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hardware. (This is done using the
Open Sound Control
[
OSC
] protocol.)
Accordingly,
mother.pd
is necessary for the general operation of the Organelle. That is
why this patch is loaded concurrently with any patch that you call up.
NOTE:
In general, you should not edit
mother.pd
. That being said, the Organelle
will use any file named
mother.pd
that it finds within the
Patches
folder of your
microSD card or USB drive. By copying the root directory's
mother.pd
to your
Patches
folder, you could experiment with editing this patch while keeping the
master version clean. Again, you probably don't want to do this.
THE PATCH LOAD SEQUENCE
To better understand the full relationship at hand, let's take a step back for a moment.
Anytime a patch is loaded, the Organelle goes through a sequence of steps.
1. If a patch is currently loaded, it receives a quitting message. This allows any "cleanup"
processes to be executed.
2. If a patch is currently loaded, it then prompts the Pure Data application to quit. This
e
ff
ectively closes any and all open patches, including the
mother.pd
helper patch.
3. The Pure Data application is relaunched, and the patch we have requested is then
opened, specifically the file main.pd in the patch's folder.
4. The
mother.pd
helper patch is loaded.
Once this sequence completes, all assets needed for your patch to communicate with the
Organelle will be loaded and ready to go. So the general flurry of windows closing and
opening that you see in the Organelle's graphical operation mode is both expected and
proper.
By clicking on your loaded patch, it will move
mother.pd
to the background (without
closing it) and allow you to focus on working with your patch.
OTHER OPERATIONAL TIPS
Just a few parting notes on this mode of operation.
The Linux file browser can be used as you would
File Explorer
File Explorer
(on Windows) or
Finder
Finder
(on Mac).
If you are running the Organelle as a computer, you can navigate
to your USB drive in order to rename or delete files in the same fashion described