Orchid-O is a MIDI chord generator for the Organelle. It is heavily inspired by Tame Impala’s and Telepathic Instruments’ Orchid. It produces chords, bass lines, and arpeggios from a 12-key playfield, with a built-in chord looper that syncs to MIDI clock or runs on its own tempo.
-- Upper 12 keys — Playfield. Each key is a scale degree or chromatic note. Press a key to play the current chord type rooted there. Notes sound while the key is held; release to stop.
– Lower 12 keys (1–12) — Control surface. Change chord type, extensions, bass, loop.
– AUX — Cycle through pages (short press).
– Knobs K1–K4 — Context-sensitive per page. Knobs use soft-takeover: move past the current value before they engage.
The patch is written in C++ and has been tested on Organelle M.
