If you are satisfied with the included patches alone, the information on general
hardware configuration Chapter 2, system operation Chapter 3, and the patch listing
will all be relevant to you.
If you are looking to load additional patches into the Organelle, then Chapter 4 will
also be useful to you.
If you want to edit patches or even create some patches of your own, Chapter 6 will
be essential.
Your uses of the Organelle are likely to change over time. If a chapter is not important to
you today, don't feel bad about that: the chapters are happy to wait for you.
2. The Hardware Unit
As we begin to explore the universe that the Organelle makes available to us, we should
start with the Organelle's place in the physical universe: its hardware.
2.1 Acquainting yourself with the box.
In this age of software and "virtual" devices, please do not neglect the hardware side of
things! While its microcomputer does indeed run everything that the Organelle does, we
endeavored to make the Organelle an "un-computer." Configuring and then interacting
with the physical interface is just as critical as anything you do on the software side. In
fact, this is how the pretty box can become an instrument.
Layout of the Unit
The Organelle is rectangular, with three of its six faces containing either controls, ports, or
other interface items. We will start with the back and right-side panels (where all the ports
are housed) before moving to the controls of the main face.
BACK PANEL
If you have turned on the Organelle, then you already have some familiarity with its ports,
but there is a little more here than you realize (and a little more than is labeled).
