The Hardware Unit
• After the Aux button, the 24 other maple keys work together as a group. As their
piano-style layout may have indicated, these keys are for playing notes. By default,
each key triggers a “note on” MIDI message when it is pressed down and a
corresponding “note off” MIDI message when it is released. For patches that use note
messages to trigger or affect audio output, these keys will be your primary
performance vehicle. [For information on the default MIDI operation of Organelle, see
chapter three
.]
A Few Configuration Ideas
While Organelle is an open platform that permits and encourages nontraditional setups, we
will now look at a few potential configurations for Organelle. Rather than suggested setups,
treat these more as baselines or ideas; nearly all elements of any configuration can be
mixed and matched.
Minimal Performance Setup
Here we start with a variation on the setup proposed
in the quick-start guide (
chapter zero
). This bare-bones
approach is the most compact performance
configuration possible.
Note that the power is connected to the wall and that
the first USB port has a flash drive inserted with our
Patches
folder. Without both the power adapter and
USB drive attached, Organelle cannot operate and run
patches, meaning that you cannot do anything of use.
Accordingly, every possible configuration will contain
these two items.
The
L
(eft) and
R
(ight) audio
Out
(put) ports are connected as a stereo pair to a mixer, which
assumably runs to the venue’s PA system, etc. (Instead of going straight to a mixer, these
ports could just as appropriately be connected to direct boxes [DIs].) If there is a sound
person controlling levels, you may want to leave the Volume knob all the way up, providing
maximum signal for them to work with.
Page
!
of
!
15
51
