ/ω after the plate's head — fly toward the head to tighten the flam.

COMPOSE

slot: click / Enter = switch at the next bar · shift-click, Shift+Enter or hold = next phrase · × or Delete releases

CHIP FX

LAYER

RHYTHM

FRAGMENTS

MAP — every chip's fragment, flashing as it plays

SAMPLES FROM (none selected = all)

SOUNDS

click or drop audio files · they feed every plate

OUTPUT

renders what PLAY plays, from bar 1 · 24-bit 48 kHz

PROJECT

HANDLING

Drag to orbit · wheel to zoom · click a plate to select · shift-click a cell to add/remove a chip · alt-click a chip to cycle its FX · hover a chip to inspect its fragment.

Keyboard: Tab to the stack, then arrows move a cell cursor (PgUp/PgDn change plate), Enter adds/removes a chip, ⇧Enter cycles its FX, [ ] orbit, − = zoom, 0 resets the view.

Keys: F fly · space play · N new phrase (⇧N at phrase end) · K keep · ⌘Z undo · H hold · S split · O orbit · R regen (⇧R all) · M mute (⇧M mutate all) · 1–7 select · P panel

DROP AUDIO TO SAMPLE

Orbital Stack — micro-rhythm machine