Orcalot 4.5.0 • A major UX refresh makes Orcalot clearer, smoother, and easier to use throughout. • Orcalot Jam now supports collaboration with up to eight participants in a session.

Orcalot 4.4.0 • ORCA now has a fixed, scrollable 256×256 grid with compact BPM and MIDI controls. Bytebeat works better on small screens, and shaders receive BPM plus all indexed theme colors. • Orcalot Jam now supports stable multi-participant sessions: independent cursors, room-wide locking during synchronization, queued asset updates, transfer timeouts, and more reliable audio and video loading and playback.

Orcalot 4.3.1 • Orcalot Jam no longer periodically shifts or resets playback. Clock alignment now happens only on the initial connection or when you choose Synchronize Clock. • Fixed the Host Jam invite token appearing blank until you navigated forward and back.

Orcalot 4.3.0 • Start a private two-person Orcalot Jam over a direct peer-to-peer connection, with no separate server or account. • Co-edit ORCA, shader code, and synth settings while shared transport keeps both performers in time. • Exchange only source edits: operators execute locally, so moving and generated symbols no longer bounce between peers or shift unexpectedly. • Transfer changed SoundFonts, samples, images, and videos only when needed, with clear host, join, connection, and disconnect guidance.

Orcalot 4.2.0 • Shape every synth channel with a post-envelope low-pass, high-pass, or band-pass filter, including cutoff and resonance controls. • Bind any synth knob to a MIDI CC with MIDI Learn. Multiple knobs can share one control, and bindings are saved with the project. • Review, remove, or reset assignments from the new MIDI Bindings window. • Select MIDI input and output devices directly from the menu, with improved synth-panel spacing and scrolling on smaller screens.

Orcalot 4.1.0 • Add a Bytebeat engine with safe integer expressions on every channel. • Inspect the output in a waveform preview with zoom and horizontal panning. • Set the base sample rate, then restart t for each note or keep time running for long compositions. • Control Bytebeat from ORCA with SYNbb, BBT, and BSR. • Bytebeat and SoundFont now support ADSR envelopes. • Bytebeat expression, sample rate, time mode, envelope, and volume are saved in .orcalot projects and compact shares.

Orcalot 4.0.0 • Add a shared SoundFont engine: load SF2, SF3, or DLS, save it inside .orcalot, choose Bank and Preset per channel, and control programs, MIDI CC, and pitch bend from ORCA. • Bring images and looping videos into the Shader workspace and transform them into custom visuals. • Browse, copy, save, and insert ORCA and Shader Prefabs, including color spaces, a full 2D SDF catalog, coordinates, palettes, tone mapping, dithering, blending modes, noises, and patterns. • Create time-aware effects that stay in sync with video playback. • Choose AM, FM, Mono, Pluck, Membrane, Noise, or Sampler independently on every channel. • Load audio into sampler channels. • Shape AM/FM modulation with new engine-specific controls and a reorganised synth panel. • Save complete channel settings and embedded samples in the new archive-based .orcalot format; older projects still open normally.

Orcalot 3.2.1 • Shader visuals now stay in sync with every channel even when the Synth tab is not selected. • Explore an inspiring new shader example.

Orcalot 3.2.0 includes stability, security, and performance improvements.

- Orcalot 3.1.0 adds new shader examples and pattern patches. - Custom graphics shaders can now use the current theme palette. - New show mode hides the controls and displays only the visuals.

Orcalot 3.0.0 makes MIDI controllers feel native to the ORCA workflow. - New MIDI input operators read notes and control-change values directly into the grid - New operators transpose notes down or up by semitones and write the resulting octave and note below - CC write and CC read now use the same controller numbers for predictable mapping and feedback - Diagnostic CC output helps you discover channel, controller, and value while turning a knob - The new Pattern Bank remains the fastest way to browse ready-made ORCA building blocks and reuse your own ideas - Built-in synth channels now support polyphonic chords - Pluck channels 4 and 5 have new Attack noise, Dampening, and Resonance controls - Use 4OSCabc and 5OSCabc to modulate those pluck controls from ORCA with base-36 values - Fixed the waveform menu so the first item stays visible - Spend less time wiring around the app and more time shaping the performance

Orcalot 2.3.0 introduces the Pattern Bank: a faster way to start, reuse, and learn from ORCA patch ideas. - Browse ready-made pattern building blocks directly inside Orcalot - Insert a selected pattern at the cursor and immediately see its footprint on the grid - Capture your own selected grid fragments as reusable user patterns - Start with a curated XXIIVV library, organized by practical categories such as Basics, Sequencing, Movement, Memory, Routing, and Golf - Spend less time rebuilding common structures and more time shaping the performance

Orcalot 2.2.0 makes the synth, effects, and project flow easier to control during livecoding. - Added hands-on synth knobs, waveform pickers, envelope previews, and volume controls - Added detailed effect controls for wet mix, delay, feedback, rate, EQ, compression, and more - Added a catalog of shader samples for quickly trying visual ideas - Improved project saving and sharing so synth, effect, shader, zoom, and grid state travel with your work - Reset and plain Orca imports now restore default synth and shader settings before loading new content - Added app icon polish, a home link, and support for more non-operator characters in the grid

This update makes Orcalot smoother and more expressive for livecoding sessions. - Added a theme editor for shaping and saving your own performance look - Added language support - Upgraded the shader editor for a better visual-coding workflow - Added a recording control directly in the main workspace - Made the synth and reference panels resizable - Refined tabs, shortcuts, and save behaviour for a cleaner desktop flow